Taxon: Allium macrostemon Bunge

Genus:

Allium

Subgenus:

Polyprason

Section:

Scorodon

Family:

Amaryllidaceae

Subfamily:

Allioideae

Tribe:

Allieae

Nomen number:

2312

Place of publication:

Enum. pl. China bor. 65. 1833 (Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg Divers Savans 2:139. 1835)

Link to protologue:

Typification:

Name Verified on:

23-jun-2009 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 13-mar-2017

Species priority site is:

Western Regional PI Station (W6)

Accessions:

0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Synonyms:

(=) Allium grayi Regel
(=) Allium nipponicum Franch. & Sav.

Common names:

Chinese garlic (Source: Mansf Ency) - English
Japanese garlic (Source: Mansf Ency) - English
long-stamen onion (Source: Herbs Commerce ed2) - English
no-biru (Source: F JapanOhwi) - Japanese Rōmaji
xiao gen suan (Source: Herbs Commerce ed2) - Transcribed Chinese
xie bai (Source: Herbs Commerce ed2) - Transcribed Chinese
sandalrae (Source: Econ Bot) - Transcribed Korean

Economic Importance:

Human food: vegetable (mostly harvested from wild fide Mansf Ency)
Gene sources: tertiary genetic relative of Welsh onion (fide Acta Physiol Pl 31:225. 2009)
Medicines: folklore (fide Herbs Commerce ed2)

Distributional Range:

Native

Asia-Temperate

MONGOLIA: Mongolia
RUSSIAN FAR EAST: Russian Federation [Primorye]
CHINA: China [Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Monggol, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang]
EASTERN ASIA: Japan, [Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, Ryukyu Islands, Shikoku] Korea, Taiwan

Cultivated

Asia-Temperate

EASTERN ASIA: Korea

References:

Chuda, A. & A. Abrams 2009. Aspects of interspecific hybridization within edible Alliaceae Acta Physiol. Pl. 31:223-227.
Hanelt, P., ed. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001 (Mansf Ency)
Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. Flora SSSR. 1934-1964 (F USSR)
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 (Herbs Commerce ed2)
Ohwi, J. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.). (F JapanOhwi)
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994- (F ChinaEng)

Check other web resources for Allium macrostemon Bunge :

Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Databas of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=2312. Accessed 4 marzo 2026.