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Allium fistulosum

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Allium fistulosum, commonly called the Welsh onion, is a species of perennial plant often treated as a kind of scallion. It is also known by many other common names, including bunching onion, long green onion, Japanese bunching onion, stone leek, rock onion and spring onion. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Diet
Photosynthetic Autotroph 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
Relationship to People
Used in Traditional Medicine 3
Comparison
NatureServe Rank
GNR Unranked 4
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 5
Scientific Name
Allium fistulosum 6
Conservation Status
Not Evaluated 7
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Asparagales, Taxa
Source GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Allium fistulosum
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Sources
1. Allium fistulosum (Wikipedia)
Lead, sentence naming the group it belongs to
Quote, Lead, sentence naming the group it belongs to
Allium fistulosum, the Welsh onion, also commonly called bunching onion, long green onion, Japanese bunching onion, stone leek, rock onion and spring onion, is a species of perennial plant, often considered to be a kind of scallion.
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2. GBIF Species API
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3. Plants For A Future: Allium fistulosum
Plants For A FutureMedicinal Uses
Quote, Medicinal Uses
It is used in the treatment of colds and abdominal coldness and fullness.
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4. NatureServe Explorer: Allium fistulosum
NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)
Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)
"roundedGRank": "GNR"
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5. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Asparagales
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12439
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12439
"cites_listing":"II/NC","eu_listing":"B/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":"Asparagales","family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[],"cites_listings":[]
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6. Wikipedia: Allium fistulosum
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7. GBIF (IUCN Red List category): GBIF IUCN Red List category for Allium fistulosum
GBIF (IUCN Red List category)GBIF taxon key 2856504, category field
Quote, GBIF taxon key 2856504, category field
"category": "NOT_EVALUATED"
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IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Amaryllidaceae
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12534
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12534
"cites_listing":"II/NC","eu_listing":"B/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":"Liliales","family":"Amaryllidaceae"},"synonyms":[{"id":99613,"full_name":"Amaryllidaceae hybrid","author_year":"","rank":"GENUS"}],"common_names":[{"name":"Perce-neige, crocus d'automne","language":"FR"},{"name":"Snowdrops, sternbergias","language":"EN"},{"name":"Campanitas de las nieves, esternbergias","language":"ES"},{"name":"石蒜科","language":"ZH"}],"cites_listings":[]
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Plant (Wikipedia)
Lead, whole group is photosynthetic
Quote, Lead, whole group is photosynthetic
They are predominantly photosynthetic or came from photosynthetic ancestors, meaning that they obtain their energy from sunlight by using the green pigment chlorophyll in their chloroplasts to produce sugars from carbon dioxide and water.
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GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Allium fistulosum
GBIF Backbone TaxonomyChild Taxon Of: Asparagales, Taxon record
Quote, Child Taxon Of: Asparagales, Taxon record
"order": "Asparagales"
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