Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Asparagales Link
Family
Alliaceae Borkh.
Genus
Allium L.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Allium cepa L., Sp. Pl. 300–301 (1753) – as Cepa
Vernacular Name(s):
Onion; Shallot; tree onion
 Biostatus
Exotic
 Bibliography
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
Parsons, M.J.; Douglass, P.; Macmillan, B.H. 1998: Current Names List for wild Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons and Monocotyledons (except Grasses) of New Zealand as used in Herbarium CHR. Version 1, to 31 Dec 1995. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln, Canterbury, New Zealand.