Allium ascalonicum

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Asparagales/Amaryllidaceae/Allium

At a glance

Occurrence records81

Data sources11

Biological traits16

DNA specimens3

eDNA detections2

Sources11 archives

Databases and archives Allium ascalonicum's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation21 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility81 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics3 specimens↗

FooDBThe Metabolomics Innovation Centrecompounds↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

On this page7 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources16 traits

Chemical compositionFooDB · LOTUS · NPASS5 626 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF81 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries2 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD3 specimens

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 16

01Narrative

Schalotte, auch Edelzwiebel, Askalonzwiebel, Eschalotte oder Eschlauch, ist die Sammelbezeichnung für eine Gruppe von Kulturpflanzen aus der Gattung Lauch (Allium), die der Küchenzwiebel (Allium cepa) nahestehen und ähnlich dieser als Speise- und Würzgemüse genutzt werden. Schalotten sind nicht zu verwechseln mit Schlotten.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesTRYLEDAGIFTWCVP

Size & morphology4

Plant height0.37 m

Plant height max0.44 m

Plant height min0.3 m

Seed mass1.01 mg

⚠ sources differ — TRY: 1.01 mg · LEDA: 2.1 mg · GIFT: 2.1 mg

Life cycle & reproduction3

Life formbulbous geophyte

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formcryptophyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment6

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formherb

Woodinessnon-woody

Physiology & chemistry1

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

Other traits1

Diaspore typegenerative dispersule

03Chemical composition5 626 compounds

Compounds documented for Allium ascalonicum across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").

🍽 Used in cookingVegetables

Compound class profile5 classes

Aminoacids87

Glycerophospholipids57

Cinnamic acids and derivatives30

Purine nucleos(t)ides26

Monosaccharides25

Documented compounds5 626 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Amount	Source
Sugars	38,160 mg/100g	FooDB
L-Glutamic acid	2,545 mg/100g	FooDB
Potassium	1,650 mg/100g	FooDB
L-Aspartic acid	1,138 mg/100g	FooDB
Arginine	890 mg/100g	FooDB
L-Proline	813 mg/100g	FooDB
L-Leucine	734 mg/100g	FooDB
epsilon-Polylysine	614 mg/100g	FooDB
Glycine	610 mg/100g	FooDB

05DNA & barcoding3 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Allium ascalonicum has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens3

Marker genes3

eDNA detections2

Countries2

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

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plant barcodefungal barcode

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Allium ascalonicum carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.

Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged

2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.

Chromosomes2n = 16 n = 8

Ploidydiploid inferred

Chromosome records16–162n range16median16mode19records

Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references

2n 1619×CCDB · ita-fl · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn75-78 +4

CCDB · ita-fl — BATTAGLIA E. - 1957. Allium ascalonicum L., A. fistolosum L., A. cepa L.: analisi cariotipica.. Caryologia , 10(1): 1/1/2028.

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Li, R. q. 1989. Studies on Karyotypes of Vegetables in China

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Cortes, F., G. Gonzalez-Gil & M. J. Hazen. 1983. C-Banding and sister chromatid exchanges in three species of the genus Allium (A. cepa, A. ascalonicum and A. sativum). Caryologia 36: 203–210.

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Talukder, K. & S. SEN. 2000. Chromosome characteristics in some Allium spp. and assessment of their interrelationship. Nucleus (Calcutta) 43(1,2): 46–57.

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Pandita, T. K. 1979. Cytological investigations of some monocots of Kashmir. Ph.D. Thesis, Chandigarh 1979.

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Seo, B. B. & J. H. KIM. 1975. Karyotypic analyses based on heterochromatin distribution in Allium fistulosum and Allium ascalonicum. Korean J. Bot. 18: 92–100.

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Vosa, C. G. 1977. Heterochromatic patterns and species relationship. Nucleus 20: 33–41.

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Johnson, M. A. T. & N. Özhatay. 1996. Cytology of Allium sect. Allium. Pp. 17--31 in B. Mathew, A Review of Allium sect. Allium. International Board for Plant Genetic Resources.

CCDB · book-ipcn75-78 — Seo & Kim 1975

CCDB · book-ipcn75-78 — Vosa 1977

CCDB · book-ipcn73-74 — GOHIL, R.N., & A.K. KOUL. 1973. some adaptive genetic-evolutionary processes accompanying polyploidy in the Indian Alliums. Bot. Notiser 126: 426-432.

CCDB · book-indian_vol2 — Hirata, K. & Akihama, K. 1927; Levan, A. 1931 ; Koshy, c:K. 1934; Cochran, F.D .. 1950; Darlington, C.D. & Haque, A. 1955 ; Battaglia, E. 1957b ; Gohil, R.N. & Koul, A.K. 1973 ; Aryavand, A. 1975

CCDB · book-fedorov — Hirata, Akihama 1927

CCDB · book-fedorov — Levan 1931

CCDB · book-fedorov — Koshy 1934

CCDB · book-fedorov — Cochran 1950

CCDB · book-fedorov — Darlington, Haque 1955 cem

CCDB · book-fedorov — Battaglia 1957c

CCDB · Cave1958 — Battaglia 1957a

n 83×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 · CCDB · book-ipcn75-78

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Aryavand, A. 1975. Contribution a l'etude cytotaxonomique de quelques angiospermes de l'Iran. Bot. Not. 128: 299–311.

CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 — KOLLMANN, F. 1970. New chromosome counts in Allium species of Palestine and Mount Hermon. J. Bot. (Israel)--,-g;----245-248.

CCDB · book-ipcn75-78 — Aryavand 1975

Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources

diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale

PloiDB · genus-scale — chromEvol; reliability=1.000 ↗

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type81 records

Wild obs. + sensor26

Museum / vouchered45

Cultivated / captive2

Other8

Origin

Introduced5

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO208 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy18% within 1 km

≤1 km 4≤10 km 4>10 km 14

22 georeferenced · 4 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor26

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy50% within 1 km

≤1 km 2≤10 km 2

4 georeferenced · 41 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence45

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km

>10 km 2

2 georeferenced

Open the mapnot free-living2

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions8 of 17 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Leiden University Medical Centerlocation not on record	5
Barcelona, ES	2
Ischia Marine Centrelocation not on record	2
CZE061location not on record	2
Vancouver, CA	1
Dresden, DE	1
Taipei, TW	1
Görlitz, DE	1
WTUlocation not on record	1
MeiseBGlocation not on record	1
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record	1
Karlsruhe, DE	1
Honolulu, US	1
BISHlocation not on record	1
Uppsala, SE	1
Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record	1
Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Scienceslocation not on record	1

17 institutions · 24 of 45 vouchered records shown · 21 without an institution code

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

09Environmental DNA2 detections

Where the DNA of Allium ascalonicum was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found2

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 2 detections have coordinates

Open the map1 country0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median13.8 °C 13.8–13.8

Seasonal swing summer↔winter23.2 °C

Max temp (day)17.9 °C

Min temp (night)7.60 °C

Precipitation48.2 mm/mo

Air humidity43.6 %

Moisture balance-93.9 mm/mo

Vapour deficit904 Pa

Wind speed3.40 m/s

Cloud cover35.7 %

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 1 detection point · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

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Allium ascalonicum

At a glance

Sources11 archives

Size & morphology4

Life cycle & reproduction3

Diet & foraging1

Habitat & environment6

Physiology & chemistry1

Other traits1

Compound class profile5 classes

Documented compounds5 626 total

At a glance

Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged

Record type81 records

Origin

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions8 of 17 geolocated

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

Signal

Where its DNA was found

How strong is each trace?

Modelled climatemodelled

Documented compounds5 626 total