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Shallot
Whole shallots
Scientific classificationedit
Kinrick: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Faimily: Amaryllidaceae
Subfaimily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Species: A. cepa
Variety: A. c.var.aggregatum
Trinomial name
Allium cepavar.aggregatum

Theshallot(Allium cepavar.aggregatum,or theA. cepaAggregatum Group) is abotanical varietyo the speciesAllium cepa,tae which themultiplier inganan aa belangs.[1]The shallot wis umwhile clessifee'd as a separate species,A. ascalonicum,a name nou considered asynonymo thecurrently acceptit name.[2]The genusAllium,which includes ingans an garlic as well as shallots, is nou clessifee'd in the plant faimilyAmaryllidaceae,but wis umwhile considered tae belang tae the separate faumily Alliaceae.

References

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  1. Fritsch, R. M. (2002). "Chapter 1: Evolution, Domestication, and Taxonomy". In H. D. Rabinowitch and L. Currah (ed.).Allium Crop Science: Recent Advances.Wallingford, UK: CABI Publishing. p.21.ISBN0-85199-510-1.Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help)
  2. "Allium ascalonicuminformation ".Germplasm Resources Information Network.USDA.Archived fraethe originalon 30 Mey 2010.Retrieved20 August2010.