Allium tuberosum

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamilia: Allioideae
Tribus: Allieae
Genus: Allium
Subgenus: A. subg. Butomissa
Section: A. sect. Butomissa
Species: Allium tuberosum
Name

Allium tuberosum Rottler ex Spreng., 1825.
Synonyms

Allium angulosum Lour., nom. illeg.
Allium argyi H.Lév.
Allium chinense Maxim., nom. illeg.
Allium clarkei Hook.f.
Allium roxburghii Kunth
Allium sulvia Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don
Allium tricoccum Blanco, sensu auct.
Allium tuberosum Roxb., nom. illeg.
Allium tuberosum f. yezoense (Nakai) M.Hiroe
Allium uliginosum G.Don
Allium yesoense Nakai
Nothoscordum sulvia (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) Kunth

Notes

Allium uliginosum Ledeb. (1830) = Allium ledebourianum Schult.f.
Allium uliginosum Kanitz (1863) = Allium angulosum L.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: America
Alabama; Cuba; Iowa; Kansas; Masachusettes; Nebraska; Wisconsin
Continental: Asie
Assam; Bangladesh; China North-Central; Cambodia; Japan; Korea; Myanmar; Nauru; Nepal; Philippines; Seychelles; Thailand; Tibet; West Himalaya
Continental: Europe
Belarus; Czechoslovakia
Continental: Micronesia
Caroline Is.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References

Rottler, J.P., Syst. Veg. 2:38. 1825

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Allium tuberosum in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Jul. 25. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Allium tuberosum. Published online. Accessed: Jul. 25 2018.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Allium tuberosum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names
Deutsch: Knoblauch-Schnittlauch
English: Garlic chives
suomi: Kiinansipuli, kiinanruohosipuli
français: Ciboule de Chine
中文: 韭菜

Allium tuberosum (garlic chives, Oriental garlic, Asian chives, Chinese chives, Chinese leek) is a species of plant native to the Chinese province of Shanxi, and cultivated and naturalized elsewhere in Asia and around the world.[1][4][5][6]

Description

Allium tuberosum is a rhizomatous, clump-forming perennial plant growing from a small, elongated bulb (about 10 mm, 13⁄32 inch, across) that is tough and fibrous.[7][6][8] Unlike either onion or garlic, it has strap-shaped leaves with triangular bases, about 1.5 to 8 mm (1⁄16 to 5⁄16 in) wide. [9] It produces many white flowers in a round cluster (umbel) on stalks 25 to 60 cm (10 to 24 in) tall.[4] It grows in slowly expanding perennial clumps, but also readily sprouts from seed. In warmer areas (USDA zone 8 and warmer), garlic chives may remain green all year round. In cold areas (USDA zones 7 to 4b), leaves and stalks completely die back to the ground, and resprout from roots or rhizomes in the spring.[10]

The flavor is more like garlic than chives.[9]
Taxonomy

Originally described by Johan Peter Rottler, the species name was validly published by Curt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel in 1825.[2] A. tuberosum is classified within Allium in subgenus Butomissa (Salisb.) N. Friesen, section Butomissa (Salisb.) Kamelin, a group consisting of only A. tuberosum and A. ramosum L.,[11][12] which have been variously regarded as either one or two genetic entities.[13]
Distribution and habitat

Allium tuberosum originated in the Siberian–Mongolian–North Chinese steppes,[11] but is widely cultivated and naturalised. It has been reported as growing wild in scattered locations in the United States (Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Nebraska, Alabama, Iowa, Arkansas, and Wisconsin).[14][15][16] However, it is believed to be more widespread in North America because of the availability of seeds and seedlings of this species as an exotic herb and because of its high aggressiveness. This species is also widespread across much of mainland Europe[17] and invasive in other areas of the world.[18]
Ecology

A late summer- to autumn-blooming plant,[6] A. tuberosum is one of several Allium species known as wild onion and/or wild garlic that, in various parts of the world, such as Australia, are listed as noxious weeds or as invasive "serious high impact environmental and/or agricultural weeds that spread rapidly and often create monocultures".[14][18]
Cultivation

Often grown as an ornamental plant in gardens, several cultivars are available. A. tuberosum is distinctive by blooming later than most native or naturalised species of Allium.[15] It is cold-hardy to USDA zones 4–10 (−30 to +35 °F, −34 to 2 °C).[8] Garlic chives are regarded as easy to grow in many conditions and may spread readily by seeds or can be intentionally propagated by dividing their clumps.[19]

A number of varieties have been developed for either improved leaf (e.g. 'Shiva') or flower stem (e.g. 'Nien Hua') production.[20] While the emphasis in Asia has been primarily culinary, in North America, the interest has been more as an ornamental.[21] 'Monstrosum' is a giant ornamental cultivar.[22]
Uses

Garlic chives
Chinese name
Chinese	韭菜
Hanyu Pinyin	jiǔ cài
Wade–Giles	chiu3 ts'ai4
Romanization	kíu chhoi
Yale Romanization	gáu choi
Jyutping	gau2 coi3
Hokkien POJ	kú chhài
Tâi-lô	kú tshài
Dunganese name
Dungan	джуцей
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese	hẹ
Thai name
Thai	กุยช่าย
RTGS	kuichai
Korean name
Hangul	부추
Revised Romanization	buchu
McCune–Reischauer	puch'u
Japanese name
Kanji	韮
Kana	にら/ニラ
Revised Hepburn	nira
Kyrgyz name
Kyrgyz	жусай

Uses have included as ornamental plants, including cut and dried flowers, culinary herbs, and traditional medicine. Garlic chives have been widely cultivated for centuries in East Asia for their culinary value. The flat leaves, the stalks, and immature, unopened flower buds are used as flavouring.[23] Another form is "blanched" by regrowing after cutting under cover to produce white-yellow leaves and a subtler flavor.[24]
China

The leaves are used as a flavoring in a similar way to chives, scallions as a stir fry ingredient. In China, they are often used to make dumplings with eggs, shrimp, and/or pork. A Chinese flatbread similar to the scallion pancake may be made with garlic chives instead of scallions. Garlic chives are also one of the main ingredients used with yi mein dishes. Its flower are fermented to make garlic chive flower sauce (韭花酱). When grown in dark environments, it is known as jiuhuang (韭黄) and is used in various stir fry dishes.[25]
India

In Manipur and other northeastern states of India, it is grown and used as a substitute for garlic and onion in cooking and is known as maroi nakuppi in Manipuri.
Japan

In Japan, where the plant is known as nira, it is used for both garlic and sweet flavors, in miso soups and salads, stir-fries with eggs, and Japanese dishes such as gyōza dumplings and fried liver.
Central Asia

In Central Asian countries such as Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, where the plant has been introduced through cultivation by Dungan farmers and ties with neighboring China, garlic chives are known by transliterations of their name. Used in cooking,[26] it is sometimes added as a filling to manty, samsa, laghman,[27] yuta, ashlan-fu,[28] and other typical dishes.
Korea

Known as buchu (부추), garlic chives are widely used in Korean cuisine. They can be eaten fresh as namul, pickled as kimchi and jangajji, and pan-fried in buchimgae (pancake). they are also one of the most common herbs served with gukbap (soup with rice), as well as a common ingredient in mandu (dumplings).

Nepal

In Nepal, cooks fry a curried vegetable dish of potatoes and A. tuberosum known as dunduko sag.[29]
Vietnam

In Vietnam, the leaves of garlic chives, known as hẹ, are cut up into short pieces and used as the only vegetable in a broth with sliced pork kidneys.[30]

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Articles and chapters

Friesen, N; Fritsch, RM; Blattner, Frank R (2006). "Phylogeny and new intrageneric classification of Allium (Alliaceae) based on nuclear ribosomal DNA ITS sequences". Aliso. 22: 372–395. doi:10.5642/aliso.20062201.31. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
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