Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

1) Wild onion in English is the name of a plant defined with Allium canadense in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices.

2) Wild onion is also identified with Allium cernuum It has the synonym Allium cernuum subsp. obtusum (Cockerell) Traub & Ownbey (etc.).

3) Wild onion is also identified with Allium stellatum It has the synonym Stelmesus stellatus (Nutt. ex Ker Gawl.) Raf. (etc.).

4) Wild onion is also identified with Allium vineale It has the synonym Getuonis vinealis Raf. (etc.).

5) Wild onion is also identified with Asphodelus fistulosus It has the synonym Hagenbachia angusta Ravenna (etc.).

6) Wild onion is also identified with Ornithogalum longibracteatum It has the synonym Urophyllon caudatum (Aiton) Salisb., nom. inval. (etc.).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Toxicants of Plant Origin.
· Ann. Bot. Fenn. (2003)
· Hort. Bot. Vindob. (1777)
· Synopsis der Mitteleuropäischen Flora (1905)
· Amer. Journal of Botany
· Stapfia (2001)

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

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Partial matches: Onion.

Ends with: Nodding wild onion.

Full-text: Nodding wild onion.

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