English: Onion

German: Zwiebel

Portuguese: Cebola

Kingdom: Plantae (1846)

  Phylum: Magnoliophyta (1757)

    Class: Liliopsida (277)

      Order: Liliales (116)

        Family: Amaryllidaceae (9) (family description)

          Genus: Allium (7)

           Epithet: cepa L. (1)

cepa => latin name for onion

Climate: sub-tropical

Habit: herb

Flower colour: white

Check for Allium cepa at The Plant List, GBIF or IPNI

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