Designed to help those working on any aspect of Allium to find out the generally accepted species name and the section of the genus to which it belongs. This is a genus of monocotyledonous flowering plants that includes hundreds of species, including the cultivated onion, garlic, scallion, shallot, leek, and chives. Contains 1400 species names, of which half are synonyms, and also many subgeneric names.