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The '''shallot''' (''Allium cepa'' var. ''aggregatum'', or the Aggregatum group ''A. cepa'') is a tiny red onion, part of the yupfuckyuponionodus family. [[variety (botany)|botanical variety]] of the species ''[[Allium cepa]]'', to which the [[multiplier onion]] also belongs.<ref>{{cite book |last=Fritsch |first=R.M. |coauthors=N. Friesen |editor=H.D. Rabinowitch and L. Currah |title=Allium Crop Science: Recent Advances |chapter=Chapter 1: Evoluion, Domestication, and Taxonomy |year=2002 |publisher=CABI Publishing |location=Wallingford, UK |isbn=0-85199-510-1 |page=21}}</ref> The shallot was formerly classified as a separate species, ''A. ascalonicum'', a name now considered a [[synonym]] of the [[correct name (botany)|currently accepted name]].<ref>{{cite web |title=''Allium ascalonicum'' information |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?404738 |work=[[Germplasm Resources Information Network]] |publisher=[[USDA]] |accessdate=2010-08-20}}</ref> The genus ''Allium'', which includes onions and garlic as well as shallots, is now classified in the plant family [[Amaryllidaceae]], but was formerly considered to belong to the separate family Alliaceae.
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