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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom:
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Plantae
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| Clade:
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Angiosperms
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| Clade:
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Monocots
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| Order:
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Asparagales
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| Family:
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Amaryllidaceae
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| Subfamily:
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Allioideae
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| Genus:
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Allium
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| Species:
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A. ampeloprasum
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| Binomial name
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Allium ampeloprasum
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| Synonyms[1]
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Species synonymy
- Allium adscendens Kunth
- Allium albescens Guss.
- Allium ampeloprasum var. babingtonii (Borrer) Syme
- Allium ampeloprasum var. bertolonii (De Not.) Nyman
- Allium ampeloprasum var. bulbiferum Syme
- Allium ampeloprasum var. bulgaricum Podp.
- Allium ampeloprasum var. caudatum Pamp.
- Allium ampeloprasum subsp. euampeloprasum Hayek
- Allium ampeloprasum var. gasparrinii (Guss.) Nyman
- Allium ampeloprasum var. gracile Cavara
- Allium ampeloprasum subsp. halleri Nyman
- Allium ampeloprasum var. holmense Asch. & Graebn.
- Allium ampeloprasum f. holmense (Asch. & Graebn.) Holmboe
- Allium ampeloprasum subsp. porrum (L.) Hayek
- Allium ampeloprasum var. porrum (L.) J.Gay
- Allium ampeloprasum var. pylium (De Not.) Asch. & Graebn.
- Allium ampeloprasum subsp. thessalum (Boiss.) Nyman
- Allium ampeloprasum var. wiedemannii Regel
- Allium ascendens Ten.
- Allium babingtonii Borrer
- Allium bertolonii De Not.
- Allium byzantinum K.Koch
- Allium duriaeanum Regel
- Allium durieuanum Walp.
- Allium gasparrinii Guss.
- Allium halleri G.Don
- Allium holmense Mill. ex Kunth
- Allium kurrat Schweinf. ex K.Krause
- Allium laetum Salisb.
- Allium lineare Mill.
- Allium porraceum Gray
- Allium porrum L.
- Allium porrum var. ampeloprasum (L.) Mirb.
- Allium porrum subsp. euampeloprasum Breistr.
- Allium porrum var. kurrat (Schweinf. ex K.Krause) Seregin
- Allium pylium De Not.
- Allium scopulicola Font Quer
- Allium scorodoprasum subsp. babingtonii (Borrer) Nyman
- Allium spectabile De Not.
- Allium syriacum Boiss.
- Allium thessalum Boiss.
- Porrum amethystinum Rchb.
- Porrum ampeloprasum (L.) Mill.
- Porrum commune Rchb.
- Porrum sativum Mill.
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Leek is a plant in the onion family, grown for its edible pseudo-stem which is a bundle of leaf sheaths. It is often blanched (deprived of sunlight) to create an elongated, white part of the pseudo-stem which is preferred for edible uses.
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