Editing Chives (section)

==Taxonomy==
It was formally described by the Swedish botanist [[Carl Linnaeus]] in his seminal publication ''[[Species Plantarum]]'' in 1753.<ref name="plantlist">{{cite web|title=Allium schoenoprasum L. is an accepted name| url= http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-296525|date=23 March 2012| work= theplantlist.org|access-date=19 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Alliaceae Allium schoenoprasum L.| url= http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=528823-1| work= ipni.org |access-date=19 November 2017}}</ref>

The name of the species derives from the [[Greek language|Greek]] σχοίνος, ''skhoínos'' ([[Cyperaceae|sedge]] or rush) and πράσον, ''práson'' ([[leek]]).<ref>{{cite web |url= http://linnaeus.nrm.se/flora/mono/allia/alliu/allisch.html|title=Den virtuella floran: Allium schoenoprasum L. - Gräslök| first= Anna-Lena |last= Anderberg|work=nrm.se}}</ref> Its [[English language|English]] name, chives, derives from the [[French language|French]] word ''cive'', from ''cepa'', the [[Latin]] word for onion.<ref name="hc">{{cite web| url= http://homecooking.about.com/library/weekly/aa022398.htm| title= Chive Selection and Storage| first= Peggy| last= Trowbridge Filippone| work= About.com Food| access-date= 2006-06-13| archive-date= 2008-09-22| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080922050820/http://homecooking.about.com/library/weekly/aa022398.htm| url-status= dead}}</ref><ref name="Linford">{{cite book |last1= Linford| first1= Jenny| title=A concise guide to herbs|date=2010|publisher=Parragon|location=Bath|isbn=9781405487993|page=45}}</ref> In the [[Middle Ages]], it was known as 'rush leek'.<ref name="Linford"/>

Several subspecies have been proposed, but are not accepted by [[Plants of the World Online]], {{as of|2021|July|lc=yes}}, which sinks them into two subspecies:
*''Allium schoenoprasum'' subsp. ''gredense'' <small>(Rivas Goday) Rivas Mart., Fern.Gonz. & Sánchez Mata</small><ref name="POWO_953275-1">{{cite web |title=''Allium schoenoprasum'' subsp. ''gredense'' (Rivas Goday) Rivas Mart., Fern.Gonz. & Sánchez Mata |work=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:953275-1 |access-date=2021-07-12 }}</ref>
*''Allium schoenoprasum'' subsp. ''latiorifolium'' <small>(Pau) Rivas Mart., Fern.Gonz. & Sánchez Mata</small><ref name="POWO_953276-1">{{cite web |title=''Allium schoenoprasum'' subsp. ''latiorifolium'' (Pau) Rivas Mart., Fern.Gonz. & Sánchez Mata |work=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:953276-1 |access-date=2021-07-12 }}</ref>
Varieties have also been proposed, including ''A.&nbsp;schoenoprasum'' var. ''sibiricum''. The Flora of North America notes that the species is very variable, and considers recognition of varieties as "unsound".<ref name="FNA">{{Cite web |title=Allium schoenoprasum in Flora of North America @ efloras.org |url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=200027528 |access-date=2017-06-18 |website=www.efloras.org}}</ref>