Editing Garlic (section)

===Subspecies and varieties===
There are two [[subspecies]] of ''A. sativum'',<ref name="GRIN">{{GRIN|access-date=December 10, 2017}}</ref> ten major groups of [[Variety (botany)|varieties]], and hundreds of varieties, or cultivars.

*''A. sativum'' var. ''ophioscorodon'' (Link) Döll, called ''Ophioscorodon'' or hardneck garlic, includes porcelain garlics, rocambole garlic, and purple stripe garlics. It is sometimes considered to be a separate species, ''Allium ophioscorodon'' G.Don.
*''A. sativum'' var. ''sativum'', or softneck garlic, includes artichoke garlic, silverskin garlic, and creole garlic.

There are at least 120 cultivars originating from [[Central Asia]], making it the main center of garlic biodiversity.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Kamenetsky, R. |author2=London Shafir, I. |author3=Khassanov, F.|display-authors=etal |title=Diversity in fertility potential and organo-sulphur compounds among garlics from Central Asia |journal=Biodivers Conserv |date=2005 |volume=14 |issue=2 |pages=281–295 |doi=10.1007/s10531-004-5050-9 |bibcode=2005BiCon..14..281K |s2cid=17749916 |url=http://library.wur.nl/WebQuery/wurpubs/338008 }}</ref>[[File:Garlic flower head.jpg|thumb|right|Flower head]]
[[File:Italian garlic PDO.JPG|thumb|Italian garlic]]

Some garlics have [[Protected Geographical Status|protected status]] in the UK and the EU,<ref name="pdopgi">{{cite web |title=Agriculture and Rural Development > Agriculture and food > DOOR |date=October 24, 2023 |url=https://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/quality/door/list.html |publisher=European Commission}}</ref> including:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name
! Source
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|[[Aglio Rosso di Nubia]] (Red Garlic of Nubia)
|Nubia-Paceco, Provincia di [[Trapani]], [[Sicily]], Italy
|-
|Aglio Bianco Polesano
|[[Rovigo]], [[Veneto]], Italy (PDO)
|-
|Aglio di Voghiera
|[[Provincia di Ferrara|Ferrara]], [[Emilia-Romagna]], Italy (PDO)
|-
|Ail blanc de Lomagne
|Lomagne in the [[Gascony]], France (PGI)
|-
|Ail de la Drôme
|[[Drôme (département)|Drôme]], France (PGI)
|-
|[[Lautrec Pink Garlic|Ail rose de Lautrec]], a rose/pink garlic
|[[Lautrec]], France (PGI)
|-
|Ail violet de Cadours
|[[Cadours]], France (PDO)
|-
|Ajo Morado de Las Pedroñeras, a rose/pink garlic
|[[Las Pedroñeras]], Spain (PGI)
|-
| 金鄕大蒜 Jīn Xiāng Dà Suàn
|China (PGI)
|-
| Taşköprü Sarımsağı
|Turkey (PDO)
|}