Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Scallion" in English language version.
There seems to be several plants similar to shallots used for cooking, as well as a variety of names for Allium fistulosum, and the following shoud be a comprehensive list of alternative names and suggested alternative plants:Baby onion, Bunching onion, Chinese onion, Chinese scallion, Cibol, Egyptian onion, Escallion, Gibbon, Green onion, Long onion, Onion stick, Oriental onion, Precious onion, Salad onion, Scallion, Shallot, Spring onion, Stone leek, Syboe, Top onion, Topsetting onion, Tree onion, Walking onion, Welsh onion, Yard onion.