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International Daffodil Register and Classified List (1998)
BOTANICAL CLASSIFICATIONUpdated August 2000
The following classification of the genus Narcissus is based on that outlined by A.Fernandes in The Daffodil and Tulip Year Book (1968). It is the taxonomy and nomenclature employed by the Royal Horticultural Society in the preparation of The International Daffodil Register. It has been revised to take account of the publication of many new taxa since 1968 and some reassessment of the ranks at which to treat those previously recognized.
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Botanical names in the genus Narcissus
SECTION TAPEINANTHUS (Herbert) Traub
cavanillesii Barra & López
SECTION SEROTINI Parlatore
serotinus Linnaeus
var. serotinus
var. deficiens (Herbert) Baker
var. emarginatus Chabert
SECTION AURELIA (Gay) Baker
broussonetii Lagasca & Segura
f. broussonetii
f. grandiflorus (Battandier & Trabut) Maire
SECTION TAZETTAE de Candolle
aureus Loiseleur-Deslongchamps
barlae Parlatore
bertolonii Parlatore
var. bertolonii
var. algericus (Roemer) Maire & Weiller
var. discolor Battandier
var. primulinus Maire
canariensis Burbidge
corcyrensis (Herbert) Nyman
cupularis (Salisbury) Schultes
cypri Sweet
dubius Gouan
var. dubius
var. micranthus (Jordan & Fourreau) Ascherson & Graebner
elegans (Haworth) Spach
var. elegans
f. elegans
f. auranticoronatus Maire
var. fallax Font Quer
var. flavescens Maire
var. intermedius Gay
var. oxypetalus (Boissier) Maire
italicus Ker Gawler
pachybolbus Durieu de Maisonneuve
panizzianus Parlatore
papyraceus Ker Gawler
patulus (Loiseleur-Deslongchamps) Baker
polyanthos Loiseleur-Deslongchamps
tazetta Linnaeus
subsp. tazetta
subsp. gussonei (Rouy) A.Fernandes
subsp. lacticolor Baker
subsp. ochroleucus (Loiseleur-Deslongchamps) Baker
tortifolius Fernández Casas
SECTION NARCISSUS
poeticus Linnaeus
var. poeticus
var. hellenicus (Pugsley) A.Fernandes
var. majalis (Curtis) A.Fernandes
var. physaloides Beauverd
var. recurvus (Haworth) A.Fernandes
var. verbanensis Herbert
radiiflorus Salisbury
var. radiiflorus
var. exertus (Haworth) A.Fernandes
var. poetarum (Haworth) Burbidge & Baker
var. stellaris (Haworth) A.Fernandes
SECTION JONQUILLA de Candolle
assoanus Dufour
var. assoanus
var. praelongus Barra & López
cordubensis Fernández Casas
fernandesii Pedro
var. fernandesii
var. major A.Fernandes
gaditanus Boissier & Reuter
jonquilla Linnaeus
var. jonquilla
var. henriquesii Sampaio
var. minor (Haworth) Baker
var. stellaris Baker
marianicus Fernández Casas
minutiflorus Willkomm
x montsiccianus Romo (assoanus x palearensis)
palearensis Romo
rivasmartinezii Fernández Casas
viridiflorus Schousboe
willkommii (Sampaio) A.Fernandes
SECTION APODANTHI A.Fernandes
albimarginatus D. & U.Müller-Doblies
atlanticus Stern
calcicola Mendonça
cuatrecasasii Fernández Casas, Laínz & Ruiz Rejón
var. cuatrecasasii
var. segimonensis Fernández Casas
rupicola Dufour
subsp. rupicola
subsp. marvieri (Jahandiez & Maire) Maire & Weiller
subsp. watieri (Maire) Maire & Weiller
scaberulus Henriques
SECTION GANYMEDES (Haworth) Schultes f.
triandrus Linnaeus
subsp. triandrus
var. triandrus
var. concolor (Haworth) Link
var. loiseleurii (Rouy) A.Fernandes
var. pulchellus (Salisbury) Baker
subsp. pallidulus (Graells) D.A.Webb
SECTION BULBOCODIUM de Candolle
x barrae Fernández Casas (bulbocodium x cantabricus)
bulbocodium Linnaeus
subsp. bulbocodium
var. bulbocodium
var. citrinus Baker
var. conspicuus (Haworth) Baker
var. ectandrus Barra & López
var. genuinus Maire
var. graellsii (Webb) Baker
var. nivalis (Graells) Baker
var. pallidus (Gattinger & Weiller) Maire & Weiller
var. serotinus (Haworth) A.Fernandes
var. tenuifolius (Salisbury) Baker
subsp. praecox Gattinger & Weiller
var. praecox (eu-praecox in Maire)
var. paucinervis Maire
subsp. quintanilhae A.Fernandes
cantabricus de Candolle
subsp. cantabricus
var. cantabricus
var. eu-albidus Emberger & Maire
var. foliosus (Maire) A.Fernandes
var. kesticus (Maire & Wilczec) A.Fernandes
var. petunioides A.Fernandes
subsp. monophyllus (Durieu de Maisonneuve) A.Fernandes
subsp. tananicus (Maire) A.Fernandes
x carpetanus (Barra & López) Fernández Casas
(bulbocodium var. graellsii x bulbocodium var. nivalis)
hedraeanthus (Webb & Heldreich) Colmeiro
var. hedraeanthus
var. luteolentus Barra & López
hesperidis Fernández Casas
jacquemoudii Fernández Casas
jeanmonodii Fernández Casas
juressianus Fernández Casas
x magni-antonii Fernández Casas (published as cantabricus x tenuifolius)
x neocarpetanus Rivas Ponce, C.Soriano & Fernández Casas
(cantabricus x nivalis?)
var. neocarpetanus
var. romanensis U.Plaza
obesus Salisbury
peroccidentalis Fernández Casas
romieuxii Braun-Blanquet & Maire
subsp. romieuxii
var. romieuxii
var. mesatlanticus Maire
var. rifanus (Emberger & Maire) A.Fernandes
subsp. albidus (Emberger & Maire) A.Fernandes
var. albidus
var. zaianicus (Maire, Weiller & Wilczec) A.Fernandes
subnivalis Fernández Casas
tingitanus Fernández Casas
SECTION PSEUDONARCISSUS de Candolle
abscissus (Haworth) Roemer & Schultes f.
var. abscissus
var. graciliflorus Pugsley
var. serotinus (Jordan) Pugsley
var. tubulosus (Jordan) Pugsley
albescens Pugsley
alcaracensis Ríos, D.Rivera & Obón
x aloysii-villarii Fernández Casas (alpestris x jacetanus)
alpestris Pugsley
asturiensis (Jordan) Pugsley
bicolor Linnaeus
var. bicolor
var. lorifolius (Herbert) Pugsley
calcicarpetanus Fernández Casas
confusus Pugsley
cyclamineus de Candolle
x dichromus P.D.Sell (cyclamineus x moschatus)
x dordae Fernández Casas (abscissus x macrolobus)
gayi Pugsley
genesii-lopezii Fernández Casas
x hannibalis A.Fernandes (hispanicus x lusitanicus)
hispanicus Gouan
var. hispanicus
var. bujei (Fernández Casas) Fernández Casas
var. concolor (Jordan) Pugsley
var. propinquus (Herbert) Pugsley
var. spurius (Haworth) Pugsley
jacetanus Fernández Casas
subsp. jacetanus
subsp. vasconicus (Fernández Casas) Fernández Casas
lagoi Merino
longispathus Pugsley
lusitanicus Dorda Alcaraz & Fernández Casas
macrolobus (Jordan) Pugsley
minor Linnaeus
var. conspicuus Haworth
var. minimus (Haworth) Pugsley
moleroi Fernández Casas
x monochromus P.D.Sell (cyclamineus x pseudonarcissus)
moschatus Linnaeus
nanus Spach
nevadensis Pugsley
nobilis (Haworth) Schultes f.
var. nobilis
var. leonensis (Pugsley) A.Fernandes
obvallaris Salisbury
pallidiflorus Pugsley
var. pallidiflorus
f. pallidiflorus
f. asturicus (Barr) Pugsley
var. intermedius Pugsley
parviflorus (Jordan) Pugsley
perez-chiscanoi Fernández Casas
portensis Pugsley
var. portensis
var. albido tepaloideus A.Fernandes, Leitão & Aguiar
primigenius (Fernández Suárez ex Laínz) Fernández Casas & Laínz
provincialis Pugsley
pseudonarcissus Linnaeus
subsp. pseudonarcissus
var. pseudonarcissus
var. festinus (Jordan) Pugsley
var. humilis Pugsley
var. insignis Pugsley
var. minoriformis Pugsley
var. montinus (Jordan) Pugsley
var. pisanus (Pugsley) A.Fernandes
var. platylobus (Jordan) Pugsley
var. porrigens (Jordan) Pugsley
subsp. eugeniae (Fernández Casas) Fernández Casas
subsp. pugsleyanus Barra & López
pumilus Salisbury
radinganorum Fernández Casas
segurensis Ríos, D.Rivera & Obón
tortuosus Haworth
varduliensis Fernández Casas & Uribe-Echebarría
yepesii Ríos, D.Rivera & Obón
INTERSECTIONAL HYBRIDS
x abilioi Fernández Casas (bulbocodium x fernandesii)
x alejandrei (bulbocodium subsp. bulbocodium var. citrinus
x jacetanus subsp. vasconicus)
x andorranus Fernández Casas (nobilis x poeticus var. poeticus)
x aranensis Fernández Casas (pallidiflorus x poeticus var. poeticus)
x bakeri Richter (bulbocodium x pseudonarcissus)
x bergidensis Fernández Casas (fontqueri x triandrus)
x bernardii de Candolle (hispanicus x poeticus)
x boutignyanus Philippe (moschatus x poeticus)
x brevitubulosus A.Fernandes (asturiensis x bulbocodium var. nivalis)
x buxtonii Richter (abscissus x assoanus)
x carringtonii Rozeira (scaberulus x triandrus subsp. pallidulus )
x cazorlanus Fernández Casas (hedraeanthus x triandrus subsp. pallidulus )
x chevassutii Gorenflot, Guinochet & Quézel (bertolonii x serotinus)
x consolationis Fernández Casas (bulbocodium var. nivalis
x triandrus subsp. pallidulus)
x felineri Fernández Casas (bulbocodium x primigenius)
x gracilis (jonquilla x poeticus [assumed])
x gredensis Fernández Casas (bulbocodium var. nivalis x rupicola)
x incomparabilis Miller (hispanicus x poeticus, or poeticus x pseudonarcissus)
x incurvicervicus Barra & López (fernandesii x triandrus subsp. pallidulus )
x infundibulum Poiret (abscissus x jonquilla)
x intermedius Loiseleur-Deslongchamps (jonquilla x tazetta)
x johnstonii (Baker) Pugsley (pseudonarcissus x triandrus subsp. pallidulus )
x koshinomurae Fernández Casas (fernandesii x panizzianus)
x laetus Salisbury (minor x jonquilla)
x lopezii Fernández Casas (bulbocodium x obvallaris)
x macleayi Lindley (parentage unknown)
x maginae Fernández Casas & Susanna (cuatrecasasii
x triandrus subsp. pallidulus )
x magnenii Rouy (assoanus x tazetta)
x medioluteus Miller (poeticus x tazetta)
x montserratii Fernández Casas (abscissus x poeticus)
x nutans Haworth (jonquilla x triandrus)
x obsoletus Haworth (elegans x viridiflorus)
x odorus Linnaeus (jonquilla x pseudonarcissus [or hispanicus?])
x pacensis Fernández Casas (confusus x triandrus subsp. pallidulus )
x perezlarae Font Quer (cavanillesii x serotinus)
x petri-mariae Fernández Casas (pallidiflorus x provincialis)
x poculiformis Salisbury (dubius x moschatus)
x ponsii-sorollae Fernández Casas (assoanus x triandrus subsp. pallidulus )
x pravianoi Fernández Casas (nobilis var. primigenius x triandrus)
x pugsleyi Fernández Casas (alpestris x assoanus)
x pujolii Font Quer (assoanus x dubius)
x rogendorfii Battandier (elegans x tazetta)
x romoi Fernández Casas (cantabricus x fernandesii)
x rupidulus Fernández Casas (rupicola x triandrus subsp. pallidulus)
x stenanthus Fernández Casas (bulbocodium var. nivalis x confusus)
x susannae Fernández Casas (cantabricus subsp. monophyllus
x triandrus subsp. pallidulus)
var. susannae
var. toletanus Fernández Casas & Luceño
x taitii Henriques (pseudonarcissus x triandrus subsp. pallidulus)
x tenuior Curtis (jonquilla x poeticus [assumed])
x trilobus Linnaeus (bicolor x jonquilla)
x tuckeri Barra & López (fernandesii x hedraeanthus)
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