Narcissus elegans (Haw.) Spach

First published in Hist. Nat. Vég. 12: 452 (1846)
This name is a synonym of Narcissus obsoletus

POWO follows these authorities in synonymising this name:

  • Koopowitz, H., Howe, M. & Christenhusz, M.J.M. (2017). Nomenclatural notes on some autumn flowering daffodils (Narcissus, Amaryllidaceae). Phytotaxa 297: 157-167. [Cited as Narcissus obsoletus.]

This name was accepted following an alternative taxonomy by these authorities:

  • Blanchard, J.W. (1990). Narcissus a Guide to Wild Daffodils: 1-203. Alpine Garden Society, Woking. [Cited as Narcissus elegans.]
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève. [Cited as Narcissus elegans.]
  • Díaz Lifante, Z. & Andrés Camacho, C. (2007). Morphological variation of Narcissus serotinus L. s.l. (Amaryllidaceae) in the Iberian Peninsula. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 154: 237-257. [Cited as Narcissus elegans.]
  • Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (eds.) (1978). Flora of Libya 51: 1-10. Al-Faateh University, Tripoli. [Cited as Narcissus elegans.]
  • Marques, I., Aguilar, J.F., Martins-Louçao, M.A., Moharrek, F. & Nieto Feliner, G. (2017). A tree-genome five-gene comprehensive phylogeny of the bulbous genus Narcissus (Amaryllidaceae) challenges current classifications and reveils multiple hybridization events. Taxon 66: 832-854. [Cited as Narcissus elegans.]
  • Ramírez López, J. (2007). Narcissus elegans (Haworth) Spach (Amaryllidaceae), cita nueva para España continental. Fontqueria 20: 1-6. [Cited as Narcissus elegans.]
  • Rico, E. & al. (eds.) in Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2013). Flora Iberica 20: 1-651. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid. [Cited as Narcissus elegans.]
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1980). Flora Europaea 5: 1-452. Cambridge University Press. [Cited as Narcissus elegans.]
  • Zonneveld, B.J.M. (2008). The systematic value of nuclear DNA content for all species of Narcissus L. (Amaryllidaceae). Plant Systematics and Evolution 275: 109-132. [Cited as Narcissus elegans.]

Other Data

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Sources

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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