Amaryllidaceae
Narcissus

Narcissus pseudonarcissus L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 289 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Europe. It is a bulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland

Introduced into:

Alabama, Albania, Arkansas, Austria, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Connecticut, Czechoslovakia, Falkland Is., Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Italy, Kentucky, Kuril Is., Louisiana, Madeira, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., Romania, South Carolina, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Transcaucasus, Turkey-in-Europe, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Western Australia, Yugoslavia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Blanchard, J.W. (1990). Narcissus a Guide to Wild Daffodils: 1-203. Alpine Garden Society, Woking.
  • Broughton, D.A. & McAdam, J.H. (2002). The non-native vascular flora of the Falkland islands. Botanical Journal of Scotland 54: 153-190.
  • Dimopoulos, P., Raus, T., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, T., Iatrou, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A., & Tzanoudakis, D. (2013). Vascular plants of Greece. An annotated checklist: 1-372. Botanic gardens and botanical museum Berlin-Dahlem, Berlin and Hellenic botanical society, Athens.
  • Franck, A.R., Anderson, L.C., Burkhalter, J.R. & Dickman, S. (2016). Additions to the flora of Florida, U.S.A. (2010-2015). Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 10: 175-190.
  • Gilman, A.V. (2015). New flora of Vermont. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 110: 1-614.
  • Hansen, A. & Sunding, P. (1985). Flora of Macaronesia. Checklist of vascular plants. 3. revised edition. Sommerfeltia 1: 5-103.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 1: 1-864. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • Healey, A.J. & Edgar, E. (1980). Flora of New Zealand 3: 1-220. R.E.Owen, Government Printer, Wellington.
  • Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.
  • 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.
  • Nesom, G.L. (2010). Notes on Leucojum and Narcissus (Amaryllidaceae) naturalised in Texas. Phytoneuron 2010-9: 1-6.
  • Probatova, N.S. & al. (2006). Flora Rossiiskogo Dal'nego Vostoka. Dopolneniya i izmeneniya k izdaniyu Sosudistye rasteniya sovetskogo Dal'nego Vostoka t. 1-8 (1985-1996): 1-454. Russian academy of sciences Far Eastern branch.
  • Rico, E. & al. (eds.) in Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2013). Flora Iberica 20: 1-651. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
  • Urziceanu, M. & al. (2020). Updated list of non-native ornamental plants in Romania. Contributii Botanice Universitatea "Babes-Bolyai" din Cluj-Napoca 55: 59-82.

Kew Species Profiles

  • Arlott, N., Fitter, R. & Fitter, A. (1993). British wildlife. HarperCollins.
  • Blanchard, J.W. (1990). Narcissus - a guide to wild daffodils. Alpine Garden Society, Surrey.
  • Jefferson-Brown, M. (1991). Narcissus. B.T. Batsford Ltd., London.
  • Mabey, R. (1996). Flora Britannica. Chatto & Windus.
  • 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.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Broughton, D.A. & McAdam, J.H. (2002). The non-native vascular flora of the Falkland islands. Botanical Journal of Scotland 54: 153-190.
  • Czerepanov, S.K. (1995). Vascular Plants of Russia and Adjacent States (The Former USSR): 1-516. Cambridge University Press.
  • Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1984). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 8: 1-632. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2002). Flora of North America North of Mexico 26: 1-723. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Franck, A.R., Anderson, L.C., Burkhalter, J.R. & Dickman, S. (2016). Additions to the flora of Florida, U.S.A. (2010-2015). Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 10: 175-190.
  • George, A.S. (ed.) (1987). Flora of Australia 45: 1-521. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  • Gilman, A.V. (2015). New flora of Vermont. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 110: 1-614.
  • Hansen, A. & Sunding, P. (1985). Flora of Macaronesia. Checklist of vascular plants. 3. revised edition. Sommerfeltia 1: 5-103.
  • Healey, A.J. & Edgar, E. (1980). Flora of New Zealand 3: 1-220. R.E.Owen, Government Printer, Wellington.
  • Probatova, N.S. & al. (2006). Flora Rossiiskogo Dal'nego Vostoka. Dopolneniya i izmeneniya k izdaniyu Sosudistye rasteniya sovetskogo Dal'nego Vostoka t. 1-8 (1985-1996): 1-454. Russian academy of sciences Far Eastern branch.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1980). Flora Europaea 5: 1-452. Cambridge University Press.
  • iNaturalist.org (2019-countinuously updated). iNaturalist Research-grade Observations. Occurrence dataset http://www.inaturalist.org.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
s.coll. [s.n.] K002463573 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001735686 Yes
Giles, J.J. [130] United Kingdom K000899987 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002463567 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001735687 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002463575 Yes
Burkill, I.H. [s.n.] K001735682 Yes
s.n. [s.n.] Spain K002462521 Yes
Gunter, W. [1587b] United Kingdom K001613479 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] K001613480 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Italy K001613481 Yes
Barr [s.n.] K001735681 Yes
Armitage, E.; Jones, D.A.; Knight, H.H. [484] United Kingdom K000464044 Type Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002463576 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] France K001617268 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002462474 Yes
s.coll. [[K2539]] K002463565 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] France K002462501 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] France K001617267 Yes
s.coll [s.n.] K002463568 Yes
Renand [s.n.] France K002463572 Yes
Briggs, M. [[H810/1931]] K002463579 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001735685 Yes
K:SPC-23562.000 No
Renand [s.n.] France K002463571 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002463574 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001735688 Yes
K:SPC-15608.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K001735684 Yes
[Dewan] [s.n.] K002463570 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002463569 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001735683 Yes
May 5, 1934 Billot, C. [s.n.] Italy Narcissus pisanus K000464045 Type Yes
Baker, J.G. [s.n.] Narcissus pisanus K002463564 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Narcissus gayi K002463589 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Narcissus gayi K002463590 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Living Collection Database

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Species Profiles

    • Kew Species Profiles
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