Ranunculaceae
Nigella

Nigella nigellastrum (L.) Willk.

First published in M.Willkomm & J.M.C.Lange, Prodr. Fl. Hispan. 3: 963 (1880)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Europe to Krym and Iran. It is an annual and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cyprus, East Aegean Is., France, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Kriti, Krym, North Caucasus, Palestine, Spain, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkmenistan

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1965). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 1: 1-567. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
  • M.Iranshahr, K.H.Rechinger, H.Riedl (1992). Flora Iranica 171: 1-249. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
  • Townsend, C.C. & Guest, E. (eds.) (1980). Flora of Iraq 4(2): 628-1199. Ministry of Agriculture & Agrarian Reform, Baghdad.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Authier, P. & Covillot, J. (2011). Catalogue actualisé des plantes de l'île de Rhodes (Grèce). Saussurea; Travaux de la Société Botanique de Genève 41: 131-170.
  • B.A.Fedtschenko & al. (1948). Flora Turkmenii 3: 1-280. Turkmenskoe gosudarstvennoe izd., Ashkhabad.
  • Danin, A. & Fragman- Sapir, O. (2019). Flora of Israel Online http://flora.org.il/en/plants/.
  • Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1965). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 1: 1-567. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
  • M.Iranshahr, K.H.Rechinger, H.Riedl (1992). Flora Iranica 171: 1-249. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
  • Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) in Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2012). Konspekt Flora Kavkaza 3(2): 1-623. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1993). Flora Europaea ed. 2, 1: 1-581. Cambridge University Press.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1905 Lindberg, H. [s.n.] Cyprus K001264303 Yes
Jan 1, 1905 Davis [2994] Cyprus K001264305 Yes
Jan 1, 1905 Balansa, B. [609] Cyprus K001264285 Yes
Jan 1, 1905 Atherton, G.E. [1363] Cyprus K001264317 Yes
Jan 1, 1905 Syngrassides, A. [674] Cyprus K001264296 Yes
Jan 1, 1905 Kennedy, E.W. [1651] Cyprus K001264308 Yes
Jan 1, 1905 Mavromoustakis, G.A. [s.n.] Cyprus K001264309 Yes
Jan 1, 1905 Merton, L.F.H [2232] Cyprus K001264288 Yes
Jan 1, 1905 Merton, L.F.H. [2763] Cyprus K001264318 Yes
Jan 1, 1905 Tracey, I.A. [21] Cyprus K001264295 Yes
Jan 1, 1905 Pichler [s.n.] Cyprus K001264293 Yes
Jan 1, 1905 Wyatt, C.H. [8] Cyprus K001264302 Yes
Jan 1, 1905 Sintenis [s.n.] Cyprus K001264287 Yes
Jan 1, 1905 EeeKenned [1651] Cyprus K001264307 Yes
Jan 1, 1905 Syngrassides, A., I. [918] Cyprus K001264298 Yes
Jan 1, 1905 Casey, R.C. [175] Cyprus K001264316 Yes
Jan 1, 1905 Lascelles, A.G. [s.n.] Cyprus K001264294 Yes
Jan 1, 1905 Dony (?), Mrs. [s.n.] Cyprus K001264301 Yes
Jan 1, 1905 Bornmuller, J. [40] Cyprus K001264286 Yes
Jan 1, 1905 Oswald [132] Cyprus K001264297 Yes
Jan 1, 1905 Mavromoustakis, G.A. [s.n.] Cyprus K001264320 Yes
Jan 1, 1905 Davis [3588] Cyprus K001264306 Yes
Jan 1, 1905 Davis [2911] Cyprus K001264304 Yes
Jan 1, 1905 Meikle, R.D. [2570] Cyprus K001264315 Yes
Jan 1, 1905 Chapman, E [669] Cyprus K001264313 Yes
Jan 1, 1905 Synfrassides, A. [918] Cyprus K001264291 Yes
Jan 1, 1905 Chapman, E [636] Cyprus K001264312 Yes
Jan 1, 1905 E Chapman [673] Cyprus K001264314 Yes
Jan 1, 1905 Mavromoustakis, G.A. [s.n.] Cyprus K001264310 Yes
Jan 1, 1905 Chapman, E [568] Cyprus K001264311 Yes
Jan 1, 1905 Merton, L.F.H. [s.n.] Cyprus K001264319 Yes
Jan 1, 1905 s.coll. [81] Cyprus K001264292 Yes
Cohen, O. [00-9468] Turkey K001264321 Yes
Syngrassides, A. [918] Cyprus K001264299 Yes
Kotschy, T. [631] Cyprus K001264284 Yes
Morton, L.F.H. [2232] Cyprus K001264290 Yes
Syngrassides, A. [918] Cyprus K001264300 Yes
Genneou, A. [1487] Cyprus K001264283 Yes
Lindferton [759] Cyprus K001264289 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. 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 Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. 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

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