View source for Narcissus ← Narcissus You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Narcissus |accepted_authority=Linnaeus |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Sp. Pl. |place=1: 289. 1753 |year=1753 }}, {{Treatment/Publication |title=Gen. Pl. ed. |place=5, 141. 1754 |year=1754 }} |common_names=Narcisse |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Liliaceae;Narcissus |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Liliaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Narcissus]]</div></div> |etymology=from Greek Narkissos, mythological youth who fell in love with his own reflection and changed into a flower |volume=Volume 26 |mention_page=page 53, 54 |treatment_page=page 294 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism architecture;whole_organism growth form;bulb shape;bulb architecture"><b>Herbs </b>perennial, scapose, from ovoid, tunicate bulbs.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="leaf quantity;leaf quantity"><b>Leaves </b>(1–) several;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="blade arrangement or course or shape;blade architecture;blade shape;blade texture">blade linear to ligulate, flat to semiterete, fleshy.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="inflorescence architecture;inflorescence architecture or arrangement or growth form;inflorescence architecture"><b>Inflorescences </b>umbellate in clusters of 2–20, or solitary, spathaceous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="spathe architecture;spathe texture;spathe texture">spathe 1-valved, enclosing buds, membranous or papery.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="flower architecture;flower architecture;flower orientation;flower orientation;flower odor"><b>Flowers </b>pedicellate or sessile, erect or declinate, often fragrant;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="tepal quantity;tepal fusion;tepal fusion;tepal orientation;tepal coloration;tepal coloration">tepals 6, connate proximally, distinct and reflexed to ascending distally, yellow and/or white;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="corona shape;margin architecture or shape">perianth-tube surmounted by a cupular to trumpetlike corona with margins often frilled;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="stamen quantity;stamen position">stamens 6, epitepalous, often of 2 lengths;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="filament arrangement">filaments separate from corona;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="anther fixation">anthers basifixed;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="ovary position;ovary architecture or structure in adjective form">ovary inferior, 3-locular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="style position">style often exserted;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="stigma shape">stigma minutely 3-lobed.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="fruit architecture;fruit architecture or structure in adjective form;fruit texture;fruit dehiscence"><b>Fruits </b>capsular, 3-locular, papery to leathery, dehiscence loculidical.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="seed quantity;seed shape"><b>Seeds </b>numerous, subglobose, often with elaiosomes;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="">testa black.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="testa coloration;x chromosome quantity;x chromosome quantity">x = 7, 11.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Europe;n Africa;Asia;and naturalized elsewhere |introduced=true |discussion=<p>Species ca. 26 (5 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p>Narcissus species and especially a vast array of their natural hybrids and garden cultivars are among the most popular spring flowers (A. Huxley et al. 1992). Many species are extremely variable due to horticultural selection and naturalization. Besides the following species, many of the cultivars also may persist around old gardens, although they never fully naturalize.</p><!-- --><p>All parts of the plant are poisonous, especially the bulb, due to phenanthridine alkaloids such as narcissine and lycorine (G. E. Burrows and R. J. Tyrl 2001).</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><div class="treatment-key"> ==Key== <div class="treatment-key-group"> {| class="wikitable fna-keytable" |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Inflorescences 1-flowered. |[[#key-0-2| > 2]] |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Inflorescences umbellate, (1–)2–20-flowered. |[[#key-0-3| > 3]] |-id=key-0-2 |2 |Corona tubular, ± equal in length to free portions of tepals; tepals yellow; stamens uniseriate. |[[Narcissus pseudonarcissus|Narcissus pseudonarcissus]] |-id=key-0-2 |2 |Corona cup-shaped, much shorter than free portions of tepals; tepals white; stamens biseriate. |[[Narcissus poeticus|Narcissus poeticus]] |-id=key-0-3 |3 |Leaf blades nearly terete, 2–4 mm wide; flowers uniformly golden yellow. |[[Narcissus jonquilla|Narcissus jonquilla]] |-id=key-0-3 |3 |Leaf blades flat, 6–15(–20) mm wide; flowers white, or yellow and white. |[[#key-0-4| > 4]] |-id=key-0-4 |4 |Tepals and corona white. |[[Narcissus papyraceus|Narcissus papyraceus]] |-id=key-0-4 |4 |Tepals white to cream, corona yellow. |[[Narcissus tazetta|Narcissus tazetta]] |} </div></div><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Narcissus |author=Gerald B. Straley†;Frederick H. Utech |authority=Linnaeus |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Liliaceae |distribution=Europe;n Africa;Asia;and naturalized elsewhere |introduced=true |reference=None |publication title=Sp. Pl.;Gen. Pl. ed. |publication year=1753;1754 |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V26/V26_566.xml |genus=Narcissus |anther fixation=basifixed |blade architecture=ligulate |blade arrangement or course or shape=linear |blade shape=flat;semiterete |blade texture=fleshy |bulb architecture=tunicate |bulb shape=ovoid |corona shape=cupular;trumpetlike |filament arrangement=separate |flower architecture=sessile;pedicellate |flower odor=fragrant |flower orientation=declinate;erect |fruit architecture=capsular |fruit architecture or structure in adjective form=3-locular |fruit dehiscence=loculidical |fruit texture=papery;leathery |inflorescence architecture=spathaceous;umbellate |inflorescence architecture or arrangement or growth form=solitary |leaf quantity=several;[1 |margin architecture or shape=frilled |ovary architecture or structure in adjective form=3-locular |ovary position=inferior |seed quantity=numerous |seed shape=subglobose |spathe architecture=1-valved |spathe texture=papery;membranous |stamen position=epitepalous |stamen quantity=6 |stigma shape=3-lobed |style position=exserted |tepal coloration=white;yellow |tepal fusion=distinct;connate |tepal orientation=reflexed;ascending |tepal quantity=6 |testa coloration=black |whole_organism architecture=scapose |whole_organism duration=perennial |whole_organism growth form=herb |x chromosome quantity=11;7 }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Liliaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Liliaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Narcissus.