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Narcissus bugei

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Endangered
Threat status

Description

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Family Amaryllidaceae

Herbs perennial , rarely shrubby or treelike, often with bulbs, corms, rhizomes, or tubers. Leaves basal or cauline, often narrow, margin entire or spiny . Inflorescence a terminal spike, umbel, raceme , panicle, or flowers solitary. Flowers bisexual , actinomorphic or zygomorphic, usually subtended by 1 to several spathaceous involucres. Perianth segments 6, in 2 whorls, free or connate to form a short tube , with or without a corona . Stamens 6, inserted at perianth throat or at base of segments; filaments sometimes basally connate; anther dorsifixed or basifixed , mostly introrse . Ovary inferior, 3-loculed; ovules few to many per locule; placentation axile . Style slender; stigma capitate or 3-lobed. Fruit a capsule, usually loculicidal, sometimes dehiscing irregularly, rarely a berry. Seeds with endosperm.

More than 100 genera and 1200 species: tropical , subtropical , and temperate regions worldwide; ten genera and 34 species (14 endemic, four introduced ) in China.[1]

Genus Narcissus

Herbs perennial , scapose , from ovoid , tunicate bulbs. Leaves (1-) several; blade linear to ligulate , flat to semiterete, fleshy . Inflorescences umbellate in clusters of 2-20, or solitary, spathaceous ; spathe 1-valved, enclosing buds, membranous or papery . Flowers pedicellate or sessile, erect or declinate , often fragrant; tepals 6, connate proximally, distinct and reflexed to ascending distally, yellow and/or white; perianth tube surmounted by a cupular to trumpetlike corona with margins often frilled; stamens 6, epitepalous, often of 2 lengths ; filaments separate from corona; anthers basifixed ; ovary inferior, 3-locular; style often exserted; stigma minutely 3-lobed. Fruits capsular , 3-locular, papery to leathery, dehiscence loculidical. Seeds numerous , subglobose, often with elaiosomes; testa black. x = 7, 11.

Species ca. 26: introduced ; Europe, n Africa, Asia; introduced and naturalized elsewhere.

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 .

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) .[2]

Habitat

Ecology: This geophyte grows on calcareous soils. It is found in small cleared woods that form part of the meadows associated with water courses and enclosed irrigated land. The species is observed in areas where the herbaceous stratum dominates with some dispersed trees on a rocky substrate.[3]


List of Habitats :4.4Grassland - Temperate 15.7Artificial/Aquatic - Irrigated Land (includes irrigation channels )

Taxonomy

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Notes

Basionym : Amaryllidaceae Narcissus longispathus Pugsley var. bugeiBasionym author : (Fern.Casas)

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Narcissus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 4595 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

N. 'Ababa' · N. 'Abalone' · N. 'Abba' (Double Narcissus) · N. 'Aberfoyle' · N. abilii · N. abilioi · N. 'Abraxis' · N. abscissus · N. 'Abstract' · N. 'Accent' (Large-Cupped Daffodil) · N. 'Acclamation' · N. 'Accolade' · N. 'Accord' · N. 'Achduart' · N. 'Achentoul' · N. 'Achnasheen' · N. 'Acropolis' (Double Narcissus) · N. 'Actaea' (Poeticus Daffodil) · N. 'Acumen' · N. 'Adele Thomson' · N. 'Admiration' (Tazetta Narcissus) · N. 'Adrem' · N. 'Advance Guard' · N. 'Advocat' · N. aequilimbus · N. 'Affable' · N. 'Aflame' (Short-Cupped Narcissus) · N. 'African Sunset' · N. 'After All' (Short-Cupped Narcissus) · N. 'Agnes Mace' · N. 'Agora' · N. 'Agra' (Narcissus) · N. 'Ahwahnee' · N. 'Ainley' · N. 'Aintree' · N. 'Aircastle' · N. ajax · N. 'Akala' · N. 'Akepa' · N. 'Alabaster' · N. 'Albacrest' · N. 'Albatross' (Short-Cupped Narcissus) · N. 'Alba Pax' · N. albescens · N. albicans · N. albidus · N. albimarginatus · N. albulus · N. 'Album' · N. albus · N. 'Albus Plenus Odoratus' · N. alcaracensis · N. 'Aldringham' · N. alejandrei · N. 'Algarve' · N. algirus · N. 'Alice's Pink' · N. 'Alka' · N. 'Allafrill' · N. alleniae · N. 'Alley Inn' · N. 'Alliance' · N. 'Allurement' · N. aloysii-villarii · N. alpestris · N. 'Alpha' · N. 'Alpha of Donard' · N. 'Alpine Glow' · N. 'Alpine Winter' · N. 'Alray' · N. 'Alston' · N. 'Alto' · N. 'Altruist' · N. 'Altun Ha' · N. 'Amadeus Mozart' · N. amancaes (Narcissus) · N. 'Amazing Grace' · N. 'Ambergate' (Large-Cupped Daffodil) · N. 'Amberglow' · N. 'Amber Castle' · N. 'Amber Light' · N. 'Ambice' · N. 'Amboseli' · N. 'Ambo' · N. 'Ambra' · N. ambrosiacus · N. 'American Heritage' (Trumpet Narcissus) · N. 'American Lakes' · N. 'American Peace' · N. 'American Robin' · N. 'American Shores' · N. 'Amore' (Daffodil) · N. 'Amor' (Triandrus Narcissus) · N. amplus · N. 'Amstel' · N. 'An-gof' · N. 'Anacapri' · N. anceps · N. 'Ancestor' (Short-Cupped Narcissus) · N. 'Andalusia'

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Footnotes

  1. Zhanhe Ji & Alan W. Meerow "Amaryllidaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 264. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
  2. Gerald B. Straley  & Frederick H. Utech "Narcissus". in Flora of North America Vol. 26 Page 53, 54, 294. Oxford University Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
  3. Hernández-Bermejo, E., Prados, J. & Herrera-Molina, F. 2006. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008. [back]
Last Revised: 2009-07-03