Narcissus and Daffodil

Classification of Narcissus 41
diameter, deep green throughout; perianth tube 1–1.5 cm long, segments
narrowly oblong, reflexed; corona a shallow cup only ca. 1 mm deep, 6-lobed at the
margin. Southern Spain, Morocco.
1e. Section Tapeinanthus (Herbert) Traub [Sect. Braxireon (Rafinesque) B. Valdes]
Description: Leaves filiform. Flowers autumnal, usually solitary; perianth tube very
short; perianth segments spreading; corona rudimentary to ± absent.
Type species: N. cavanillesii A. Barra and G. López.
N. cavanillesii A. Barra and G. López [syn. Tapeinanthus humilis (Cavanilles) Herbert].
Leaves one or two per bulb, present at flowering time or appearing later, filiform,
green. Flowers autumnal, usually solitary, erect or suberect, 2–2.5 cm in diameter,
yellow; corona absent or rudimentary. South-west Spain, Morocco.
Note: Larger-flowered forms have been found in the Atlas Mountains of North
Africa.
2. Subgenus Hermione (Salisbury) Spach [syn. Sect. Tazettae De
Candolle]
Description: Flowers vernal or autumnal, usually several in an umbel; perianth tube
usually long and slender; perianth segments well-developed, spreading or slightly
reflexed; corona a shallow cup, sometimes ± absent. Filaments ± straight, shorter
than anthers; anthers dorsifixed, included, or the upper three slightly exserted
from the tube. Chromosome number x = 5 (2n = 10, 20, 30 or sometimes 22, 44).
Type species: N. tazetta L.
Two sections of subgenus Hermione are recognised, Hermione and Aurelia.
2a. Section Hermione
Description: Leaves flat. Flowers usually vernal, rarely autumnal, several in an
umbel; perianth tube cylindrical/narrowly infundibuliform; perianth segments
spreading; corona well developed, usually cup-shaped.
Type species: N. tazetta L.
Three subsections of section Hermione are recognised, Hermione, Angustifolii and
Serotini.
2a(i). Subsection Hermione
Description: Leaves flat, to 2 cm wide. Flowers usually vernal, more rarely autumnal;
corona cup-shaped, to 6 mm deep.
Type species: N. tazetta L.
Note: The taxa in this subsection, comprising the very fragrant, cluster-headed
Tazetta and Paperwhite Narcissus species and their relatives, have been classified in
very different ways. Some authors have regarded all those listed below as separate
species, others have grouped them as subspecies or varieties of either N. tazetta
(those with yellow or bicoloured flowers) or N. papyraceus (those with wholly white
flowers), while others have ‘sunk’ some of the names altogether, without any