See discussions, stats, and author profiles for this publication at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/314088340 Nomenclatural notes on some autumn flowering daffodils (Narcissus, Amaryllidaceae) Article in Phytotaxa · February 2017 DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.297.2.3 CITATIONS READS 0 159 3 authors, including: Maarten Christenhusz Plant Gateway 130 PUBLICATIONS 1,547 CITATIONS SEE PROFILE Some of the authors of this publication are also working on these related projects: Ferns and lycophytes from Paraná View project Teaching Plant Systematics View project All content following this page was uploaded by Maarten Christenhusz on 24 March 2017. The user has requested enhancement of the downloaded file. Phytotaxa 297 (2): 157–167 ISSN 1179-3155 (print edition) http://www.mapress.com/j/pt/ PHYTOTAXA Copyright © 2017 Magnolia Press Article ISSN 1179-3163 (online edition) https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.297.2.3 Nomenclatural notes on some autumn flowering daffodils (Narcissus, Amaryllidaceae) HAROLD KOOPOWITZ1*, MARILYNN HOWE2 & MAARTEN J. M. CHRISTENHUSZ3, 4 1Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, California 92705, U.S.A; e-mail:
[email protected] 2P.O. Box 11372, Marina del Rey, California 90295, U.S.A. 3Plant Gateway, Hertford, Hertfordshire, U.K. 4Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, U.K. *author for correspondence Keyword: Taxonomic key, historical confusion, Narcissus obsoletus, Narcissus miniatus, Narcissus serotinus Autumn flowering daffodils have been recorded in taxonomic history for at least 500 years. First descriptions were often merely based on hearsay, as they were often not studied alive. Consequently, many errors in interpretation of these names have occurred and taxonomic confusion, errors in identification and misapplication of names have led to an accumulation of taxonomic entanglement in Narcissus Linnaeus (1753: 289) nomenclature.