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Accession Data:

Narcissus tazetta L.

  • Common Name: Paperwhite Narcissus
  • Family: Amaryllidaceae J. St-Hil.

  • Country of Origin: Medit. to Afghanistan, SE. China to Japan

  • Culture: Floral induction by high temps (25-30C) during dormancy. Dry off in summer, leave in bright spot in greenhouse.

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 200800012
  • Source: unknown
  • Accession Date: 02-15-2008
  • Bench: 2101 - MED:Mediterranean A
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 01-02-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: monocots
  • Order: Asparagales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Amaryllidaceae
  • SubFamily: Amaryllidoideae
  • Tribe: Narcisseae
  • SubTribe:

References (internal):

  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
  • Floriculture CDE Plant List
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Baleares / Corse / France / Sardegna / Spain / Albania / Greece / Italy / Kriti / Sicilia / Yugoslavia / Algeria / Egypt / Libya / Morocco / Tunisia / Canary Is. / Turkmenistan / Uzbekistan / Afghanistan / Cyprus / East Aegean Is. / Iran / Iraq / Lebanon-Syria / Palestine / Sinai / Turkey / China Southeast / Japan /

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, November 07, 2017.
  2. WCSP (2017). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Tuesday, November 07, 2017.
  3. Tal Noy-Porat et. al., Turned on by heat: differential expression of FT and LFY-like genes in Narcissus tazetta during floral transition, Journal of Experimental Botany, Volume 64, Issue 11, 1 August 2013, Pages 3273–3284, https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/ert165. Last accessed on Tuesday, November 07, 2017.
  4. Angiosperm Phylogeny Website at MoBot. Last accessed on Tuesday, 03 December, 2019.

data regenerated on Mon, 28 Apr 2025 10:36:25 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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