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Narcissus poeticus

Flowering Plants

Narcissus poeticus, commonly called the poet's daffodil, is a fragrant flowering plant and the type species of the genus Narcissus, in the family Amaryllidaceae. It grows 20 to 40 centimeters tall and bears a flower with a ring of pure white tepals surrounding a short, light yellow corona edged in red. The species is native to central and southern Europe, from Spain and France through Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Albania, Greece and Ukraine, and has naturalized in Great Britain, parts of North America and New Zealand. It is also known as poet's narcissus, nargis, pheasant's eye, findern flower and pinkster lily, names reflecting its long history of cultivation. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Diet
Photosynthetic Autotroph 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
Relationship to People
Invasive or Introduced Species 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 3
Comparison
NatureServe Rank
GNR Unranked 4
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 5
Scientific Name
Narcissus poeticus 3
Conservation Status
Least Concern 1
Connections

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Plantae, Taxa
Source Narcissus poeticus (Wikidata)
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Albania

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Austria

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Belgium

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Bulgaria

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France

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Georgia

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Germany

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Greece

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Hungary

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Ireland

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Italy

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North America

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Romania

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Spain

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Switzerland

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Ukraine

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Sources
1. Narcissus poeticus (Wikipedia)
  • Distribution
    It is naturalised in Great Britain, Belgium, Germany, the Czech Republic, Azerbaijan, Turkey, New Zealand, British Columbia, Washington state, Oregon, Ontario, Quebec, Newfoundland, and much of the eastern United States, from Louisiana and Georgia north to Maine and Wisconsin.
  • Lead, sentence naming the group it belongs to
    Narcissus poeticus, the poet's daffodil, poet's narcissus, nargis, pheasant's eye, findern flower or pinkster lily, was one of the first daffodils to be cultivated, and is frequently identified as the narcissus of ancient times (although Narcissus tazetta and Narcissus jonquilla have also been considered as possibilities).
  • Infobox: status
    LC
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2. GBIF Species API
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3. Narcissus poeticus (Wikidata)
Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q27983 (P225 taxon name)
  • Statements section, conservation status (P141)
    IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
  • Child Taxon Of: Plantae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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4. NatureServe Explorer: Narcissus poeticus
NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)
Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)
"roundedGRank": "GNR"
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5. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Asparagales
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12439
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12439
"cites_listing":"II/NC","eu_listing":"B/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":"Asparagales","family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[],"cites_listings":[]
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UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Amaryllidaceae
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12534
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12534
"cites_listing":"II/NC","eu_listing":"B/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":"Liliales","family":"Amaryllidaceae"},"synonyms":[{"id":99613,"full_name":"Amaryllidaceae hybrid","author_year":"","rank":"GENUS"}],"common_names":[{"name":"Perce-neige, crocus d'automne","language":"FR"},{"name":"Snowdrops, sternbergias","language":"EN"},{"name":"Campanitas de las nieves, esternbergias","language":"ES"},{"name":"石蒜科","language":"ZH"}],"cites_listings":[]
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Plant (Wikipedia)
Lead, whole group is photosynthetic
Quote, Lead, whole group is photosynthetic
They are predominantly photosynthetic or came from photosynthetic ancestors, meaning that they obtain their energy from sunlight by using the green pigment chlorophyll in their chloroplasts to produce sugars from carbon dioxide and water.
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