Narcissus serotinus Linnaeus (1753: 290)

Koopowitz, Harold, Howe, Marilynn & Christenhusz, Maarten J. M., 2017, Nomenclatural notes on some autumn flowering daffodils (Narcissus, Amaryllidaceae), Phytotaxa 297 (2), pp. 157-167 : 157

Narcissus serotinus Linnaeus (1753: 290) .

Homotypic synonyms:— Calathinus serotinus (L.) Rafinesque (1838: 21). Hermione serotina (L.) Haworth (1831: 13). Queltia serotina (L.) Jordan in Jordan &Fourreau (1903: 36). Narcissus serotinus var. genuinus (L.) Maire & Weiler in Maire (1959: 63), nom. inval.

Type (lectotype, designated by Barra & López González 1984: 358):— Löfling s.n., Herb. Linn. no. 412.14 ( LINN!)

Heterotypic synonym:— Narcissus serotinus var. emarginatus Chabert (1889: 321) . Type: ALGERIA. Médéah ; no original material located.

Notes:—The illustration of ‘ Narcissus autumnalis minor ’ of Parkinson (1629), a syntype, first appeared in Clusius (1576; see Fig. 1b ). This was probably originally illustrated by Theodorus Jacobus de Monte Taberne in his Eicones plantarum ( Tabernaemontanus 1590: 611; see Fig. 3 ). The name was validated by Linnaeus in 1753, citing the plate of Parkinson, but a specimen from the herbarium of Linnaeus was chosen as lectotype (see discussion in Barra & López González 1984: 357–358). The name N. serotinus has been used throughout the Mediterranean to designate small plants of Narcissus that bloom in the autumn and produce flower scapes before any leaves can be seen. When leaves are sometimes produced after flowering they are threadlike and can be described as nematophyllous or filiform. If there is a leaf blade only one is produced from the growing tip of the bulb.

Figures

FIGURE 1A. ‘Narcissus autumnalis minor’ (= N. serotinus) of Parkinson (1629). b. ‘Narcissus autumnalis minor’(= N. serotinus) of Clusius (1576: 252).

FIGURE 3. ‘Narcissus autumnalis minor’ (= N. serotinus). Plate 611 of Tabernaemontanus (1590).