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. 2007 Feb 26;63:87–179. doi: 10.1016/S1099-4831(06)63003-4

Table IX.

Occurrence of Alkaloids in Narcissus Cultivars

Narcissus cultivarsa Skeleton types: (alkaloids)b References
Division 1 – Trumpet Daffodils
 Narcissus ‘Celebrity’ NC: (68) (101)
 Narcissus ‘Covent Garden’ LY: (1, 7, 11); HL: (35); 103., 158.
HT: (53); GA: (75, 78, 85)
 Narcissus ‘Dutch Master’ GA: (75) (81)
 Narcissus ‘Early Glory’ LY: (1, 7); HT: (53); GA: (75) (103)
 Narcissus ‘Flower Carpet’ NC: (68) (101)
 Narcissus ‘Golden Harvest’ NC: (68); GA: (75) 81., 101.
 Narcissus ‘Grand Maître’ LY: (1, 7); HL: (26); HT: (53); (103)
TZ: (62); GA: (75)
 Narcissus ‘Imperator’ LY: (1, 7, 11); HL: (26, 35); (103)
HT: (53); GA: (75)
 Narcissus ‘King Alfred’ LY: (1, 6, 7, 11, 16, 20); 92., 101., 103., 125., 158., 159., 160., 161.
HL: (26, 27, 34, 35, 37);
HT: (53, 58); NC: (68);
GA: (75, 78, 85)
 Narcissus ‘Magnet’ LY: (7, 11); HT: (53) (103)
 Narcissus ‘Magnificience’ LY: (1, 7, 11); HT: (53); 103., 158.
GA: (75, 78, 85)
 Narcissus ‘Mount Hood’ HL: (26, 34); NC: (68); 101., 162., 163., 164.
GA: (75, 84, 85)
 Narcissus ‘Mrs. Ernst H. Krelage’ LY: (1, 7, 11); HT: (53); 103., 163.
NC: (68); GA: (75)
 Narcissus ‘Music Hall’ LY: (1, 7); HT: (53) (103)
 Narcissus ‘Oliver Cromwell’ LY: (7, 11); HT: (53); GA: (75) (103)
 Narcissus ‘President Lebrun’ NC: (68) 101., 163.
 Narcissus ‘Queen of Bicolors’ LY: (1, 7, 11); HT: (53) (103)
 Narcissus ‘Rembrandt’ LY: (1); HT: (53); NC: (68); 101., 103.
GA: (75, 78, 85)
 Narcissus ‘Rockery Beauty’ LY: (7, 16); HT: (53); GA: (78, 85) (103)
 Narcissus ‘Romaine’ LY: (7, 11); HL: (35); HT: (53) (103)
 Narcissus ‘Spring Glory’ LY: (1, 7, 11); HT: (53); (103)
GA: (78, 85)
 Narcissus ‘Unsurpassable’ LY: (11); HL: (35); HT: (53); 81., 103.
GA: (75)
 Narcissus ‘Victoria’ LY : (1, 7, 11); HT: (53); (103)
GA: (78, 85)
 Narcissus ‘Wrestler’ LY: (7, 11); HT: (53); GA: (75) (103)


Division 2 – Large-Cupped Daffodils
 Narcissus ‘Carabiniere’ NC: (68) (101)
 Narcissus ‘Carlton’ LY: (13, 14, 15); 101., 165., 166., 167., 168.
HL: (26, 30, 31, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38);
HT: (42, 53); NC: (68);
GA: (75, 77, 78, 83, 84, 86)
 Narcissus ‘Clamor’ NC: (68) 101., 163.
 Narcissus ‘Daisy Schäffer’ LY: (7, 11); GA: (75) (103)
 Narcissus ‘Deanna Durbin’ LY: (1, 7, 11, 16); HT: (53) 103., 158.
 Narcissus ‘Flower Record’ LY: (1, 7, 11); HT: (53); GA: (75) 81., 103.
 Narcissus ‘Folly’ LY: (1); TZ : (62) (118)
 Narcissus ‘Fortune’ LY: (19); HL: (34, 37); 81., 103., 169., 170.
HT: (53); GA: (75)
 Narcissus ‘Gigantic Star’ GA: (75) (81)
 Narcissus ‘Helios’ LY: (7, 11); HL: (26, 35); 101., 103., 125.
HT: (53); NC: (68); GA: (75)
 Narcissus ‘Ice Follies’ LY: (1, 7, 10, 13, 14); HL: (34); 81., 164., 171., 172.
HT: (53); GA: (75, 84, 85)
 Narcissus ‘John Evelyn’ LY: (1, 7,11); HT: (53); GA: (75) (103)
 Narcissus ‘Marion Cran’ LY: (1, 7); HT: (53); GA: (75) (103)
 Narcissus ‘Mercato’ NC: (68) (101)
 Narcissus ‘Mrs. R.O. Backhouse’ NC: (68) (101)
 Narcissus ‘Nova Scotia’ LY: (1, 7); HT: (53); GA: (75) (103)
 Narcissus ‘Oranje Bruid’ NC: (68) (101)
 Narcissus ‘Pluvius’ LY: (1, 7, 11, 16); HT: (53); 103., 158.
GA: (75)
 Narcissus ‘Salome’ LY: (3, 22, 23); HL: (34, 39); 71., 81.
HT: (57); GA: (75, 78)
 Narcissus ‘Scarlet Elegance’ NC: (68) 101., 163.
 Narcissus ‘Sempre Avanti’ LY: (1, 7, 11, 16); HT: (53); 101., 103., 125., 163.
NC: (68)
 Narcissus ‘Suda’ LY: (7, 11); HL: (35); (103)
HT: (53); GA: (75)
 Narcissus ‘Toronto’ LY: (1, 7); HT: (53) (103)
 Narcissus ‘Tunis’ NC: (68) 101., 163.
 Narcissus ‘Walt Disney’ NC: (68) 101., 163.
 Narcissus ‘Yellow Sun’ GA: (75) (81)


Division 3 – Small-Cupped Daffodils
 Narcissus ‘Barrett Browning’ GA: (75) (81)
 Narcissus ‘Daphne’ LY: (1); HL: (26, 35); GA: (75) (103)
 Narcissus ‘Verger’ NC: (68); GA: (75) 81., 101., 163.


Division 4 – Double Daffodils
 Narcissus ‘Cheerfulness’ NC: (68); GA: (75) 101., 164.
 Narcissus ‘Dick Wilden’ GA: (75) (81)
 Narcissus ‘Flower Drift’ GA: (75) (81)
 Narcissus ‘Inglescombe’ LY: (1, 11); HL: (26, 34, 35); 103., 162.
HT: (53); GA: (75, 84, 85)
 Narcissus ‘Insulinde’ LY: (1, 7, 11); HT: (53) (103)
 Narcissus ‘Irene Copeland’ LY: (1); GA: (83) (103)
 Narcissus ‘Livia’ LY: (1, 7, 10, 11); HT: (53) (103)
 Narcissus ‘Sir Winston Churchill’ LY: (17) (173)
 Narcissus ‘Texas’ LY: (1, 11, 12); HT: (53); 101., 103., 163., 174., 175., 176.
NC: (68); GA: (75, 83)
 Narcissus ‘Twink’ LY: (1, 7, 11); HT: (53); GA: (75) 103., 158.
 Narcissus ‘Van Sion’ LY: (1, 7, 11); HL: (26, 35); 81., 103., 158.
HT: (53); TZ: (62); GA: (75, 78, 85) 


Division 5 – Triandrus Daffodils
 Narcissus ‘Thalia’ LY: (1); HL: (26, 35); 101., 125., 142.
HT: (53); NC: (68)
 Narcissus ‘Tresamble’ HL: (35); HT: (53); 101., 125., 142.
NC: (68); GA: (75) 


Division 6 – Cyclamineus Daffodils
 Narcissus ‘Beryl’ LY: (1, 7, 16) (142)
 Narcissus ‘Cairhays’ LY: (7, 11); HT: (55, 56) (142)
 Narcissus ‘February Gold’ HL: (26, 35); GA: (75, 84) 81., 142.
 Narcissus ‘Peeping Tom’ LY: (11); HL: (35); TZ: (62) (142)
 Narcissus ‘Tête-a-Tête’ GA: (75) (81)


Division 7 – Jonquilla and Apodanthus Daffodils
 Narcissus ‘Golden Sceptre’ LY: (1, 7, 8, 9); 142., 177., 178., 179., 180.
HL : (26, 30, 34, 35, 37);
HT: (53); TZ: (62); GA: (75)
 Narcissus ‘Pipit’ GA: (75) (168)
 Narcissus ‘Trevithian’ LY: (1); HL: (35); TZ: (62); 101., 142.
NC: (68); GA: (75) 


Division 8 – Tazetta Daffodils
 Narcissus ‘Cragford’ LY: (1); HL: (26); HT: (53); (89)
TZ: (62)
 Narcissus ‘Early Perfection’ LY: (1, 11); HL: (26, 34); (89)
HT: (53); TZ: (62)
 Narcissus ‘Geranium’ LY: (1, 16); HL: (26); HT: (53); 89., 122., 143., 164.
TZ: (62); NC: (68); GA: (75)
 Narcissus ‘La Fiancée’ LY: (1, 7); HL: (26); (89)
HT: (53); TZ: (62)
 Narcissus ‘Laurens Koster’ LY: (1); HL: (26); HT: (53); (89)
TZ: (62)
 Narcissus ‘L’innocence’ LY: (1, 16); HL: (26); (89)
HT: (53); TZ: (62)
 Narcissus ‘Minnow’ GA: (75) (81)
 Narcissus ‘Scarlet Gem’ LY: (1, 7); HL: (26); (89)
HT: (53); TZ: (62)
 Narcissus ‘Silver Chimes’ LY: (1); HT: (53); TZ: (62) (142)
 Narcissus ‘St. Agnes’ LY: (1); HL: (26); HT: (53); (89)
TZ: (62)
 Narcissus ‘Totus Albus’ NC: (68) 101., 163.


Division 9 – Poeticus Daffodils
 Narcissus ‘Actaea’ LY: (1, 7, 16); HL: (35); 89., 101.
NC: (68); GA: (75)
 Narcissus ‘Sarchedon’ LY: (1, 7, 16); HL: (35); GA: (75) (89)


Division 12 – Other Daffodils
 Narcissus ‘Brougshane’ GA: (75) (81)
 Narcissus ‘Kristalli’ LY: (1); TZ: (62); GA: (75, 83) (118)
a

Horticultural classification of Narcissus cultivars according to the International Daffodil Register and Classified List of the Royal Horticultural Society (18).

b

Skeleton types: LY, lycorine; HL, homolycorine; HT, hemanthamine; TZ, tazettine; NC, narciclasine; MN, montanine; GA, galanthamine. Alkaloid names: see Tables I–VII.