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

Table VIII.

Occurrence of Narcissus Alkaloids in Wild Species and Intersectional Hybrids

Speciesa Skeleton types: (alkaloids)b References
1. Subgenus Narcissus
 a- Section Narcissus L.
  N. angustifolius Curtis ex Haw. GA: (75) (88)
  N. angustifolius Curtis subsp. transcarpathicus Kricsfalusy LY: (3, 22, 24); HL: (27);
MN: (73, 74); OA: (88) (80)
  N. poeticus L. LY: (1, 2, 6, 7, 11, 16, 18); 89., 90., 91., 92., 93., 94., 95.
HL: (26, 35); MN: (73); GA: (75, 79)
  N. poeticus L. var. ornatus Hort. LY: (1, 2, 7); HL: (26, 35, 41); 89., 96., 97., 98.
HT: (53); TZ: (62); GA: (75) 


 b- Section Pseudonarcissi DC.
  Group A [Plant small, usually less than 15 cm]
  N. asturiensis (Jordan) Pugsley HT: (53, 55) ; TZ: (62, 65); (99)
NC: (70, 72)
  N. cyclamineus DC NC: (68); GA: (83) 100., 101.
  N. jacetanus Fdez. Casas LY: (1, 3, 20, 21) (102)
  N. lobularis Hort. HT: (53); GA: (75) (103)
  N. muñozii-garmendiae Fdez. Casas HL: (26, 35, 36) (104)
  N. vasconicus Fdez. Casas LY: (1, 22); HL: (26, 28) (70)


  Group B [Plant often 15–60 cm or more and/or with large flowers]
  N. bicolor L. LY: (22); HL: (29); TZ: (64, 65); (79)
NC: (71, 72)
  N. bujei (Fdez. Casas) Fdez. Casas HL: (26, 27, 30, 35, 36, 38); 74., 93.
HT: (53, 54, 57, 61); TZ: (62); GA: (75)
  N. confusus Pugsley HL: (26, 29); HT: (53); TZ: (64); 82., 83., 93.
GA: (75, 79, 80)
  N. eugeniae Fdez. Casas HL: (26, 35); GA: (75) 93., 105., 106.
  N. leonensis Pugsley LY: (1); GA: (78, 79, 86) 93., 107.
  N. pallidiflorus Pugsley HL: (26, 27); HT: (53); TZ: (64); (86)
NC: (72); OA: (89)
  N. perez-chiscanoi Fdez. Casas GA: (75, 79) (93)
  N. primigenius (Laínz) Fdez. Casas & Laínz HL: (26, 27); HT: (45, 53) (108)
  N. pseudonarcissus L. LY: (1); HL: (26, 30); HT: (53); 95., 109., 110.
OA: (87)
  N. radinganorum Fdez. Casas HL: (26, 27); HT: (46) (111)
  N. tortuosus Haworth LY: (1, 23) (68)


 c- Section Ganymedes Salisbury ex Schultes and Schultes
  N. pallidulus Graells LY: (25); OA: (90) 26., 67.
  N. triandrus L. OA: (90, 91, 92) (112)


 d- Section Jonquillae De Candolle
  N. assoanus Léon-Dufour=N. requienii Roemer LY: (3, 4, 5, 20, 21) 87., 113., 114.
  N. jonquilla L. NC: (68); GA: (75, 84) (115)


2. Subgenus Hermione (Salisbury) Spach
 a- Section Hermione
  i. Subsection Hermione [syn. Section Tazettae De Candolle]
   A. Series Hermione
  N. aureus Loiseleur=N. tazetta L. ssp. aureus (Loisel.) Baker LY: (1) (116)
  N. canaliculatus Guss. HT: (53); TZ: (62); NC: (68) 89., 101.
  N. tazetta L. LY: (1, 3, 7, 16, 18); 89., 117., 118., 119., 120., 121., 122., 123., 124., 125., 126., 127., 128., 129.
HL: (26, 27, 30, 34);
HT: (47, 53, 55, 56);
TZ: (62, 63, 64); NC: (68, 71)
GA: (75, 82, 83)
  N. tazetta L. ssp. tazetta LY: (1); HT: (43, 53); (130)
TZ: (62); GA: (78)
  N. tazetta L. var. chinensis Roem LY: (1, 3, 11); HL: (26, 35); 131., 132., 133.
HT: (44, 47, 48, 49, 51, 52, 55, 56);
TZ: (62, 64); GA: (75, 76, 84) 


   B. Series Albiflorae
  N. dubius Gouan LY: (3); HL: (32, 33) 72., 134.
  N. panizzianus Parlatore LY: (7); HL: (26); (135)
HT: (48, 49); TZ: (64)
  N. papyraceus Ker-Gawler. LY: (1, 3); HL: (26, 27, 40); 91., 136., 137.
HT: (44, 47, 48, 49, 50, 60);
TZ: (62); GA: (75, 84)
  N. tortifolius Fdez. Casas HL: (26, 27, 32, 33); GA: (75) (138)


  ii. Subsection Serotini [syn. Section Serotini Parlatore]
  N. serotinus Löfl. ex L. TZ: (66); NC: (68) 101., 139.


3. Subgenus Corbularia (Salisb.) Pax [syn. Section Bulbocodii De Candolle]
  N. bulbocodium L. HT : (53); TZ : (62, 64); (112)
NC: (72); GA: (75, 81)
  N. cantabricus DC. HT: (42, 57, 59); TZ: (62) (140)
  N. nivalis Graells LY: (6); GA: (75, 78) (141)
  N. obesus Salisbury HT: (53); TZ: (64, 65, 67); (76)
NC: (71, 72); GA: (75) 


Intersectional hibrids
 Intersection [Jonquillae DC. x Narcissus L.]
  N. x gracilis Sabine LY: (1); TZ: (62); GA: (75) (142)
 Intersection [Narcissus L. x Tazettae DC.]
  N. x biflorus Curtis LY: (1) (116)
 Intersection [Jonquillae DC. x Pseudonarcissii DC.]
  N. x odorus L. var. rugulosus LY: (1); HL: (26, 34, 37); 101., 142.
TZ: (62); NC: (68); GA: (75) 


Other Narcissus
  Narcissus sp. LY: (2); NC: (68, 69); GA: (75) 95., 125., 143., 144.
a

Wild Narcissus species and hybrids are grouped into Subgenera and Sections according to the Narcissus classification of Mathew (4). Some taxonomical aspects are also based on the works of Barra and López-González 145., 146., Dorda and Fernández-Casas 147., 148., 149., 150., 151., 152., Fernandes 10., 153. and Fernández-Casas 154., 155., 156., 157..

b

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