Taxon: Narcissus jonquilla L.

Genus:

Narcissus

Subgenus:

Narcissus

Section:

Jonquillae

Subsection:

Jonquillae

Family:

Amaryllidaceae

Subfamily:

Amaryllidoideae

Tribe:

Narcisseae

Nomen number:

25033

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 1:290. 1753

Link to protologue:

Typification:

Name Verified on:

09-jul-2015 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 09-jul-2015

Species priority site is:

Accessions:

0 in National Plant Germplasm System

See other conspecific taxa:

Common names:

jonquil (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
jonquille (Source: HerbSpices) - French
Jonquille (Source: HerbSpices) - German
jonquilho (Source: Dict Rehm) - Portuguese
narciso (Source: pers. comm.) - Portuguese (Brazil)
junquillo amarillo (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
jonkvill (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

Environmental: ornamental (fide F Turk)
Materials: essential oils (fide Eur Gard F; Flower Oils)

Distributional Range:

Native

Europe

SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Portugal, Spain

Cultivated

(also cult.)

References:

Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource on www.skud.info). 2012 (Kulturvaxtdatabas)
Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols. 1986-1987 (HerbSpices)
Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988 (F Turk)
Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. (pers. comm.)
Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 (Dict Gard)
Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994 (Dict Rehm)
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980 (F Eur)
Walters, S. M. et al., eds. European garden flora. 1986- (Eur Gard F)

Check other web resources for Narcissus jonquilla L. :

Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Databas of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=25033. Accessed 24 mayo 2026.