Taxon:
Nigella hispanica L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:534. 1753
Verified:
02/25/1986
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
- Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
- Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984-. Med-Checklist.
- Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
- Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
- Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
- Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). URL: http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
- Quézel, P. & S. Santa. 1962-1963. Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie.
- Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
- Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1993. Flora europaea, ed. 2.
- Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.
- Zohary, M. 1983. The genus Nigella (Ranunculaceae) - a taxonomic review. Pl. Syst. Evol. 142:80. URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/606
Common names
English
fennel-flower – Spanish-fennel – Swedish
spanska jungfrun –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Algeria | | n. |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Morocco | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Tunisia | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Portugal | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Spain | | s. |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
Native
Africa
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NORTHERN AFRICA:
Algeria (n.), Morocco, Tunisia
Europe
-
SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
Spain (s.), Portugal
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening |
Environmental | ornamental | | Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora. |