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Type: Article
Published: 2019-02-26
Page range: 161–170
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A natural laboratory in southern Spain: new hybrids of wild daffodils (Narcissus, Amaryllidaceae)

Department of Integrated Sciences, Faculty of Experimental Sciences, University of Huelva, Avda. Tres deMarzo s/n, 21071 Huelva, Spain
nomenclature nothospecies nothosubspecies taxonomy Monocots

Abstract

Daffodils exhibit the highest diversity in the Iberian Peninsula around the world. It is a group that can hybridize easily and new species and hybrids are still being found. In this work, a natural patch in which four Narcissus species bloom at the same time is studied. An exhaustive analysis of the study area showed four new hybrids, described as follows: three nothospecies (N. ×trianoi, N. ×repulloi and N. ×egabrensis) and one nothosubspecies (N. ×christopheri nothosubsp. sanchezii). These results must encourage botanists to keep on working in this genus within the Iberian Peninsula, where further findings should be found. Cordoba stands as one of the richest provinces in daffodils.