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Nigella L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 534 (1753)   Link to external nomenclature reference

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000026121.

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Synonyms of Nigella

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Erobathos Spach Hist. Nat. Vég. 7: 290, 301. 1839. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000013920
Garidella L. Sp. Pl. 1: 425. 1753. (1 May 1753) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000015334
Komaroffia Kuntze Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 10: 144 (1887) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000020157
Nigellastrum Heist. ex Fabr. Enum. , ed. 2: 273 (1763) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000026122

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Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link

Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Nigella:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nigella arvensis var. aristata (Sm.) Dönmez & Uğurlu Turkish J. Bot. 45(5): 487. 2021 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200008453
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nigella arvensis var. glauca Boiss. Fl. Orient. 1: 66 1867 — wfo-0000735089
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nigella arvensis var. mutica Bornm. Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 48: 547. 1898 (1898) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200011912
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nigella arvensis var. tauricola P.H.Davis Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 26: 169. 1965 (1965) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200011801
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nigella confusa Salle ex Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. 1: 16. 1878 [Sep 1878] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000380635
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nigella cristata hort. ex Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux. ix. Fasc. suppl. 1, P. 9 (1931), nomen. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001355356
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nigella degenii subsp. barbro Strid Opera Bot. 28: 58. 1970 (1970) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200011454
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nigella degenii subsp. jenny Strid Opera Bot. 28: 60. 1970 (1970) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200011494
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nigella degenii subsp. minor Strid Opera Bot. 28: 61. 1970 (1970) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200011549
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nigella foeniculacea Hohen. ex Boiss. Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 1: 65. 1867 [Apr-Jun 1867] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000380625
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nigella gaditana Soleirol ex Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. 1: 16. 1878 [Sep 1878] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000380705
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nigella glauca Schkuhr ex Wender. Linnaea 14(6): 587. 1841 [Mar 1841] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000380701
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nigella intermedia Rouy & Foucaud Fl. France [Rouy & Foucaud] 1: 122, in obs. 1893 [Nov 1893] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000380692
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nigella involucrata K.Koch Linnaea 19(1): 48. 1846 [14-16 Jan 1846] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000380715
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nigella oxypetala var. lancifolia (Hub.-Mor.) Dönmez & Uğurlu Turkish J. Bot. 45(5): 498. 2021 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200008293
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nigella oxypetala var. latisecta (P.H.Davis) Dönmez & Uğurlu Turkish J. Bot. 45(5): 498. 2021 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200008454
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nigella romana Garsault Fig. Pl. Med. 3: t. 411. 1764, nom. inval., opus utique oppressum; Descr. Pl. Anim. 245. 1767; Thell. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. Ser. II. viii. 902. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000380673
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nigella sect. Erobatos DC. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 1: 49. 1824 [Jan 1824] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1000035337
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nigella tenuiflora Gilib. Fl. Lit. Inch. ii. 285. 1782 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000380675
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nigella unguiculata Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. iii. 229. 1812 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000380660