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December 2024

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Nigella damascena L.

This species name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 584 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species 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-0000380636.

Synonyms of Nigella damascena L.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Nigella coarctata C.C.Gmel. Fl. Bad. 2: 502 (1806) wfo-0000380617
Nigella bourgaei Jord. Mém. Acad. Sci. Lyon, Sect. Sci. 1: 2 (1852) wfo-0000380618
Nigella elegans Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton : 374 (1796) wfo-0000380627
Nigella coerulea Lam. Fl. Franç. 3: 312 (1779) wfo-0000380632
Nigella bithynica Azn. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 44: 165 (1897) wfo-0000380639
Nigella taurica Steven Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 29(II): 283 (1856) wfo-0000380667
Nigella pygmaea DC. Syst. Nat. 1: 333 (1817) wfo-0000380697
Nigella involucrata Moench Methodus : 314 (1794) wfo-0000380713
Nigella nana J.W.Loudon Ladies' Flower-gard. , Ann.: 11 (1840) wfo-0000380714
Nigella multifida Gaterau Desc. Pl. Montauban : 100 (1789) wfo-0000380716
Melanthium damascenum Medik. Philos. Bot. (Medikus) 1: 96. 1789 wfo-0000452455
Erobathos coarctatum Spach Hist. Nat. Vég. 7: 304 (1838) wfo-0000676629
Erobathos damascenum Spach Hist. Nat. Vég. 7: 302 (1838) wfo-0000676630