''Narcissus viridiflorus'', commonly known as campanitas, is a species of the genus '' Narcissus'' (daffodils) in the family Amaryllidaceae. It is classified in Section ''Jonquillae''.

Description

''Narcissus viridiflorus'' possesses a number of unusual features for the genus ''Narcissus''. It is the only species with green flowers, and is night flowering, and is one of only five species that bloom in the Autumn, rather than Spring.

Taxonomy

Danish botanist

Peter Schousboe Peter Schousboe (1766–1832) was a Danish botanist. Biography Peder Kofod Anker Schousboe was born in Rønne, Denmark and died in Tangier, Morocco, having served as Danish consul general in Tangier from 1800 onwards. He conducted a botani ...

described the species in 1800 from material collected in Morocco. The species name is derived from the

Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...

words ''viridis'' "green" and ''flos/floris'' "flower".

Distribution

''Narcissus viridiflorus'' is native to the southern

Iberian Peninsula The Iberian Peninsula (), ** * Aragonese and Occitan: ''Peninsula Iberica'' ** ** * french: Péninsule Ibérique * mwl, Península Eibérica * eu, Iberiar penintsula also known as Iberia, is a peninsula in southwestern Europe, def ...

(southern Spain) and

North Africa North Africa, or Northern Africa is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region, and it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of Mauritania in ...

(northern Morocco). It is known from fewer than 15 populations, with a total area of 84 square kilometres, and is threatened by

overgrazing Overgrazing occurs when plants are exposed to intensive grazing for extended periods of time, or without sufficient recovery periods. It can be caused by either livestock in poorly managed agricultural applications, game reserves, or nature res ...

and urban development. It has not been well-studied in north Africa and there may be more populations there.

References

viridiflorus Garden plants Flora of Spain {{Amaryllidaceae-stub