Posted by : Muhammad Khalid
Thursday, 5 June 2014
Narcissus
is a genus of mainly hardy, mostly spring-flowering, bulbous perennials in the Amaryllis
family, subfamily Amaryllidoideae. Various common names including
daffodil,
narcissus, and
jonquil
are used to describe all or some of the genus. They are native to meadows and
woods in Europe, North Africa and West Asia, with a center of distribution in the
Western Mediterranean. The number of distinct species varies widely depending
on how they are classified, with the disparity due to similarity between species
and hybridization between species. The number of defined species ranges from 26
to more than 60, depending on the authority. Species and hybrids are widely
used in gardens and landscapes.
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