Taxon: Galanthus nivalis L.

• the 7 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Species on the following lists:

• CITES Appendix II
  
• Check conservation status and distribution in NatureServe Explorer database

Common names:

• common snowdrop   (Source: Zander ed17 ) – English
  
• snowdrop   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• perceneige   (Source: Zander ed17 ) – French
  
• kleines Schneeglöckchen   (Source: Zander ed17 ) – German
  
• snödroppe   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Eur Gard F; Zander ed14)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2)
  
• Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (fide Kingsbury)
  

More:

View toxicology references for Galanthus nivalis from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

View phytochemical or ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Caucasus: Russian Federation - Ciscaucasia
• EUROPE
  Middle Europe: Austria; Czech Republic; Germany; Hungary; Poland; Slovakia; Switzerland
  East Europe: Moldova; Ukraine
  Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bulgaria; Former Yugoslavia; Greece [n. & Kastellorizo Island]; Italy [incl. Sicily]; Romania; Turkey - Istanbul
  Southwestern Europe: France; Spain [n.e.]

• naturalized elsewhere

• also cultivated

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Artjushenko, Z. T. 1966. Kriticeskij obzor roda Galanthus L. Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 51:1443.
• CITES. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource).
• Czerepanov, S. K. 1995. Vascular plants of Russia and adjacent states (the former USSR).
• Davis, A. P. & H. N. McGough, eds. 1999. CITES bulb checklist for the genera: Cyclamen, Galanthus and Sternbergia.
• Davis, A. P. 1999. The genus Galanthus.
• Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs.
• Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Kamari, G. 1982. A biosystematic study of the genus Galanthus (Amaryllidaceae) in Greece. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 103:111.
• Kingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada.
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR.
• Munro, D. B. Canadian poisonous plants information system (on-line resource).
• Pignatti, S. 1982. Flora d'Italia.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora.
• Webb, D. A. 1978. The European species of Galanthus L. In: V. E. Heywood (ed.), Flora europaea. Notulae systematicae ad floram Europaeam spectantes. No. 20. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 76:309.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Galanthus nivalis.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Galanthus nivalis.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Galanthus nivalis.

Synonyms:

• (=) Galanthus imperati Bertol.
  
• (=) Galanthus nivalis subsp. imperati (Bertol.) Baker
  

Check other web resources for Galanthus nivalis L.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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