Nigella

Navigazione

Navigazione: Ranunculales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Mesangiospermae Cladus: Eudicota Ordo: Ranunculales

Familia: Ranunculaceae
Subfamilia: Ranunculoideae
Tribus: Nigelleae
Genus: Nigella
Sectiones: N. sect. Erobatos – N. sect. Nigella – N. sect. Nigellastrum
Species: N. arvensis – N. bucharica – N. carpatha – N. ciliaris – N. damascena – N. degenii – N. deserti – N. doerfleri – N. elata – N. fumariifolia – N. gallica – N. hispanica – N. icarica – N. integrifolia – N. koyuncui – N. nigellastrum – N. orientalis – N. oxypetala – N. papillosa – N. sativa – N. segetalis – N. stellaris – N. stricta – N. turcica – N. unguicularis

This taxon list was last updated on 15 Jan 2026.

Nome

Nigella L., Sp. Pl. 1: 534 (1753).

Specie tipo: Nigella arvensis L. (1753) (designated by Hutchinson, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1923: 87 (1923).)

Sinonimi

Homotypic
- Nigellastrum Moench, Methodus: 311 (1794), nom. superfl.
Heterotypic
- Nigellastrum Heist. ex Fabr., Enum. Meth. Pl., ed. 2: 273 (1763).
- Melanthium Medik., Philos. Bot. 1: 96 (1789), nom. illeg. non L. (1753).
  - Tipo; Nigella damascena L.
- Erobatos Rchb., Handb. Nat. Pfl.-Syst. 277 (1837).
- Erobathos Spach, Hist. Nat. Vég. 7: 301 (1838).

Distribuzione

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Northern Europe
  - Denmark, Finland, Great Britain, Ireland, Norway, Sweden (introduced).
- Regional: Middle Europe
  - Austria, Belgium, Czechia-Slovakia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands (introduced/recorded in error), Poland, Switzerland (extinct).
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Romania, Sicilia, Türkiye-in-Europe, Northwest Balkan Peninsula.
- Regional: Eastern Europe
  - Belarus, Baltic States (introduced), Krym, Central European Russia (introduced), South European Russia, Ukraine.
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia.
- Regional: Macaronesia
  - Azores, Canary Islands, Madeira, Selvagens.
- Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan (introduced).
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Russian Far East
  - Kamchatka, Primorye (introduced).
- Regional: Middle Asia
  - Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Turkmenistan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan.
- Regional: Caucasus
  - North Caucasus, Transcaucasus.
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Afghanistan, Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Türkiye.
- Regional: Arabian Peninsula
  - Saudi Arabia, Yemen (introduced).
Continental: Asia-Tropical (introduced)
- Regional: Indian Subcontinent
  - Assam, Bangladesh, India.
- Regional: Indo-China
  - Myanmar.
Continental: Northern America (introduced)
- Regional: Western Canada
  - British Columbia.
- Regional: Eastern Canada
  - Ontario, Québec.
- Regional: Northwestern U.S.A.
  - Oregon.
- Regional: North-Central U.S.A.
  - Illinois, Kansas, Missouri.
- Regional: Northeastern U.S.A.
  - Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia.
- Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Maryland, Tennessee.
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Southwest.
Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Central America
  - Guatemala (introduced).

Riferimenti: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Riferimenti

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 534. Reference page.

Additional references

Brand, A. 1894–1895. Monographie der Gattung Nigella. Helios. Abhandlungen und monatliche Mittheilungen aus dem Gesammtgebiete der Naturwissenschaften 12(11): 171–174 BHL, (12): 182–197 BHL, 13(1): 8–15 BHL, (2): 22–28 BHL, (3): 33–38 BHL. Reference page.
Hutchinson, J. 1923. Contributions towards a Phylogenetic Classification of Flowering Plants: I. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew) 1923(2): 65–89. DOI: 10.2307/4118622 BHL Reference page.
Strid, A. 1970. Studies in the Aegean flora. XVI. Biosystematics of the Nigella arvensis complex with special reference to the problem of non-adaptive radiation. Opera Botanica 28: 1–169, 3 plates, 1 map. Reference page.
Zohary, M. 1983. The Genus Nigella (Ranunculaceae) – a Taxonomic Revision. Plant Systematics and Evolution 142(1): 71–107. DOI: 10.1007/BF00989605 PDF Reference page.

Collegamenti

Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Nigella in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2026 Jan 15. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2026. Nigella. Published online. Accessed 15 Jan 2026. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2026. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora.. Nigella. Accessed: Jan 15 2026. Reference page.

Nomi comuni

العربية: حبة البركة
བོད་ཡིག: ཟི་ར་ནག་པོ།
Deutsch: Schwarzkümmel
Ελληνικά: Μελάνθιον
English: Devil-in-a-bush
suomi: Neidot
हिन्दी: कलौंजी
magyar: Kandilla, Katicavirág
日本語: クロタネソウ属
ქართული: სოინჯი
lietuvių: Juodgrūdė
Nederlands: Nigelle
polski: Czarnuszka
русский: Чернушка
slovenščina: črnika
svenska: Nigellasläktet
Türkçe: Çörek otu
українська: Чорнушка
中文: 黑种草属
中文（简体）: 黑种草属