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The genus Nigella is in the family Ranunculaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Nigella

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Nigella agrestis J.Presl & C.Presl	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Nigella amoena Salisb.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Nigella armena Steven	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Nigella arvensis L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23	4
Nigella aspera K.Koch	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Nigella atlantica (Murb.) Rivas Mart.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Nigella atropurpurea Huber	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Nigella bicolor Boiss. & Heldr.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Nigella bithynica Azn.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Nigella bourgaei Jord.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Nigella bucharica Schipcz.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Nigella carpatha Strid	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Nigella catenae Ten.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Nigella ciliaris DC.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Nigella cilicica Boiss. & Balansa	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Nigella coarctata C.C.Gmel.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Nigella coerulea Lam.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Nigella confusa Salle ex Nyman	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Nigella corniculata DC.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Nigella cretensis Steven	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Nigella damascena L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Nigella degenii Vierh.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Nigella deserti Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Nigella diversifolia Franch.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Nigella doerfleri Vierh.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Nigella doliata Pall. ex M.Bieb.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Nigella elata Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Nigella elegans Salisb.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Nigella foeniculacea Hohen. ex Boiss.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Nigella foeniculacea DC.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Nigella fumariifola Kotschy	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Nigella gaditana Soleirol ex Nyman	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Nigella gallica Jord.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Nigella glauca Wallr.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Nigella glauca Schkuhr ex Wender.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Nigella hispanica L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Nigella huthii Brand	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Nigella icarica Strid	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Nigella indica Roxb. ex Fleming	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Nigella integrifolia Regel	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Nigella intermedia Rouy & Foucaud	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Nigella intermedia K.Koch	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Nigella involucrata Moench	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Nigella involucrata K.Koch	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Nigella laevis Delile ex DC.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Nigella lancifolia Hub.-Mor.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Nigella latifolia Mill.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Nigella latisecta P.H. Davis	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Nigella media Pachom.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Nigella multifida Gaterau	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Nigella nana J.W.Loudon	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Nigella nigellastrum (L.) Willk.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Nigella noeana Boiss.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Nigella orientalis L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Nigella oxypetala Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Nigella papillosa G.López	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23	1
Nigella polygynia Moench	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Nigella pygmaea DC.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Nigella romana Garsault	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Nigella sativa L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23	1
Nigella segetalis M.Bieb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Nigella stellaris Boiss.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Nigella stricta Strid	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Nigella taurica Steven	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Nigella tenuiflora Gilib.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Nigella truncata Viv.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Nigella tuberculata Griseb.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Nigella turcica Dönmez & Mutlu	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Nigella unguicularis (Poir.) Spenn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Nigella unguiculata Stokes	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Nigella verrucosa K.Koch	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 90 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Nigella. Of these 18 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 12 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Nigella. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 90 species names for the genus Nigella recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	18	20.0%
◕	Synonym	14	15.6%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	58	64.4%

All names

The status of the 102 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Nigella recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	23	22.5%
◕	Synonym	20	19.6%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	59	57.8%

Of the species names,

• 1 are recorded as invalid

The confidence with which the status of the 90 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Nigella, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	18	13	0	0	31	34.4%
	Low confidence	0	1	0	58	59	65.6%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Nigella is as follows: