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Sternbergia lutea

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Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
Common Names
Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
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Internal ID UUID6440225b1e43a317611087
Scientific name Sternbergia lutea
Authority (L.) Ker Gawl. ex Spreng.
First published in Syst. Veg. 2: 57 (1825)

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Common products:
Sternbergia lutea is cultivated primarily for its ornamental bulbs, which are sold by commercial nurseries for garden planting. The Royal Horticultural Society’s Plant Finder lists the species as a perennial suitable for autumn flower displays, and horticultural catalogs frequently offer dried bulbs for consumers (RHS, 2022). In the nursery trade, bulbs are multiplied by division of the offsets during the dormant period, producing uniform stock that is packaged and marketed as “autumn daffodil” bulbs. Live potted plants are also sold, especially for rock‑garden, border, and container planting where the species’ early‑autumn yellow flowers provide seasonal colour. The plant is not harvested for timber, fiber, colourants, or food, and its commercial relevance is confined to horticultural sales.

Properties relevant to use:
Sternbergia lutea is a geophytic bulbous perennial. Its bulb consists of fleshy scales that store carbohydrates, primarily starch, allowing the plant to survive a dry summer dormancy and to re‑sprout with the onset of autumn moisture. This storage capacity makes the bulbs suitable for dry storage and subsequent planting, a key feature that facilitates commercial handling and distribution. The bulbs are relatively compact (typically 2–4 cm in diameter) and retain viability when kept in a cool, dry environment for several months, which supports the logistics of bulk bulb sales.

Sustainability and sourcing:
The natural distribution of Sternbergia lutea is limited to parts of the Mediterranean and Near East, where wild populations are fragmented and vulnerable to habitat disturbance. Commercial production is therefore based on cultivated stock rather than wild harvest, reducing pressure on native populations. Reputable nurseries source bulbs from controlled propagation programs that employ sustainable practices such as organic soil management and minimal chemical inputs. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists the species as Data Deficient, highlighting the need for responsible cultivation to prevent depletion of wild stock. Certification schemes for ornamental bulbs in several European countries require documentation of cultivated origin, further encouraging the use of nursery‑grown material over wild collection.

Synonyms Top

Scientific name Authority First published in
Oporanthus luteus Herb. Appendix : 38 (1821)
Oporanthus siculus Parl. Fl. Ital. 3: 97 (1858)
Sternbergia lutea subsp. sicula (Tineo ex Guss.) D.A.Webb Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 76(4): 358. 1978
Sternbergia greuteriana Kamari & R.Artelari Willdenowia 19: 371 (1990)
Sternbergia sicula Tineo ex Guss. Fl. Sicul. Syn. 2: 811 (1845)
Sternbergia aurantiaca Dinsm. Fl. Syria , ed. 2, 2: 607 (1934)
Amaryllis lutea L. Sp. Pl. : 292 (1753)
Sternbergia lutea subsp. greuteriana (Kamari & R.Artelari) Strid Fl. Graeca 3-4: 222 (2010)

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Language Common/alternative name
English winter daffodil
Arabic ذربوب أصفر
Azerbaijani sarı şternbergiya
Catalan narcís de tardor
Czech lužanka žlutá
German herbst-goldbecher
Greek Στερνμπέργκια η κίτρινη
Persian جام زرین پائیزه
Croatian Žuta lužarka
Hungarian őszi vetővirág
Japanese キバナタマスダレ
Russian Штернбергия жёлтая
Chinese 黄韭兰

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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- Extinct
- Introduced
- Native
  • Asia-temperate
    • Caucasus
      • North Caucasus
      • Transcaucasus
    • Middle Asia
      • Tadzhikistan
      • Turkmenistan
    • Western Asia
      • East Aegean Islands
      • Iran
      • Iraq
      • Lebanon-Syria
      • Palestine
      • Turkey
  • Europe
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Albania
      • Bulgaria
      • Greece
      • Italy
      • Kriti
      • Sicilia
      • Yugoslavia
    • Southwestern Europe
      • Baleares
      • France
      • Portugal
      • Sardegna
      • Spain

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000740004
USDA Plants STLU4
INPN 125123
Flora of Italy 6980
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60471738-2
The Plant List kew-288111
Missouri Botanical Garden 275683
Open Tree Of Life 103393
Observations.org 132692
NCBI Taxonomy 54865
NBN Atlas NHMSYS0000464019
IPNI 60471738-2
iNaturalist 371995
GBIF 5326791
Freebase /m/0262q1y
EPPO STBLU
EOL 1082456
USDA GRIN 35578
Wikipedia Sternbergia_lutea

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Which Plant Species for Green Roofs in the Mediterranean Environment? Leotta L, Toscano S, Romano D Plants (Basel) 27-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10708222
doi:10.3390/plants12233985
PMID:38068621
Unraveling Seasonal Allocation of Soluble Sugars, Starch and Proline in Sternbergia lutea Pouris J, Tampiziva E, Rhizopoulou S Plants (Basel) 24-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10490230
doi:10.3390/plants12173043
PMID:37687290
Advances on the Amaryllidacea Alkaloids Collected in South Africa, Andean South America and the Mediterranean Basin Evidente A Molecules 12-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10224442
doi:10.3390/molecules28104055
PMID:37241796
Lutein Isomers: Preparation, Separation, Structure Elucidation, and Occurrence in 20 Medicinal Plants Nagy V, Agócs A, Balázs VL, Purger D, Filep R, Sándor V, Turcsi E, Gulyás-Fekete G, Deli J Molecules 25-Jan-2023
PMCID:PMC9921531
doi:10.3390/molecules28031187
PMID:36770852
The Antioxidant and Proapoptotic Effects of Sternbergia clusiana Bulb Ethanolic Extract on Triple-Negative and Estrogen-Dependent Breast Cancer Cells In Vitro El Samarji M, Younes M, El Khoury M, Haykal T, Elias N, Gasilova N, Menin L, Houri A, Machaka-Houri N, Rizk S Plants (Basel) 24-Jan-2023
PMCID:PMC9920827
doi:10.3390/plants12030529
PMID:36771614
Antileishmanial Activity of Clinanthus milagroanthus S. Leiva & Meerow (Amaryllidaceae) Collected in Peru Soto-Vásquez MR, Alvarado-García PA, Osorio EH, Tallini LR, Bastida J Plants (Basel) 10-Jan-2023
PMCID:PMC9866881
doi:10.3390/plants12020322
PMID:36679035
Stomata in Close Contact: The Case of Pancratium maritimum L. (Amaryllidaceae) Saridis P, Georgiadou X, Shtein I, Pouris J, Panteris E, Rhizopoulou S, Constantinidis T, Giannoutsou E, Adamakis ID Plants (Basel) 05-Dec-2022
PMCID:PMC9740904
doi:10.3390/plants11233377
PMID:36501416
From Biodiversity to Musketry: Detection of Plant Diversity in Pre-Industrial Peloponnese during the Flora Graeca Expedition Chimona C, Papadopoulou S, Kolyva F, Mina M, Rhizopoulou S Life (Basel) 23-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9785030
doi:10.3390/life12121957
PMID:36556322
Biodiversity in Urban Areas: The Extraordinary Case of Appia Antica Regional Park (Rome, Italy) Iamonico D Plants (Basel) 15-Aug-2022
PMCID:PMC9414419
doi:10.3390/plants11162122
PMID:36015425
Narcissus Plants: A Melting Pot of Potyviruses Probowati W, Kawakubo S, Ohshima K Viruses 11-Mar-2022
PMCID:PMC8949890
doi:10.3390/v14030582
PMID:35336988
Activity of Some Plant and Fungal Metabolites towards Aedes albopictus (Diptera, Culicidae) Ganassi S, Masi M, Grazioso P, Evidente A, De Cristofaro A Toxins (Basel) 18-Apr-2021
PMCID:PMC8073068
doi:10.3390/toxins13040285
PMID:33919648
Quantification of Galantamine in Sternbergia Species by High Performance Liquid Chromatography ACIKARA ÖB, YILMAZ BS, YAZGAN D, İŞCAN GS Turk J Pharm Sci 31-Dec-2018
PMCID:PMC7227991
doi:10.4274/tjps.95967
PMID:32454692
Review of Natural Product-Derived Compounds as Potent Antiglioblastoma Drugs Park MN, Song HS, Kim M, Lee MJ, Cho W, Lee HJ, Hwang CH, Kim S, Hwang Y, Kang B, Kim B Biomed Res Int 18-Oct-2017
PMCID:PMC5664208
doi:10.1155/2017/8139848
PMID:29181405
Testing robustness of relative complexity measure method constructing robust phylogenetic trees for Galanthus L. Using the relative complexity measure Bakış Y, Otu HH, Taşçı N, Meydan C, Bilgin N, Yüzbaşıoğlu S, Sezerman OU BMC Bioinformatics 17-Jan-2013
PMCID:PMC3564700
doi:10.1186/1471-2105-14-20
PMID:23323678
Lycorine, the Main Phenanthridine Amaryllidaceae Alkaloid, Exhibits Significant Anti-Tumor Activity in Cancer Cells that Display Resistance to Proapoptotic Stimuli: an Investigation of Structure-Activity Relationship and Mechanistic Insight Lamoral-Theys D, Andolfi A, Van Goietsenoven G, Cimmino A, Le Calvé B, Wauthoz N, Mégalizzi V, Gras T, Bruyère C, Dubois J, Mathieu V, Kornienko A, Kiss R, Evidente A J Med Chem 22-Oct-2009
PMCID:PMC3205972
doi:10.1021/jm901031h
PMID:19788245

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Alkaloids and derivatives / Amaryllidaceae alkaloids / Crinine- and Haemanthamine-type amaryllidaceae alkaloids
(1R,13S,15R)-15-methoxy-5,7-dioxa-12-azapentacyclo[10.5.2.01,13.02,10.04,8]nonadeca-2,4(8),9,16-tetraene 12302150 Click to see COC1CC2C3(CCN2CC4=CC5=C(C=C43)OCO5)C=C1 285.34 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50064A020
11-Hydroxyvittatine 70682698 Click to see 287.31 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50064A020
https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50043A028
Hemanthamine 441593 Click to see 301.34 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50064A020
Hemanthidine 3002914 Click to see 317.34 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50064A020
SureCN9688406 118701480 Click to see 271.31 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50064A020
> Alkaloids and derivatives / Amaryllidaceae alkaloids / Lycorine-type amaryllidaceae alkaloids
(17-Hydroxy-14-methoxy-5,7-dioxa-12-azapentacyclo[10.6.1.02,10.04,8.015,19]nonadeca-2,4(8),9,15-tetraen-18-yl) acetate 162903872 Click to see 359.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50043A009
Hipppamine 23259917 Click to see COC1C=C2CCN3C2C(C1O)C4=CC5=C(C=C4C3)OCO5 301.34 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50036A041
https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50036A017
Lycorine 72378 Click to see 287.31 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50040A008
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)80145-4
https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50043A028
https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50065A040
https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50036A017
> Alkaloids and derivatives / Amaryllidaceae alkaloids / Tazettine-type amaryllidaceae alkaloids
(1S,13R,16S,18S)-18-methoxy-15-methyl-5,7,12-trioxa-15-azapentacyclo[11.7.0.01,16.02,10.04,8]icosa-2,4(8),9,19-tetraen-13-ol 443682 Click to see 331.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50064A020
Pretazettine 73360 Click to see 331.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50064A020
Sekisanolin 5321780 Click to see CN1CC2(C3(C1CC(C=C3)OC)C4=CC5=C(C=C4CO2)OCO5)O 331.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50064A020
https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50036A017
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Benzopyrans / 2-benzopyrans
6-Hydroxy-7,8-dimethoxy-2-(2-oxopropyl)-2,3,3a,9b-tetrahydrofuro[3,2-c]isochromen-5-one 71436822 Click to see CC(=O)CC1CC2C(O1)C3=CC(=C(C(=C3C(=O)O2)O)OC)OC 322.31 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50064A020
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Quinolines and derivatives / Benzoquinolines / Phenanthridines and derivatives
(1R,10S,12R)-4-methoxy-9-azatetracyclo[7.5.2.01,10.02,7]hexadeca-2,4,6,13-tetraene-5,12-diol 11208052 Click to see 273.33 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50064A020
7H-(1,3)Dioxolo(4,5-j)pyrrolo(3,2,1-de)phenanthridin-7-one 100605 Click to see 263.25 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50065A040
Demethylmaritidine 72695824 Click to see COC1=C(C=C2CN3CCC4(C3CC(C=C4)O)C2=C1)O 273.33 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50064A020
Galanthine 10403528 Click to see 317.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50036A017
Lutessine 149091 Click to see 359.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50043A009
https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50043A028
Maritinamine 11818191 Click to see 275.34 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50064A020
Narciclasine 72376 Click to see C1OC2=C(O1)C(=C3C(=C2)C4=CC(C(C(C4NC3=O)O)O)O)O 307.25 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-960098
Sternbergine 178814 Click to see CC(=O)OC1C(C=C2CCN3C2C1C4=CC(=C(C=C4C3)O)OC)O 331.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50036A017
Ungiminorine 10425948 Click to see 317.34 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50065A040

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