Galanthus woronowii cultivation, it has frequently been confused with two other species, "Galanthus platyphyllus" (usually under its synonym "G. latifolius") and "Galanthus ikariae". All three species have broad green leaves arranged in a supervolute pattern (i.e. wrapped round one another at the base), and inner tepals with a green mark only at the apex. The inner tepals of "G. platyphyllus" lack a sinus at the apex, i.e. they do not have a notched edge. "G. ikariae" and "G. woronowii" are similar, although molecular studies have shown that they are distinct species. Some differences are: Galanthus woronowii Galanthus woronowii, the green snowdrop or
Luzula nivalis considered L. nivalis to be conspecific with L. arctica, but some of them (Hultén 1968, Böcher et al. 1968) have used the name L. arctica, while the others (Porsild and Cody 1980...) [have used] the correct name L. nivalis.". Elven et al. (2003) also noted that "L. campestris" var. "nivalis" was widely considered to be conspecific with "L. arctica." The current botanical consensus seems to be that lectotypification solves the issue and that "L. arctica" and "L. nivalis" should be regarded as the same species, with the name "L. nivalis" being chosen as this (derived from "L. campestris" var. "nivalis")