Colchicum pusillum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Liliales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Liliales

Familia: Colchicaceae
Tribus: Colchiceae
Genus: Colchicum
Species: Colchicum pusillum

Name

Colchicum pusillum Sieber, Flora 5(1): 248 (1822).

• Ind. loc.: Greece, Crete: Chania, Kidonia: ‘Cap Meleca [Maleka; Akrotiri peninsula] auf dürren trocknen Stellen, sie blüht in Oktober’. Typus: Creta, Sieber, [Oct. 1817] (PRC 454508, WU 0044837

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Colchicum bertolonii var. pusillum (Sieber) Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur., Suppl. 2: 310 (1890).
  • Colchicum montanum var. pusillum (Sieber) Fiori, Malpighia 8: 155 (1894).
• Heterotypic
  • Colchicum hiemale Freyn, Bull. Herb. Boissier 5: 802 (1897).
    • Typus: Cyprus, Famagusta: ‘Am Wege von Larnaka nach Varoscia’, 5.XII.1892, Deschamps 469 (Holotype: BRNM)
  • Colchicum timidum Heldr. Epet. Sillog. Parnassou 1901: 252 (1901).
    • Colchicum timidum Heldr. in Lakon, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 4: 302 (1907).
  • Colchicum andrium Rech.f. & P.H.Davis, Phyton (Horn) 1: 221 (1949).
    • Type: Greece, Cyclades: Andros, top of hill S of Andros, on schist, 2000 ft., 30.X.1939, Davis 1015 (Holotype: K; isotype: E, [G] 00165623).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Europe Regional: Southeastern Europe Greece, Kriti. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia Cyprus, East Aegean Islands. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Additional references

• Persson, K. 2007. Nomenclatural synopsis of the genus Colchicum (Colchicaceae), with some new species and combinations. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 127(2): 165–242. DOI: 10.1127/0006-8152/2007/0127-0165 Reference page. 

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2013. Colchicum pusillum. Published online. Accessed: 1 November 2013.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Colchicum pusillum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 June 29. Reference page. 

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