Crocus adami

Crocus adami

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Iridaceae
Subfamilia: Crocoideae
Tribus: Ixieae
Genus: Crocus
Sectio: C. sect. Nudiscapus
Series: C. ser. Biflori
Species: Crocus adami

Name

Crocus adami J.Gay, Bull. Sci. Nat. Géol. 25(Mem.): 319 (1831).

• Syntypes: "Habitat in Tauria et Iberia" (K, LE?). Epitype: Georgia, near Igoeti, in clearings between shrubs, 700 m, 30 Apr 2010. Ex culturae [sic!] in horto Jānis Rukšāns, 20 Feb 2013, Rukšāns CMGG-021 (GB), designated by Rukšāns, Int. Rock Gard. 61: 11. 2015.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Crocus annulatus var. adamicus Herb., Bot. Mag. 67: t. 3861 (1841).
  • Crocus biflorus var. adami (J.Gay) Trautv., Bull. Cl. Phys.-Math. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 17: 330 (1859), nom. superfl.
  • Crocus biflorus subsp. adami (J.Gay) K.Richt., Pl. Eur. 1: 250 (1890).
  • Crocus biflorus subsp. adami (J.Gay) B.Mathew, Crocus 83 (1982), isonym.
• Heterotypic
  • Crocus violaceus (Boiss.) Bornm. in ?, nom. illeg.
  • Crocus violaceus Weston, Bot. Univ. 2: 238 (1771).
  • Crocus annulatus Stephan ex Spreng. & Link, Jahrb. Gewächsk. 1(3): 69 (1820).
  • Crocus annulatus var. tauricus Herb., J. Hort. Soc. London 2: 286 (1847).
  • Crocus biflorus var. violaceus Boiss., Fl. Orient. 5: 112 (1882).
• Misapplied names
  • Crocus adamii, orth. var.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Temperate Caucasus Transcaucasus (Armenia, Gruziya, Nakhichevan?). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Gay, J.E. 1831. Nouvelles espèces de Crocus. Bulletin des Sciences Naturelles et de Géologie 25(3): 319–321. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) 2006. Konspekt flory Kavkaza. Caucasian Flora Conspectus. Volume II [Liliopsida]. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae. 466 pp. ISBN 5-288-04040-0. DJVU Reference page. 
• Rukšāns, J. 2015. The Genus Crocus (Iridaceae) in Iran - three new species from the so-called “Crocus biflorus” aggregate. International Rock Gardener 61: 2–26. PDF. Reference page. 
• Rukšāns, J. 2017. The World of Crocuses. 568 pp. The Latvian Academy of Sciences, Riga. ISBN 978-9934-19-125-1. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Crocus adami in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 March 17. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Crocus adami. Published online. Accessed: March 17 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Crocus adami. Accessed: 17 March 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Crocus adami. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 March 17. Reference page. 

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