Crocus caspius

Crocus caspius

Crocus caspius

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. Orientales
Species: Crocus caspius

Name

Crocus caspius Fisch. & C.A.Mey. ex Hohen., Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 11: 252. 1838.

• Typus: Azerbaijan, "prope pagum Sialakenti in vicinitate castelli Lenkoran et prope pagum Astara." Hohenacker (K, LE).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Crocus boryanus var. caspius (Fisch. & C.A.Mey. ex Hohen.) Herb., Bot. Mag. 67: t. 3863. 1841.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Caucasus Transcaucasus (Azerbaijan). Regional: Western Asia Iran. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Hohenacker, R.F. 1838. Enumeratio Plantarum quas in itinere per provinciam Talysch collegit R. Fr. Hohenacker: (online). / Id. in: Bulletin de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou 11: 231–330, 337–414. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• 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 caspius 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 caspius. Published online. Accessed: March 17 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Crocus caspius. Accessed: 17 March 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Crocus caspius. 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. 

Vernacular names

azərbaycanca: Xəzər zəfəranı
беларуская: каспийски шафран
فارسی: زعفران خزر
русский: Шафран каспийский

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