Crocus graveolens

Crocus graveolens

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. Flavi
Species: Crocus graveolens

Name

Crocus graveolens Boiss. & Reut. in P.E.Boissier, Fl. Orient. 5: 107 (1882).

• Syntypes: Turkey, Hatay prov., 'prope Beilan' (= Belen), Haussknecht; Syria, 'Gebel Nahas prope Aleppo', Haussknecht (JE).

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Crocus lageniflorus var. syriacus Herb., Bot. Mag. 67: t. 3869. (1841).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia Lebanon-Syria (Lebanon, Syria), Palestine (Israel), Turkey. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Boissier, E. 1882. Flora Orientalis sive enumeratio plantarum in Oriente a Graecia et Aegypto and Indiae fines hucusque observatarum. Volumen quintum. Fasciculus primus. Monocotyledoneae, Gymnospermae, Acotyledoneae vasculares. Pp. 1–428. Genevae, Basileae & Lugduni: H. Georg. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page. 

Additional references

• Mathew, B.F. 1982. The Crocus. A revision of the genus Crocus (Iridacae). London: B.T. Batsford Ltd, 127 pp. + 96 plates. ISBN 0-7134-3390-6. 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 graveolens 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 graveolens. Published online. Accessed: March 17 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Crocus graveolens. Accessed: 17 March 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Crocus graveolens. 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

العربية: زعفران نفاذ
English: Cloth of gold
Türkçe: Türkçe: Yel çiğdemi

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