Crocus heuffelianus

Crocus heuffelianus

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. Crocus
Serie: C. ser. Verni
Species: Crocus heuffelianus
Subspecies: C. h. subsp. heuffelianus – C. h. subsp. scepusiensis

Name

Crocus heuffelianus Herb., J. Hort. Soc. London 2: 273 (1847).

• Lectotype (designated by L. Peruzzi & A. Carta in Harpke et al., 2015: 322): [Hungary] in dumetis sylvisque montanis septentrionalis Banatus Mz. Apr. Flor., Banatus, s.d., Heuffel 30729 (BP).

Synonyms

• Replaced synonym
  • Crocus banaticus Heuff., Flora 18: 255 (1835), nom. illeg..
• Homotypic
  • Crocus heuffelii Körn., Flora 39: 476 (1856), nom. superfl..
  • Crocus albiflorus subsp. heuffelianus (Herb.) Suess., Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur., ed. 2, 2: 396 (1939).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Europe Regional: Middle Europe Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland. Regional: Southeastern Europe Italy, Romania. Regional: Eastern Europe Ukraine. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Herbert, W. 1847. A history of the species of Crocus. Journal of the Horticultural Society of London 2: 249–293. BHL 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. 
• Harpke, D., Carta, A., Tomović, G., Randjelović, V., Randjelović, N., Blattner, F. & Peruzzi, L. 2015. Phylogeny, karyotype evolution and taxonomy of Crocus series Verni (Iridaceae). Plant Systematics and Evolution 301(1): 309–325. DOI: 10.1007/s00606-014-1074-0. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Crocus heuffelianus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Mar 20. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

magyar: Kárpáti sáfrány

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