Crocus neapolitanus

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
Species: Crocus neapolitanus

Crocus neapolitanus (Ker Gawl.) Loisel., Herb. Gén. Amat. 2: t. 101. 1817.

Basionym
- Crocus vernus var. neapolitanus Ker Gawl., Bot. Mag. 22: t. 860. 1805.
  - Lectotypus (designated by Peruzzi et al., 2013: 1039): illustration in Bot. Mag. 22: t. 860. 1805
Homotypic
- Crocus vernus var. grandiflorus J.Gay, Bull. Sci. Nat. Géol. 11: 371. 1827, nom. superfl.
- Crocus vernus subsp. neapolitanus (Ker Gawl.) Asch. & Graebn., Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 3: 445. 1906.
- Crocus albiflorus subsp. neapolitanus (Ker Gawl.) Suess. in G.Hegi, Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur., ed. 2, 2: 396. 1939.
Heterotypic
- Crocus purpureus Weston, Bot. Univ. 2: 238. 1771, nom. rej.

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Europe Regional: Northern Europe Great Britain, Ireland (introduced). Regional: Middle Europe Austria (introduced). Regional: Southeastern Europe Italy, Yugoslavia (Slovenia). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Peruzzi, L., Carta, A. & Garbari, F. 2013. Lectotypification of the name Crocus sativus var. vernus L. (Iridaceae) and its consequences within Crocus ser. Verni. Taxon 62(5): 1037–1040. DOI: 10.12705/625.7 ResearchGate 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.
Rukšāns, J. 2017. The World of Crocuses. 568 pp. The Latvian Academy of Sciences, Riga. ISBN 978-9934-19-125-1. Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Crocus neapolitanus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jan 17. Reference page.