Crocus suworowianus

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
Series: C. ser. Kotschyani
Species: Crocus suworowianus

Name

Crocus suworowianus K.Koch, Linnaea 21: 633 (1848).

• Syntypes: Letschkum (Lechkhumi, Georgia), 2000–6000 ft, Suworoff; Pasin, 6000 ft., K. Koch (B†)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Crocus vallicola var. suworowianus (K.Koch) Maw, Gard. Chron., n.s., 16: 148 (1881).
  • Crocus kotschyanus subsp. suworowianus (K.Koch) B.Mathew, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 38: 393 (1980), nom. superfl.
• Heterotypic
  • Crocus vallicola var. lilacinus Maw, Gard. Chron., n.s., 16: 148 (1881).
  • Crocus vallicola var. zoharbii Maw, Gard. Chron., n.s., 16: 148 (1881).
  • Crocus zohrabii Maw, Gard. Chron., n.s., 16: 148 (1881), nom. inval. pro syn.
  • Crocus karsianus Fomin in A.V.Fomin & Voronov, Key Pl. Cauc. & Crimea 1: 292 (1907).

Distribution

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

References

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