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Colchicum
L. (1753)
(plant)
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Entity:
Colchiceae (Tribe)
..Gloriosa (Genus)
..Hexacyrtis (Genus)
..Ornithoglossum (Genus)
..Sandersonia (Genus)
..Colchicum (Genus)
....Colchicum autumnale (Species) - autumn crocus
....Colchicum byzantinum (Species)
....Colchicum callicymbium (Species)
....Colchicum speciosum (Species)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
C. Linnaeus, 1753
Original name
:
Linnaeus, C. 1753a.
Sp. Pl.
1
: 341.
Original rank
:
Original spelling
:
Types
Type of
:
Colchicaceae
(Family)
DC. (1804), nom. cons.
Ref:
W. Greuter et al. (eds.), 1994
: App. IIB (p. 103).
Type of
:
Colchiceae
(Tribe)
T. Nees & C.H. Eberm.
ex
Endl. (1836)
Type, by subsequent designation
:
Colchicum autumnale
L.
Ref:
Hitchcock Aug 1929. Prop. Brit. Bot. : 148.
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Variants
Not validly published name
:
Colchicum
(Genus)
nom. inval.
Synonyms
Including
:
Androcymbium
(Genus)
Willd. (1808)
Ref:
D.J. Mabberley, 2008
: 44.
Including
:
Bulbocodium
(Genus)
L. (1753)
Ref:
D.J. Mabberley, 2008
: 127.
Including
:
Merendera
(Genus)
Ramond (1801)
Ref:
D.J. Mabberley, 2008
: 539.
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
herfsttijloos
Ref:
R. Röber et al. (eds.), 1990
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