Crocoideae

Crocus angustifolius

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Iridaceae
Subfamilia: Crocoideae
Tribus: Freesieae – Gladioleae – Ixieae – Tritoniopsideae – Watsonieae

Name

Crocoideae Burnett, Outl. Bot. 451 (1835).

• Type genus: Crocus L.

References

Primary references

• Burnett, G.T. 1835. Outl. Bot. 451.

Additional references

• Goldblatt, P., Davies T.J., Manning, J.C., Van der Bank, M. & Savolainen, V. 2006. Phylogeny of Iridaceae subfamily Crocoideae based on a combined multigene plastid DNA analysis. Aliso 22(1): 399–411. DOI: 10.5642/aliso.20062201.32 Reference page. 
• Goldblatt, P., Rodríguez, A., Powell, M.P., Davies, T.J., Manning, J.C., Van der Bank, M. & Savolainen, V. 2008. Iridaceae 'Out of Australasia'? Phylogeny, biogeography, and divergence time based on plastid DNA sequences. Systematic Botany 33(3): 495–508. DOI: 10.1600/036364408785679806 ResearchGate Reference page.  Incorrectly used Croceae Dumort. (1829) in their subfamilial circumscription, but Ixieae has priority and this was corrected by Goldblatt & Manning (2011).
• Goldblatt, P. & Manning, J.C. 2011. Systematics of the southern African genus Ixia (Iridaceae). 3. Sections Hyalis and Morphixia. Bothalia 41(1): 83–134. DOI: 10.4102/abc.v41i1.35 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

العربية: زعفراناوية
فارسی: زنبقیان کروکویدئا
italiano: Crocoidee
македонски: Качунки
русский: Шафрановые

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