Crocus mouradi

Crocus mouradi

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 mouradi

Name

Crocus mouradi Whittall, Garden (London, 1871–1927) 35(914): 473. 1889.

• Type locality: Turkey, "found growing on the Mourad-dagh, which towers so majestically over the highlands of Oushak (Ushak), some thirty miles to the north-east of this well-known carpet manufacturing centre"

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Crocus flavus subsp. dissectus T.Baytop & B.Mathew, Kew Bull. 30: 241. 1975.
    • Typus: Turkey, Efendikoprüsü to Gediz, in Pinus and Cistus with Scilla bifolia, 1200 m, 31 Mar. 1973, T.Baytop ISTE 23990 (Holotypus. K; isotypus: ISTE).

Distribution

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

References

Additional references

• 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. 2020. Crocus mouradi in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jun 24. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Crocus mouradi in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 January 17. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Crocus mouradi. Published online. Accessed: 17 January 2020.