Crocus suaveolens

Taxonavigation

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

Crocus suaveolens Bertol., Descr. Zaffer. Ital.: 3 (1826).

Lectotypus (designated by Del Guacchio & Caputo 2008: 209): Ex la Valle dell’Inferno Romae. 1824. Mauri (BOLO).

Homotypic
- Crocus minimus var. italicus J.Gay, Bull. Sci. Nat. Géol. 11: 370 (1827).
- Crocus imperati var. suaveolens (Bertol.) Fiori in A.Fiori & al., Fl. Italia 1: 220 (1896), nom. superfl.
- Crocus imperati subsp. suaveolens (Bertol.) B.Mathew, Kew Bull. 32: 46 (1977).

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Europe Regional: Southeastern Europe Italy. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Del Guacchio, E. & Caputo, P. 2008. Crocus imperati and Crocus suaveolens (Iridaceae), two controversial endemic crocuses from Central and Southern Italy – morphometrics, lectotypification and chorology. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 158(1): 194–214. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2008.00851.x Reference page.
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.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Crocus suaveolens in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jun 25. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Crocus suaveolens. Published online. Accessed: Feb 02 2022.

Deutsch: Imperato-Krokus
English: early crocus
فارسی: زعفران امبيراتى
íslenska: Sunnukrókus
svenska: Neapelkrokus

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