Crocus tommasinianus

Crocus tommasinianus

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Iridaceae
Subfamilia: Crocoideae
Tribus: Croceae
Genus: Crocus
Sectio: C. sect. Crocus
Serie: C. ser. Verni
Species: Crocus tommasinianus

Name

Crocus tommasinianus Herb., J. Hort. Soc. London 2: 273 (1847).

• Type locality: Yugoslavia, 'in naked mountainous places in· Dalmatia . . . , first discovered in the mountain called Biokovo', Tommasini

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Crocus vernus var. tommasinianus (Herb.) Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur.: 708. 1882.
• Heterotypic
  • Crocus serbicus A.Kern. ex Maw, Gard. Chron. 1881(2): 368. 1881.
  • Crocus tommasinianus f. jeremicii Randjel., Serbian Acad. Sci. Arts, Dept. Nat. Math. Sci. Monog. 66: 16. 1990, nom. inval., herbarium where type conserved not specified.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Northern Europe Great Britain (introduced). Regional: Middle Europe Belgium, Germany (introduced), Hungary, Netherlands (introduced). Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia. Continental: Northern America Regional: Northeastern U.S.A. New York (introduced). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Herbert, W. 1847. A history of the species of Crocus. Journal of the Horticultural Society of London 2: 249–293. BHL Reference page. 

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. 2012. Crocus tommasinianus in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2012 Mar 20.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Crocus tommasinianus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed on 19 Apr 2006.

Vernacular names

English: Woodland crocus, Tomasini's crocus
suomi: Tähtisahrami
magyar: Illír sáfrány
polski: szafran Tommasiniego

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