Crocus yalovensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Mesangiospermae Cladus: Monocota Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Iridaceae
Subfamilia: Crocoideae
Tribus: Ixieae
Genus: Crocus
Species: Crocus yalovensis

Name

Crocus yalovensis Rukšāns, Int. Rock Gard. 99: [18]. 2018.

Synonyms

• Replaced synonym
  • Crocus pestalozzae subsp. violaceus Yüzb. & Özhatay, Phytotaxa 174(5): 280. 2014.
    • Typus: Turkey. A2(A) Yalova: Çınarcık, Delmece plateau, 700 m, moist meadows, 28 March 2004, Yüzbaşıoğlu 2466 (Holotypus: ISTE 96939, isotypes: ANK, NGBB).
• Homotypic
  • Crocus violaceus (Yüzb. & Özhatay) Rukšāns, World Crocuses: 527. 2017, nom. illeg., non Weston, Bot. Univ. 2: 238. 1771.
• Heterotypic
  • Crocus pestalozzae var. caeruleus Barr, nom. nud.

Distribution

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

References

Primary references

• Rukšāns, J. 2018. How to characterize a Crocus species? International Rock Gardener 99: [2]–[21]. PDF Reference page. 
• Yüzbașıoğlu, S. & Özhatay, N. 2014. A new subspecies of Crocus pestalozzae (Iridaceae) from Turkey. Phytotaxa 174(5): 279–284. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.174.5.4 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 

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. 2019. Crocus yalovensis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Nov 17. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Crocus yalovensis. Published online. Accessed: 10 October 2019. Reference page.