Crocus flavus

Crocus flavus

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
Sectio: C. sect. Nudiscapus
Series: C. ser. Flavi
Species:
Subspecies: C. f. subsp. atticus – C. f. subsp. flavus

Name

Crocus flavus Weston, Bot. Univ. 2: 237 (1771).

  • Typus: Serbia (= Moesia), Belgrade, March 1579 (Clusius, Rar. Pl. Hist. II, fig. p. 205 (1601))

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Europe
    • Regional: Middle Europe
      • Czechoslovakia (introduced).
    • Regional: Southeastern Europe
      • Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia.
  • Continental: Asia-Temperate
    • Regional: Western Asia
      • Turkey
  • Continental: Northern America (all introduced)
    • Regional: Southwestern U.S.A.
      • Utah.
    • Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Arkansas.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

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. 

Vernacular names

  • العربية: زعفران ذهبى
  • беларуская: жълт минзухар
  • čeština: šafrán žlutý
  • Deutsch: Gold-Krokus
  • English: yellow crocus
  • íslenska: Gullkrókus
  • lietuvių: Geltonasis krokas
  • polski: Szafran żółtokwiatowy
  • русский: Шафран жёлтый svenska:
  • svenska: Gullkrokus
  • українська: Шафран жовтий
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