Biology:Colchicum hungaricum

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Colchicum hungaricum
Colchicum hungaricum Szarsomlyo.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Colchicaceae
Genus: Colchicum
Species:
C. hungaricum
Binomial name
Colchicum hungaricum
Janka
Synonyms[1]
  • Colchicum bulbocodioides subsp. hungaricum Janka
  • Colchicum hungaricum f. albiflorum K.Maly
  • Colchicum montanum var. croaticum A.Grove

Colchicum hungaricum, popularly known as the Hungarian crocus, is a species of Colchicum found in Hungary, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, and Bulgaria.[1] It has white or pinkish-lilac flowers and blooms in very early spring.[2] It was first described by Viktor Janka in 1886.[3]

The Hungarian crocus was depicted on the 2 Forint coin of Hungary from 1992 to 2008.[4]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1162384 entry