Biology:Crocus olivieri

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Crocus olivieri
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Iridaceae
Genus: Crocus
Species:
C. olivieri
Binomial name
Crocus olivieri
J.Gay
Synonyms[1]
  • Crocus sulphureus Crocus lageniflorus var. oliverianus
  • Herb. Boiss.
  • Klatt Crocus suterianus
  • Crocus olivieri f. balcanicus Herb.
  • Crocus aucheri Kitan. & Drenk.
  • Tchich. Crocus syriacus

Crocus olivieri is a species of flowering plant in the family Iridaceae.[1][2] It is from the Balkans, Albania, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria to Greece and Turkey.[3][4]

The species is found growing in deciduous scrub and on open hillsides, or in pine woods from sea level to 1500 meters; flowering occurs in January till March.[4]

Subspecies

  • Crocus olivieri subsp. olivieri – Balkan and Turkey
  • Crocus olivieri subsp. balansae (J.Gay ex Baker) B. Mathew – endemic round İzmir, West-Turkey. Typically the outside of the flowers are purplish and the styles are divided into twelve branches, unlike the species which has six.[4]
  • Crocus olivieri subsp. istanbulensis B. Mathew, Istanbul, Turkey.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Crocus olivieri J.Gay". The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d.. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:436645-1. 
  2. ↑ "Crocus olivieri J.Gay". Species 2000. n.d.. https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/ZKZ3. 
  3. ↑ "Crocus olivieri in Tropicos". http://www.tropicos.org/Name/16600020. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Phillips, Roger (1989). The Random House book of bulbs. Martyn Rix, Brian Mathew. New York: Random House. p. 21. ISBN 0-679-72756-6. OCLC 19922564. 
  • Data related to Crocus olivieri at Wikispecies

Wikidata ☰ Q2020763 entry