Biology:Crocus baytopiorum
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Iridaceae |
| Genus: | Crocus |
| Species: | C. baytopiorum
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| Crocus baytopiorum B.Mathew
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Crocus baytopiorum is a species of flowering plant in the genus Crocus of the family Iridaceae. It is a cormous perennial native to Turkey.
Description
Crocus baytopiorum is a spring flowering herbaceous perennial geophyte growing from a corm. The 13 cm wide corm is a flatted egg shape. The tunic around the corm has thick fibers and is coarsely netted. A spathe (sheath that covers the flower before it opens) subtends the inflorescence. The pale blue flowers are distinctive.[1] The arillate seeds are red with a pointed end.[2]
Habitat
Crocus baytopiorum is native to limestone screes, rocky gullies, in open pine and juniper woodland.[1] Flowering occurs in February.[3]
The species was named in honor of Professors Turhan & Asuman Baytop from Istanbul,[2] who discovered it in 1973 and it was described by the Kew botanist Brian Mathew.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Crocus baytopiorum B.Mathew | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:436479-1.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Mathew, Brian (1974). "A New Turkish Crocus (Iridaceae)". Kew Bulletin 29 (1): 88. doi:10.2307/4108375. ISSN 0075-5974. https://www.jstor.org/stable/4108375.
- ↑ Phillips, Roger; Rix, Martyn (1989). The Random House Book of Bulbs. Random House. p. 25. ISBN 978-0-679-72756-9. https://books.google.com/books?id=o_7wAAAAMAAJ.
Wikidata ☰ Q11773718 entry
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