Biology:Crocus olivieri
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
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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. olivieri
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| Binomial name | |
| Crocus olivieri Claude Gay
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Crocus olivieri is a species of Crocus from Balkans, Albania, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria to Greece and Turkey.[1][2]
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.[2]
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.[2]
- Crocus olivieri subsp. istanbulensis B. Mathew, Istanbul, Turkey.
References
- ↑ "Crocus olivieri in Tropicos". http://www.tropicos.org/Name/16600020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 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. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19922564.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q2020763 entry
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