Colchicum variegatum

Κολχικό το ποικιλόμορφο
Güz Acıçiğdemi, Sürincan
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Colchicaceae
Genus: Colchicum
Species: C. variegatum
Binomial name
Colchicum variegatum
L.
Synonyms[1]
  • Colchicum tessellatum Salisb.
  • Colchicum tessulatum Mill.
  • Colchicum chionense Haw. ex Kunth
  • Colchicum parkinsonii Hook.f.
  • Colchicum variegatum subsp. parkinsonii (Hook.f.) K.Richt.
  • Colchicum variegatum f. decolorans Candargy
  • Colchicum variegatum var. desii Pamp.

Colchicum variegatum, common name Κολχικό το ποικιλόμορφο or Güz Acıçiğdemi, Sürincan[2] is a plant species native to Greece and Turkey but cultivated in many other places.[1][3]

Colchicum variegatum is a perennial herb forming an underground corm. Tepals are broadly lanceolate, white, mottled with numerous brown or purple markings, sometimes taking the form of spots, other times forming a checkerboard (or chess-board, if you prefer) pattern.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 342,Colchicum variegatum
  2. ↑ Nature Wonders, photo of Κολχικό το ποικιλόμορφο , Colchicum variegatum in Milos, Greece
  3. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Colchicum variegatum
  4. ↑ Ker Gawler, John Bellenden. 1807. Botanical Magazine 26: t. 1028, Colchicum variegatum

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