Iridaceae
Crocus

Crocus sieberi J.Gay

First published in Bull. Sci. Nat. Géol. 25: 320 (1831)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Kriti. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Kriti

Introduced into:

Germany, Great Britain, New York

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Dimopoulos, P., Raus, T., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, T., Iatrou, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A., & Tzanoudakis, D. (2013). Vascular plants of Greece. An annotated checklist: 1-372. Botanic gardens and botanical museum Berlin-Dahlem, Berlin and Hellenic botanical society, Athens.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 1: 1-864. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • Rukšāns, J. (2010). Crocuses. A complete guide to the genus: 1-216. Timber Press, Portland, London.
  • Rukšāns, J. (2017). The World of Crocuses: 1-568. The Latvian Academy of Sciences.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1980). Flora Europaea 5: 1-452. Cambridge University Press.

Kew Species Profiles

  • Beentje, H. (2010). The Kew Plant Glossary. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hooker, J.D. (1873). Crocus sieberi. Curtis’s Bot. Mag. 49: t. 6036
  • Mathew, B. (1982). The Crocus: a Revision of the Genus Crocus. B T Batsford Ltd., London.
  • Wilford, R. (2010). Alpines from Mountain to Garden. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2011). Crocus sieberi. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. (Accessed 7 May 2011).
  • Wright, C.A. (2001). Mediterranean vegetables. The Harvard Common Press, Boston.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
s.coll. [s.n.] K001617320 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K001617315 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K001617317 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K001617318 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K001617319 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K002969522 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K001617316 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K001617321 No
Heldreich [s.n.] Greece K000499120 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sieber [s.n.] Greece K000499119 Type Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Kew Species Profiles

    • Kew Species Profiles
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0