- Family:
- Iridaceae Juss.
Crocus L.

Native to:
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Austria, Baleares, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Is., France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Morocco, North Caucasus, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Xinjiang, Yugoslavia
Introduced into:
Arkansas, Belgium, Connecticut, Great Britain, Ireland, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Netherlands, New York, Ontario, Oregon, Utah, West Himalaya
- Crocus abantensis T.Baytop & B.Mathew
- Crocus abracteolus Kernd. & Pasche
- Crocus adami J.Gay
- Crocus adamioides Kernd. & Pasche
- Crocus adanensis T.Baytop & B.Mathew
- Crocus aerius Herb.
- Crocus akdagensis Kernd. & Pasche
- Crocus akkayaensis Kernd. & Pasche
- Crocus alatavicus Regel & Semen.
- Crocus albocoronatus (Kernd.) Kernd., Pasche & Harpke
- Crocus aleppicus Baker
- Crocus alexandri Nicic ex Velen.
- Crocus almehensis C.D.Brickell & B.Mathew
- Crocus ancyrensis (Herb.) Maw
- Crocus angustifolius Weston
- Crocus antalyensioides Ruk?ns
- Crocus antalyensis B.Mathew
- Crocus antherotes Kernd. & Pasche
- Crocus archibaldiorum (Ruk?ns) Ruk?ns
- Crocus arizelus Kernd. & Pasche
- Crocus armeniensis Ruk?ns
- Crocus artvinensis (J.Philippow) Grossh.
- Crocus × asturicus Herb.
- Crocus asumaniae B.Mathew & T.Baytop
- Crocus asymmetricus Erol
- Crocus athous Bornm.
- Crocus atrospermus (Kernd. & Pasche) Kernd. & Pasche
- Crocus atticus (Boiss. & Orph.) Orph.
- Crocus autranii Albov
- Crocus autumnalis Mill.
- Crocus babadagensis Kernd. & Pasche
- Crocus balansae J.Gay ex Maw
- Crocus banaticus J.Gay
- Crocus baytopiorum B.Mathew
- Crocus berytius Kernd. & Pasche
- Crocus beydaglarensis Kernd. & Pasche
- Crocus bifloriformis Kernd. & Pasche
- Crocus biflorus Mill.
- Crocus boissieri Maw
- Crocus bolensis (Ruk?ns) Ruk?ns
- Crocus boryi J.Gay
- Crocus boulosii Greuter
- Crocus bowlesianus Kernd. & Pasche
- Crocus brachyfilus I.Schneid.
- Crocus brickellii Ruk?ns
- Crocus caelestis (Kernd. & Pasche) Kernd., Pasche & Harpke
- Crocus calanthus Kernd. & Pasche
- Crocus cambessedesii J.Gay
- Crocus cancellatus Herb.
- Crocus candidus E.D.Clarke
- Crocus cappadocicus (B.Mathew) Ruk?ns
- Crocus caricus (Kernd. & Pasche) Kernd., Pasche & Harpke
- Crocus carpetanus Boiss. & Reut.
- Crocus cartwrightianus Herb.
- Crocus caspius Fisch. & C.A.Mey. ex Hohen.
- Crocus chrysanthus (Herb.) Herb.
- Crocus clusii J.Gay
- Crocus coloreus Kernd. & Pasche
- Crocus concinnus Kernd. & Pasche
- Crocus corsicus Vanucchi
- Crocus crewei Hook.f.
- Crocus cvijicii Kosanin
- Crocus cyprius Boiss. & Kotschy
- Crocus dalmaticus Vis.
- Crocus damascenus Herb.
- Crocus danfordiae Maw
- Crocus danubensis Kernd., Pasche, Randjel. & V.Randjel.
- Crocus demirizianus Erol & Can
- Crocus dilekyarensis Ruk?ns
- Crocus dispathaceus Bowles
- Crocus duncanii Ruk?ns
- Crocus duplex Weston
- Crocus etruscus Parl.
- Crocus fauseri Kernd. & Pasche
- Crocus fibroannulatus (Kernd. & Pasche) Kernd., Pasche & Harpke
- Crocus filis-maculatis Kernd. & Pasche
- Crocus flavus Weston
- Crocus fleischeri J.Gay
- Crocus × fritschii Derganc
- Crocus gargaricus Herb.
- Crocus geghartii Sosn.
- Crocus gembosii Ruk?ns
- Crocus georgei Ruk?ns
- Crocus gilanicus B.Mathew
- Crocus goulimyi Turrill
- Crocus graveolens Boiss. & Reut.
- Crocus gunae Ruk?ns
- Crocus guneri (Yüzb.) Ruk?ns
- Crocus hadriaticus Herb.
- Crocus hakkariensis (B.Mathew) Ruk?ns
- Crocus harpkeae Ruk?ns
- Crocus hartmannianus Holmboe
- Crocus harveyi Ruk?ns
- Crocus hatayensis Ruk?ns
- Crocus haussknechtii (Boiss. & Reut. ex Maw) Boiss.
- Crocus heilbronniorum Erol
- Crocus hellenicus (Ruk?ns) Ruk?ns
- Crocus henrikii Ruk?ns
- Crocus hermoneus Kotschy ex Maw
- Crocus heuffelianus Herb.
- Crocus hittiticus T.Baytop & B.Mathew
- Crocus × hybridus Petrovic
- Crocus hyemalis Boiss. & C.I.Blanche
- Crocus ibrahimii (Ruk?ns) Ruk?ns
- Crocus ilgazensis (B.Mathew) Ruk?ns
- Crocus ilvensis Peruzzi & Carta
- Crocus imperati Ten.
- Crocus incognitus Kernd. & Pasche
- Crocus inghamii Ruk?ns
- Crocus ionopharynx (Kernd. & Pasche) Kernd., Pasche & Harpke
- Crocus iranicus Ruk?ns
- Crocus isauricus Siehe ex Bowles
- Crocus istanbulensis (B.Mathew) Ruk?ns
- Crocus jablanicensis Randjel. & V.Randjel.
- Crocus kangalensis Kernd. & Pasche
- Crocus karamanensis Kernd. & Pasche
- Crocus karduchorum Kotschy ex Maw
- Crocus kartaldagensis Kernd. & Pasche
- Crocus katrancensis Kernd. & Pasche
- Crocus keltepensis Yüzb.
- Crocus kerndorffiorum Pasche
- Crocus kofudagensis Ruk?ns
- Crocus korolkowii Maw & Regel
- Crocus kosaninii Pulevic
- Crocus kotschyanus K.Koch
- Crocus kurdistanicus (Maroofi & Assadi) Ruk?ns
- Crocus laevigatus Bory & Chaub.
- Crocus lazicus Boiss.
- Crocus leichtlinii (Dewer) Bowles
- Crocus leucostylosus (Kernd. & Pasche) Kernd., Pasche & Harpke
- Crocus ligusticus Mariotti
- Crocus longiflorus Raf.
- Crocus lyciotauricus Kernd. & Pasche
- Crocus lycius (B.Mathew) Ruk?ns
- Crocus lydius Kernd. & Pasche
- Crocus macedonicus Ruk?ns
- Crocus malatyensis Kernd. & Pasche
- Crocus malyi Vis.
- Crocus marasensis Kernd. & Pasche
- Crocus mathewii Kernd. & Pasche
- Crocus mawii Kernd. & Pasche
- Crocus mazziaricus Herb.
- Crocus mediotauricus Kernd. & Pasche
- Crocus melantherus Boiss. & Orph. ex Maw
- Crocus mersinensis Kernd. & Pasche
- Crocus michelsonii B.Fedtsch.
- Crocus micranthus Boiss.
- Crocus minimus Redouté
- Crocus minutus Kernd. & Pasche
- Crocus moabiticus Bornm.
- Crocus mouradi Whittall
- Crocus muglaensis Ruk?ns
- Crocus multicostatus Kernd. & Pasche
- Crocus munzurense Kernd. & Pasche
- Crocus musagecitii Erol & Yildirim
- Crocus mysius Kernd. & Pasche
- Crocus naqabensis Al-Eisawi & Kiswani
- Crocus neapolitanus (Ker Gawl.) Loisel.
- Crocus neglectus Peruzzi & Carta
- Crocus nerimaniae Yüzb.
- Crocus nevadensis Amo & Campo
- Crocus nivalis Bory & Chaub.
- Crocus niveus Bowles
- Crocus novicii V.Randjel. & Miljkovic
- Crocus nubigena Herb.
- Crocus nudiflorus Sm.
- Crocus ochroleucus Boiss. & Gaill.
- Crocus olivieri J.Gay
- Crocus oreocreticus B.L.Burtt
- Crocus oreogenus Kernd. & Pasche
- Crocus orphei Karampl. & Constantin.
- Crocus pallasii Goldb.
- Crocus pallidus Kitan. & Drenk.
- Crocus pamphylicus (B.Mathew) Ruk?ns
- Crocus × paulineae Pasche & Kerndorff
- Crocus pelistericus Pulevic
- Crocus pelitensis Kernd. & Pasche
- Crocus pestalozzae Boiss.
- Crocus ponticus Kernd. & Pasche
- Crocus pseudonubigena (B.Mathew) Kernd., Pasche & Harpke
- Crocus pulchellus Herb.
- Crocus pulchricolor (Herb.) Herb. ex Tchich.
- Crocus pumilus (Ruk?ns) Ruk?ns
- Crocus punctatus (B.Mathew) Kernd., Pasche & Harpke
- Crocus puringii Ruk?ns
- Crocus randjeloviciorum Kernd., Pasche, Harpke & Raca
- Crocus rechingeri Kernd. & Pasche
- Crocus reinhardii Ruk?ns
- Crocus reticulatus Steven ex Adams
- Crocus rhodensis Ruk?ns
- Crocus robertianus C.D.Brickell
- Crocus romuleoides Kernd. & Pasche
- Crocus rujanensis Randjel. & D.A.Hill
- Crocus ruksansii Zubov
- Crocus sakaltutanensis Ruk?ns
- Crocus sakariensis (Ruk?ns) Ruk?ns
- Crocus salurdagensis Kernd. & Pasche
- Crocus salzmannii J.Gay
- Crocus sanandajensis Kernd. & Pasche
- Crocus sarichinarensis (Ruk?ns) Ruk?ns
- Crocus sativus L.
- Crocus scardicus Kosanin
- Crocus scharojanii Rupr.
- Crocus schneideri Kernd. & Pasche
- Crocus seisumsiana Ruk?ns
- Crocus siculus Tineo
- Crocus sieberi J.Gay
- Crocus sieheanus Barr ex B.L.Burtt
- Crocus simavensis Kernd. & Pasche
- Crocus sipyleus (F.Candan & Özhatay) Ruk?ns
- Crocus sivasensis Kernd. & Pasche
- Crocus sozenii Ruk?ns
- Crocus speciosus M.Bieb.
- Crocus stevensii Ruk?ns
- Crocus striatulus Kernd. & Pasche
- Crocus stridii Papan. & Zacharof
- Crocus suaveolens Bertol.
- Crocus suworowianus K.Koch
- Crocus tahtaliensis Kernd. & Pasche
- Crocus taseliensis Kernd. & Pasche
- Crocus tauri Maw
- Crocus tauricus (Trautv.) Puring
- Crocus terzioghlui Erol
- Crocus thirkeanus K.Koch
- Crocus thomasii Ten.
- Crocus thracicus Yüzb. & Aslan
- Crocus tommasinianus Herb.
- Crocus tournefortii J.Gay
- Crocus tuna-ekimii Yüzb.
- Crocus turcicus (B.Mathew) Ruk?ns
- Crocus uschakensis Ruk?ns
- Crocus vaclavii Ruk?ns
- Crocus vallicola Herb.
- Crocus variegatus Hoppe & Hornsch.
- Crocus veluchensis Herb.
- Crocus veneris Tapp. ex Poech
- Crocus vernus (L.) Hill
- Crocus versicolor Ker Gawl.
- Crocus vitellinus Wahlenb.
- Crocus wattiorum (B.Mathew) B.Mathew
- Crocus weldenii Hoppe & Fürnr.
- Crocus xantholaimos (B.Mathew) Ruk?ns
- Crocus xanthosus Kernd. & Pasche
- Crocus yakarianus Yildirim & Erol
- Crocus yalovensis Ruk?ns
- Crocus yaseminiae Erol
- Crocus yataganensis (Kernd. & Pasche) Kernd., Pasche & Harpke
- Crocus youngiorum Ruk?ns & Zetterl.
- Crocus zagrosensis Kernd. & Pasche
- Crocus zanjanensis Kernd. & Pasche
- Crocus zetterlundii Ruk?ns
- Crocus ziyaretensis Kernd. & Pasche
- Crocus zubovii Ruk?ns
Crocus L. appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Sp. Pl.: 36 (1753)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
- Innes, C. (1985). The World of Iridaceae: 1-407. Holly Gare International Ltd., Ashington.
- Ruk?ns, J. (2017). The World of Crocuses: 1-568. The Latvian Academy of Sciences.
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