- Family:
- Colchicaceae DC.
Colchicum L.

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Colchicaceae, Kim Hoenselaar. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2005
- Morphology General Habit
- Plants relatively small, with a tunicated, bulb-like corm
- Morphology Stem
- Stem erect, almost absent, simple; lowermost leaf a membranous, sheathing, tubular cataphyll, not protracted into a leaf-blade, followed by a few leaves, which are basally sheathing
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves narrowly elliptic to linear
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence a bracteate umbel; pedicel short, erect
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers small and inconspicuous, overtopped by large petal-like bracts; perianth segments free, with narrow connivent claws and spreading narrow blades, concave and nectariferous at the base
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens inserted at the base of the perianth segments; filaments filiform, thickened towards the base; anthers narrowly oblong, dorsifixed, slightly versatile, dehiscing latrorsely to introrsely by longitudinal slits
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
- Ovary ellipsoid-ovoid; styles 3, erect, free, filiform, stigmatose at the apex, persistent
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Capsule ellipsoid, septicidal, coriaceous; seeds subglobose.
Native to:
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Austria, Baleares, Belgium, Botswana, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Is., Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, Free State, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kirgizstan, Kriti, Krym, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Lesotho, Libya, Malawi, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands, Niger, North Caucasus, Northern Provinces, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, Somalia, South European Russi, Spain, Swaziland, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tanzania, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, Western Sahara, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
Baltic States, Denmark, Kentucky, New Hampshire, New Zealand South, North Carolina, Northwest European R, Oregon, Sweden, Utah, Vermont
- Colchicum actupii Fridl.
- Colchicum albanense (Schönland) J.C.Manning & Vinn.
- Colchicum × alberti Regel
- Colchicum albomarginatum (Schinz) J.C.Manning & Vinn.
- Colchicum alpinum DC.
- Colchicum amphigaripense (U.Müll.-Doblies, Weiglin, M.Gottlieb & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Vinn.
- Colchicum androcymbioides (Valdés) K.Perss.
- Colchicum antepense K.Perss.
- Colchicum antilibanoticum Gomb.
- Colchicum arenarium Waldst. & Kit.
- Colchicum arenasii Fridl.
- Colchicum asteranthum Vassiliades & K.M.Perss.
- Colchicum asteroides (J.C.Manning & Goldblatt) J.C.Manning & Vinn.
- Colchicum atticum Spruner ex Tommas.
- Colchicum austrocapense (U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Vinn.
- Colchicum autumnale L.
- Colchicum balansae Planch.
- Colchicum baytopiorum C.D.Brickell
- Colchicum bellum (Schltr. & K.Krause) J.C.Manning & Vinn.
- Colchicum bivonae Guss.
- Colchicum boissieri Orph.
- Colchicum buchubergense (U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Vinn.
- Colchicum bulbocodium Ker Gawl.
- Colchicum burchellii (Baker) ined.
- Colchicum burkei (Baker) J.C.Manning & Vinn.
- Colchicum burttii Meikle
- Colchicum capense (L.) J.C.Manning & Vinn.
- Colchicum cedarbergense (U.Müll.-Doblies, Hähnl., U.U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Vinn.
- Colchicum chalcedonicum Azn.
- Colchicum chimonanthum K.Perss.
- Colchicum chlorobasis K.Perss.
- Colchicum cilicicum (Boiss.) Dammer
- Colchicum circinatum (Baker) J.C.Manning & Vinn.
- Colchicum clanwilliamense (Pedrola, Membrives & J.M.Monts.) J.C.Manning & Vinn.
- Colchicum confusum K.Perss.
- Colchicum corsicum Baker
- Colchicum crenulatum (U.Müll.-Doblies, E.G.H.Oliv. & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Vinn.
- Colchicum cretense Greuter
- Colchicum crispum (Schinz) J.C.Manning & Vinn.
- Colchicum crocifolium Boiss.
- Colchicum cruciatum (U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Vinn.
- Colchicum cupanii Guss.
- Colchicum cuspidatum (Baker) J.C.Manning & Vinn.
- Colchicum davisii C.D.Brickell
- Colchicum decaisnei Boiss.
- Colchicum decipiens (N.E.Br.) J.C.Manning & Vinn.
- Colchicum doerfleri Halácsy
- Colchicum dolichantherum K.Perss.
- Colchicum dregei (C.Presl) J.C.Manning & Vinn.
- Colchicum eghimocymbion (U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Vinn.
- Colchicum etesionamibense (U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Vinn.
- Colchicum euboeum (Boiss.) K.Perss.
- Colchicum eucomoides (Jacq.) J.C.Manning & Vinn.
- Colchicum europaeum (Lange) J.C.Manning & Vinn.
- Colchicum exiguum (Roessler) J.C.Manning & Vinn.
- Colchicum fasciculare (L.) R.Br.
- Colchicum feinbruniae K.Perss.
- Colchicum fharii Fridl.
- Colchicum figlalii (Varol) Parolly & Eren
- Colchicum filifolium (Cambess.) Stef.
- Colchicum freynii Bornm.
- Colchicum gonarei Camarda
- Colchicum gracile K.Perss.
- Colchicum graecum K.Perss.
- Colchicum gramineum (Cav.) J.C.Manning & Vinn.
- Colchicum greuterocymbium (U.Müll.-Doblies, Raus & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Vinn.
- Colchicum guessfeldtianum Asch. & Schweinf.
- Colchicum hantamense (Engl. ex Diels) J.C.Manning & Vinn.
- Colchicum haynaldii Heuff.
- Colchicum heldreichii K.Perss.
- Colchicum henssenianum (U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Vinn.
- Colchicum hierosolymitanum Feinbrun
- Colchicum hierrense (A.Santos) J.C.Manning & Vinn.
- Colchicum hirsutum Stef.
- Colchicum hughocymbion (U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Vinn.
- Colchicum hungaricum Janka
- Colchicum huntleyi (Pedrola, Membrives, J.M.Monts. & Caujapé) J.C.Manning & Vinn.
- Colchicum imperatoris-friderici Siehe ex K.Perss.
- Colchicum inundatum K.Perss.
- Colchicum irroratum (Schltr. & K.Krause) J.C.Manning & Vinn.
- Colchicum karooparkense (U.Müll.-Doblies, Daber, J.M.Anderson & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Vinn.
- Colchicum kesselringii Regel
- Colchicum knersvlaktense (U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Vinn.
- Colchicum kotschyi Boiss.
- Colchicum kunkelianum (U.Müll.-Doblies, P.Hirsch, Stearn & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Vinn.
- Colchicum kurdicum (Bornm.) Stef.
- Colchicum laetum Steven
- Colchicum lagotum K.Perss.
- Colchicum leistneri (U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) C.Archer
- Colchicum leptanthum K.Perss.
- Colchicum lingulatum Boiss. & Spruner
- Colchicum longifolium Castagne
- Colchicum longipes (Baker) J.C.Manning & Vinn.
- Colchicum lusitanum Brot.
- Colchicum luteum Baker
- Colchicum macedonicum Kosanin
- Colchicum macrophyllum B.L.Burtt
- Colchicum manissadjianii (Azn.) K.Perss.
- Colchicum maraschicum E.Kaya & Özhatay
- Colchicum melanthioides (Willd.) J.C.Manning & Vinn.
- Colchicum micaceum K.Perss.
- Colchicum micranthum Boiss.
- Colchicum minutum K.Perss.
- Colchicum montanum L.
- Colchicum multiflorum Brot.
- Colchicum munzurense K.Perss.
- Colchicum nanum K.Perss.
- Colchicum natalense (Baker) J.C.Manning & Vinn.
- Colchicum neapolitanum (Ten.) Ten.
- Colchicum orienticapense (U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Vinn.
- Colchicum palaestinum (Baker) C.Archer
- Colchicum parlatoris Orph.
- Colchicum parnassicum Sart., Orph. & Heldr.
- Colchicum paschei K.Perss.
- Colchicum peloponnesiacum Rech.f. & P.H.Davis
- Colchicum persicum Baker
- Colchicum poeltianum (U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Vinn.
- Colchicum polyphyllum Boiss. & Heldr.
- Colchicum praeirroratum (U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Vinn.
- Colchicum psammophilum (Svent.) J.C.Manning & Vinn.
- Colchicum pulchellum K.Perss.
- Colchicum pusillum Sieber
- Colchicum raddeanum (Regel) K.Perss.
- Colchicum rausii K.Perss.
- Colchicum rechingeri (Greuter) J.C.Manning & Vinn.
- Colchicum ritchii R.Br.
- Colchicum robustum (Bunge) Stef.
- Colchicum roseum (Engl.) J.C.Manning & Vinn.
- Colchicum sanguicolle K.Perss.
- Colchicum scabromarginatum (Schltr. & K.Krause) J.C.Manning & Vinn.
- Colchicum schimperi Janka ex Stef.
- Colchicum schimperianum (Hochst.) C.Archer
- Colchicum serpentinum Woronow ex Miscz.
- Colchicum sfikasianum Kit Tan & Iatroú
- Colchicum sieheanum Hausskn. ex Stef.
- Colchicum soboliferum (C.A.Mey.) Stef.
- Colchicum speciosum Steven
- Colchicum stevenii Kunth
- Colchicum stirtonii (U.Müll.-Doblies, Raus, Weiglin & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Vinn.
- Colchicum striatum (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) J.C.Manning & Vinn.
- Colchicum swazicum (U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Vinn.
- Colchicum szovitsii Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
- Colchicum trigynum (Steven ex Adams) Stearn
- Colchicum triphyllum Kunze
- Colchicum troodi Kotschy
- Colchicum tunicatum Feinbrun
- Colchicum turcicum Janka
- Colchicum tuviae Feinbrun
- Colchicum umbrosum Steven
- Colchicum undulatum (U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Vinn.
- Colchicum vanjaarsveldii (U.Müll.-Doblies, Hähnl., U.U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Vinn.
- Colchicum varians (Freyn & Bornm.) Dyer
- Colchicum variegatum L.
- Colchicum villosum (U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Vinn.
- Colchicum volutare (Burch.) J.C.Manning & Vinn.
- Colchicum walteri (Pedrola, Membrives & J.M.Monts.) J.C.Manning & Vinn.
- Colchicum wendelboi K.Perss.
- Colchicum woronowii Bokeriya
- Colchicum worsonense (U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Vinn.
- Colchicum zahnii Heldr.
Colchicum L. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Davis, P.H., Turkey | 31280.000 | No |
First published in Sp. Pl.: 341 (1753)
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- Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
- Persson, K. (2007). Nomenclatural synopsis of the genus Colchicum (Colchicaceae), with some new species and combinations Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik 127: 165-242.
- del Hoyo, A. & Pedrola-Monfort, J. (2008). Phylogeny of Androcymbium (Colchicaceae) based on morphology and DNA sequences Plant Systematics and Evolution 273: 151-167.
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