Colchicum L.
Distribution
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
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Abandium Adans., Fam. Pl. 2: 54 (1763)
- Androcymbium Willd., Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 2: 21 (1808)
- Bulbocodium L., Sp. Pl.: 294 (1753)
- Celsia Boehm., Defin. Gen. Pl.: 370 (1760), nom. illeg.
- Cymbanthes Salisb., Gen. Pl.: 55 (1866)
- Erythrostictus Schltdl., Linnaea 1: 90 (1826)
- Eudesmis Raf., Fl. Tellur. 3: 80 (1837), nom. superfl.
- Fouha Pomel, Mat. Fl. Atl.: 2 (1860)
- Geophila Bergeret, Fl. Basses-Pyrénées 2: 184 (1803), nom. rej.
- Hermodactylum (R.Br.) Bartl., Ord. Nat. Pl.: 52 (1830), not validly publ.
- Merendera Ramond, Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 2: 178 (1801)
- Monocaryum (R.Br.) Rchb., Consp. Regn. Veg.: 64 (1828)
- Paludana Salisb., Gen. Pl.: 53 (1866), nom. illeg.
- Plexinium Raf., Fl. Tellur. 2: 32 (1837)
- Synsiphon Regel, Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada, prepr. 6: 490 (1879)
Accepted Species
- 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.
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- (2007). https://www.jstor.org/stable/25065748. epublication.
- 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.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Davis, P.H., Turkey | 31280.000 | No |
Sources
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Flora of Tropical East Africa
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
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Kew Science Photographs
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