Iridaceae
Crocus

Crocus sativus L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 36 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is a cultigen from Greece. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Greece

Introduced into:

Czechia-Slovakia, Iran, Italy, Morocco, Pakistan, Spain, Türkiye, West Himalaya

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Colasante, M.A. (2014). Iridaceae presenti in Italia: 1-415. Sapienza, Università Editrice, Roma.
  • Danihelka, J. Chrtek, J. & Kaplan, Z. (2012). Checklist of vascular plants of the Czech Republic. Preslia. Casopsi Ceské Botanické Spolecnosti 84: 647-811.
  • 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.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Güner, A., Kandemir, A., Menemen, Y., Yıldırım, H., Aslan, S., Çimen, A.Ö., Güner, I., Ekşi, G. & Şen, F. (eds.) (2022). Resimli Türkiye Florası (Illustrated Flora of Turkey) 3a: 1-868. ANG Vakfı Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi Yayınları. İstanbul.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • 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.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2021). https://dx.doi.org/10.5209/bocm.75354. epublication.
  • Danihelka, J. Chrtek, J. & Kaplan, Z. (2012). Checklist of vascular plants of the Czech Republic. Preslia. Casopsi Ceské Botanické Spolecnosti 84: 647-811.
  • Güner, A., Kandemir, A., Menemen, Y., Yıldırım, H., Aslan, S., Çimen, A.Ö., Güner, I., Ekşi, G. & Şen, F. (eds.) (2022). Resimli Türkiye Florası (Illustrated Flora of Turkey) 3a: 1-868. ANG Vakfı Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi Yayınları. İstanbul.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
s.coll. [s.n.] K002969401 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001617322 Yes
Gamba, M. [s.n.] Azerbaijan K002969407 Yes
Daniel [s.n.] K000802507 Unknown Type Material Yes
Thomson, T. [s.n.] K000802508 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002969409 Yes
Gay, J. [s.n.] K000618757 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K002969420 Yes
Botteri [s.n.] K002969410 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002969422 Yes
Sennen (Fr.) [s.n.] Spain K002969416 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002969423 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Italy K002969418 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002969403 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001617323 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002969400 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002969405 Yes
Elssmann [s.n.] Austria K002969415 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002969404 Yes
Royle [s.n.] K000802509 Unknown Type Material Yes
Simpson, N.D. [21993] K002969428 Yes
Aitchison [s.n.] K002969412 Yes
K:SPC-70000.535 No
Favrat [s.n.] Switzerland K002969406 Yes
Sennen (Fr.) [s.n.] Spain K002969414 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002969417 Yes
s.coll. [1224] K002969427 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002969408 Yes
s.coll. [K2145] K002969424 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002969411 Yes
Baytop, T. [21270] K002969421 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002969413 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Italy K002969419 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • EBC Common Names

    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • 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 2025. 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 Living Collection Database

    • Common Names from Kew's Living Collection Database

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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