- Family:
- Colchicaceae DC.
- Genus:
- Colchicum L.
Colchicum autumnale L.

Native to:
Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, Yugoslavia
Introduced into:
Baltic States, Denmark, Kentucky, New Hampshire, New Zealand South, North Carolina, Northwest European R, Oregon, Sweden, Utah, Vermont
- Bulbocodium antumnale (L.) Lapeyr.
- Colchicum autumnale f. macropetala Gajic
- Colchicum autumnale f. milosi Gajic
- Colchicum autumnale subsp. pannonicum (Griseb. & Schenk) Nyman
- Colchicum autumnale f. radei Gajic
- Colchicum autumnale subsp. vernum (Reichard) Nyman
- Colchicum borisii Stef.
- Colchicum bulgaricum Velen.
- Colchicum commune Neck.
- Colchicum crociflorum Sims
- Colchicum drenowskii Degen & Rech.f. ex Kitan.
- Colchicum orientale Friv. ex Kunth
- Colchicum pannonicum Griseb. & Schenk
- Colchicum polyanthon Ker Gawl.
- Colchicum praecox Spenn.
- Colchicum rhodopaeum Kov.
- Colchicum transsilvanicum Schur
- Colchicum turcicum subsp. pannonicum (Griseb. & Schenk) Nyman
- Colchicum vernale Hoffm.
- Colchicum vernum (Reichard) Georgi
- Colchicum vranjanum Adamovic ex Stef.
Colchicum autumnale L. appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Sp. Pl.: 341 (1753)
Accepted by
- Gilman, A.V. (2015). New flora of Vermont Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 110: 1-614.
- Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
- Grey-Wilson, C., Leeds, R. & Rolfe, R. (2020). Colchicum. The complete guide: 1-576. RHS Media.
- Healey, A.J. & Edgar, E. (1980). Flora of New Zealand 3: 1-220. R.E.Owen, Government Printer, Wellington.
- Persson, K. (2007). Nomenclatural synopsis of the genus Colchicum (Colchicaceae), with some new species and combinations Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik 127: 165-242.
- Rico, E. & al. (eds.) in Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2013). Flora Iberica 20: 1-651. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Gilman, A.V. (2015). New flora of Vermont Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 110: 1-614.
- Healey, A.J. & Edgar, E. (1980). Flora of New Zealand 3: 1-220. R.E.Owen, Government Printer, Wellington.
- Persson, K. (2007). Nomenclatural synopsis of the genus Colchicum (Colchicaceae), with some new species and combinations Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik 127: 165-242.
- Rico, E. & al. (eds.) in Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2013). Flora Iberica 20: 1-651. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia
- Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt. (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014
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