Colchicum ritchii R.Br.
First published in Narr. Travels Africa, App.: 241 (1826)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tunisia to N. Saudi Arabia. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Egypt, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Tunisia
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Colchicum aegyptiacum Boiss. in Diagn. Pl. Orient. 5: 66 (1844)
- Colchicum ritchii var. pusillum Bég. & A.Vacc. in Contr. Fl. Lib.: 21 (1913)
- Colchicum ritchii f. pusillum (Bég. & A.Vacc.) Maire in Fl. Afrique N. 5: 13 (1958)
- Colchicum stenopetalum Boiss. & Buhse ex Stef. in Sborn. B'lghar. Akad. Nauk 22: 30 (1926), pro syn.
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Boulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
- Chaudhary, S.A. (2001). Flora of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 3: 1-368. Ministry of Agriculture & Water, Riyadh.
- 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.
- Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (eds.) (1978). Flora of Libya 57: 1-81. Al-Faateh University, Tripoli.
- Maire, R. (1958). Flore de l'Afrique du Nord 5: 1-307. Paul Lechevalier, Paris.
- Persson, K. (2007). Nomenclatural synopsis of the genus Colchicum (Colchicaceae), with some new species and combinations. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik 127: 165-242.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Chaudhary, S.A. (2001). Flora of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 3: 1-368. Ministry of Agriculture & Water, Riyadh.
- Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
- Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (eds.) (1978). Flora of Libya 57: 1-81. Al-Faateh University, Tripoli.
- Persson, K. (2007). Nomenclatural synopsis of the genus Colchicum (Colchicaceae), with some new species and combinations. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik 127: 165-242.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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| Sep 1, 1990 | Birkinshaw, D. [26], Jordan | K000318351 | No | ||
| Jan 1, 1950 | Dinsmore, J.E. [11716], Jordan | K000318364 | Yes | ||
| Davies, P.H. [8649], Jordan | K000318366 | No | |||
| Boulos, L. [8636], Jordan | K000318369 | Yes | |||
| Davies, P.H. [10428], Jordan | K000318367 | Yes | |||
| Davies, P.H. [9506], Jordan | K000318365 | No | |||
| Hepper, F.N. [3092], Jordan | K000318368 | Yes |
Sources
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images