Distribution
Native to:
Italy, Yugoslavia
Introduced into:
Austria, Great Britain, Ireland
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Crocus albiflorus subsp. neapolitanus (Ker Gawl.) Suess. in G.Hegi, Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur., ed. 2, 2: 396 (1939)
- Crocus vernus var. grandiflorus J.Gay in Bull. Sci. Nat. Géol. 11: 371 (1827), nom. superfl.
- Crocus vernus subsp. neapolitanus (Ker Gawl.) Asch. & Graebn. in Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 3: 445 (1906)
- Crocus vernus var. neapolitanus Ker Gawl. in Bot. Mag. 22: t. 860 (1805)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Crocus purpureus Weston in Bot. Univ. 2: 238 (1771), nom. utique rej.
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Rukšāns, J. (2017). The World of Crocuses: 1-568. The Latvian Academy of Sciences.
An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:
- Colasante, M.A. (2014). Iridaceae presenti in Italia: 1-415. Sapienza, Università Editrice, Roma. [Cited as Crocus imperati.]
- Rukšāns, J. (2010). Crocuses. A complete guide to the genus: 1-216. Timber Press, Portland, London. [Cited as Crocus vernus.]
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Rico, E. & al. (eds.) in Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2013). Flora Iberica 20: 1-651. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
- Rukšāns, J. (2017). The World of Crocuses: 1-568. The Latvian Academy of Sciences.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Sources
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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