Amaryllidaceae
Sternbergia

Sternbergia colchiciflora Waldst. & Kit.

First published in Descr. Icon. Pl. Hung. 2: 172 (1804)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Medit. to S. Central Hungary and WNW. Iran. It is a bulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Albania, Algeria, Bulgaria, France, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Morocco, North Caucasus, Palestine, Romania, Sicilia, Spain, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Ukraine, Yugoslavia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • (2017). http://dx.doi.org/10.3989/ajbm.2451. epublication.
  • Czerepanov, S.K. (1995). Vascular Plants of Russia and Adjacent States (The Former USSR): 1-516. Cambridge University Press.
  • Danin, A. (2004). Distribution Atlas of Plants in the Flora Palaestina area: 1-517. The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem.
  • Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1984). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 8: 1-632. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Gage, E., Wilkin, P., Chase, M.W. & Hawkins, J. (2011). Phylogenetic systematics of Sternbergia (Amaryllidaceae) based on plastid and ITS sequence data. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 166: 149-162.
  • Komarov, V.L. (ed.) (1935). Flora SSSR 4: 1-586. Izdatel'stov Akademii Nauk SSSR, Leningrad.
  • Mathew, B. (1983). A Review of the Genus Sternbergia. The Plantsman 5: 1-16.
  • Meyer, F.K. (2011). Beiträge zur Flora von Albanien. Haussknechtia, Beih. 15: 1-220.
  • Rico, E. & al. (eds.) in Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2013). Flora Iberica 20: 1-651. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
  • Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Konspekt Flora Kavkaza 2: 1-466. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1980). Flora Europaea 5: 1-452. Cambridge University Press.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2017). http://dx.doi.org/10.3989/ajbm.2451. epublication.
  • Czerepanov, S.K. (1995). Vascular Plants of Russia and Adjacent States (The Former USSR): 1-516. Cambridge University Press.
  • Danin, A. (2004). Distribution Atlas of Plants in the Flora Palaestina area: 1-517. The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem.
  • Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1984). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 8: 1-632. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
  • Komarov, V.L. (ed.) (1935). Flora SSSR 4: 1-586. Izdatel'stov Akademii Nauk SSSR, Leningrad.
  • Maire, R. (1959 publ. 1960). Flore de l'Afrique du Nord 6: 1-397. Paul Lechevalier, Paris.
  • Meyer, F.K. (2011). Beiträge zur Flora von Albanien. Haussknechtia, Beih. 15: 1-220.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1980). Flora Europaea 5: 1-452. Cambridge University Press.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Borbás, V. [s.n.] Hungary K002462274 Yes
{Davis; Hedge} [D26676] Türkiye K002462317 Yes
Stribrny, V. [s.n.] Bulgaria K002462302 Yes
Tozer, H.F. (Mrs) [s.n.] K002462303 Yes
Baytop, T.; Mathew, B. [27027] Türkiye K000464633 Unknown Type Material Yes
Willmott, E.A.; Richter, L. [1855] Hungary K002462272 Yes
Cobham, G. [106] Türkiye K002462310 Yes
Perlondé [s.n.] K000464635 Unknown Type Material Yes
Young, M. [808/4] Spain K002462269 Yes
Filarszky, F.; [S. Jarka]; Szurak, J. [s.n.] Hungary K002462276 Yes
Junka [s.n.] Hungary K002462279 Yes
Baytop, T. [36551] Türkiye K002462313 Yes
Mathew, B. [7007] Greece K000464636 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ball, E.K.; Gowley, W.B. [B3998] Greece K001613483 Yes
Thompson, M. [s.n.] Greece K002462306 Yes
Filarszky, F.; Kümmerle, J.B. [94.II] Hungary K002462273 Yes
Kovács, F. [94.III] Serbia K001613484 Yes
Gilliat-Smith, B. [381] Bulgaria K001735012 Yes
Frivaldsky [s.n.] Bulgaria K002462300 Yes
[Friv] [s.n.] Bulgaria K002462301 Yes
{Davis; Barneby} [s.n.] Greece K002462304 Yes
{Baxter} [LHB 700] Greece K002462305 Yes
Brickell, C.; Mathew, B.F. [8495] Türkiye K002462318 Yes
Dorner, F. [s.n.] Türkiye K002462315 Yes
Borbás; Steinitz [678] Hungary K000464637 Unknown Type Material Yes
Boros, A. [170] Hungary K000464638 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Croatia K002462296 Yes
Gilliat-Smith, B. [927] Bulgaria K001735011 Yes
s.coll. [9543] Türkiye K002462309 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Hungary K002462282 Yes
Borbas, V. [s.n.] Hungary K002462278 Yes
Ripley, H.D. [16] Spain K002462270 Yes
{Petter} [915] Croatia K002462295 Yes
Bayton, T. [ISTE 36628] Türkiye K002462320 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Hungary K002462285 Yes
Davis; Polunin, B.; Polunin, O. [25110 B] Türkiye K002462319 Yes
Baytop, T.; Mathew, B. [27027] Türkiye K000464634 Unknown Type Material Yes
Richter, L. [s.n.] Hungary K002462284 Yes
Birkinshaw, D. [123] Syria K002462321 Yes
Haussknecht, C. [s.n.] Türkiye K002462312 Yes
Bayton, T. [ISTE 34458] Türkiye K002462311 Yes
{Sprengel} [s.n.] Hungary K002462286 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Hungary K002462281 Yes
Richter, L. [1855] Hungary K002462280 Yes
Borbas, V. [s.n.] Hungary K002462275 Yes
Baytop, T.; Brickell, C.; Mathew, B.F. [8404] Türkiye K002462316 Yes
Janka [s.n.] Hungary K002462271 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Hungary K002462283 Yes
Thompson, H.P. Greece K:SPC-05489.000 No
Janka [s.n.] K002462287 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Croatia K002462297 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Croatia K002462298 Yes
Papp, J. [738] Hungary K000464639 Unknown Type Material Yes
Crook, H. [C 2552] Spain K002462268 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Croatia K002462299 Yes
Guichard, K.M. [T/178/60] Türkiye K002462314 Yes
Bohatsch [s.n.] Hungary K002462277 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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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 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 Names and Taxonomic Backbone

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