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Crocus biflorus

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Internal ID UUID6440283f7dfb6077464672
Scientific name Crocus biflorus
Authority Mill.
First published in Gard. Dict. ed. 8 : n.º 4 (1768)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Crocus argenteus Sabine Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 431 (1830)
Crocus biflorus var. parkinsonii Sabine Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 454. 1830
Crocus cinericius Weston Bot. Univ. 2: 237. 1771 (1771)
Crocus circumscissus Haw. Trans. Hort. Soc. London 1: 137 (1812)
Crocus fussianus J.Gay ex Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. : 705 (1882)
Crocus italicus Gaudin Fl. Helv. 1: 88 (1828)
Crocus lineatus Jan Elench. Pl. : 1 (1831)
Crocus nanus Herbich ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 1: 441 (1840)
Crocus parkinsonii Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 1: 441 (1840)
Crocus praecox Haw. Engl. Bot. , Suppl. 1: t. 2645 (1830)
Crocus pusillus Ten. Index Seminum (NAP, Neapolitano) 1825: 11 (1825)
Crocus striatus Link Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 48 (1821)
Crocus biflorus subsp. pusillus (Ten.) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. 705. 1882 (1882)
Crocus annulatus var. biflorus (Mill.) Herb. Bot. Mag. 67: t. 3861. 1841
Crocus annulatus var. pusillus (Ten.) Herb. Bot. Mag. 67: t. 3861. 1841
Crocus biflorus var. estriatus (Herb.) Tchich. Asie Min., Bot. 2: 520 1860
Crocus biflorus var. communis Sabine Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 452. 1830
Crocus biflorus var. stigmatosus Sabine Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 454. 1830
Crocus argenteus var. batavicus Sabine Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 455. 1830
Crocus argenteus var. praecox Sabine Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 456. 1830
Crocus annulatus var. caerulescens (Herb.) Herb. J. Hort. Soc. London 2: 286 1847
Crocus annulatus var. estriatus (Herb.) Herb. J. Hort. Soc. London 2: 286 1847
Crocus biflorus var. janii J.Gay Bull. Sci. Nat. Geol. 11: 369. 1827
Crocus vernus var. pusillus Ten. Fl. Napol. 1(Prodr.): VII. 1811
Crocus biflorus subsp. argenteus (Sabine) K.Richt. Pl. Eur. 1: 250. 1890 (1890)
Crocus minimus Ten. Fl. Med. Univ. 1: 24 (1822)
Crocus biflorus var. lineatus (Jan) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. : 705 (1882)
Crocus biflorus var. milleri J.Gay Bull. Sci. Nat. Géol. 11: 369 (1827)
Crocus annulatus subvar. princeps Herb. Bot. Mag. 67: t. 3861 (1841)
Crocus annulatus subvar. stigmatosus Herb. Bot. Mag. 67: t. 3861 (1841)
Crocus annulatus subvar. tenoreanus Herb. Bot. Mag. 67: t. 3861 (1841)
Crocus annulatus subvar. argenteus (Sabine) Herb. Bot. Mag. 67: t. 3861 (1841)
Crocus annulatus subvar. lineatus (Jan) Herb. Bot. Mag. 67: t. 3862 (1841)
Crocus annulatus subvar. albidus Herb. Bot. Mag. 67: t. 3862 (1841)
Crocus biflorus var. tenorei J.Gay Bull. Sci. Nat. Géol. 11: 369 (1827)
Crocus annulatus subvar. caerulescens Herb. Bot. Mag. 67: t. 3862 (1841)
Crocus annulatus subvar. estriatus Herb. Bot. Mag. 67: t. 3862 (1841)
Crocus biflorus f. lineatus (Jan) Bolzon Bull. Soc. Bot. Ital. 1904: 28 (1904)

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Language Common/alternative name
Arabic زعفران ثنائي الزهر
Bulgarian двуцветен минзухар
Czech šafrán dvoukvětý
Welsh saffrwm ariannaid
German zweiblütiger krokus
Persian زعفران دوگله
Icelandic páskakrókus
Swedish blå bägarkrokus

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000788552
Tropicos 16602053
Flora of Italy 7054
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:436480-1
The Plant List kew-327161
Open Tree Of Life 482912
Observations.org 116921
NCBI Taxonomy 323699
NBN Atlas NHMSYS0000457721
IPNI 436480-1
iNaturalist 334892
GBIF 2747340
Freebase /m/0n5wmcw
EPPO CVOBI
EOL 5868566
USDA GRIN 12248
Wikipedia Crocus_biflorus

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Edible Flowers Used in Some Countries of the Mediterranean Basin: An Ethnobotanical Overview Motti R, Paura B, Cozzolino A, de Falco B Plants (Basel) 28-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9736219
doi:10.3390/plants11233272
PMID:36501312
Biodiversity in Urban Areas: The Extraordinary Case of Appia Antica Regional Park (Rome, Italy) Iamonico D Plants (Basel) 15-Aug-2022
PMCID:PMC9414419
doi:10.3390/plants11162122
PMID:36015425
Where tulips and crocuses are popular food snacks: Kurdish traditional foraging reveals traces of mobile pastoralism in Southern Iraqi Kurdistan Pieroni A, Zahir H, Amin HI, Sõukand R J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 27-Nov-2019
PMCID:PMC6882212
doi:10.1186/s13002-019-0341-0
PMID:31775812
Plants in alcoholic beverages on the Croatian islands, with special reference to rakija travarica Łuczaj Ł, Jug-Dujaković M, Dolina K, Vitasović-Kosić I J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 05-Nov-2019
PMCID:PMC6833235
doi:10.1186/s13002-019-0332-1
PMID:31690333
A survey of wild plant species for food use in Sicily (Italy) – results of a 3-year study in four Regional Parks Licata M, Tuttolomondo T, Leto C, Virga G, Bonsangue G, Cammalleri I, Gennaro MC, La Bella S J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 09-Feb-2016
PMCID:PMC4748641
doi:10.1186/s13002-015-0074-7
PMID:26860327
Nuclear DNA Amounts in Angiosperms: Progress, Problems and Prospects BENNETT MD, LEITCH IJ Ann Bot 01-Jan-2005
PMCID:PMC4246708
doi:10.1093/aob/mci003
PMID:15596457

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