Crocus melantherus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Crocus melantherus (B.Mathew) Peruzzi, Phytotaxa 260(2): 137. 2016.

Homotypic
- Crocus biflorus subsp. melantherus B.Mathew, Crocus: 81. 1982.
  - Typus: S. Greece, 18 kilometres from Tripolis on road from Sparta, grazed fields on terra rossa, c. 1200 metres, 13 November 1973, G.D. Brickell & B. Mathew 8121 (Holotypus: K) (According to protologue; not the Orphanides collection cited by Peruzzi)

Heterotypic
- Crocus melantherus Boiss. & Orph. ex Maw, Gard. Chron. 1881(2): 749. 1881, nom. inval., pro syn. (accepted by WCSP)
- Crocus annulatus var. graecus Herb., J. Hort. Soc. London 2: 286. 1847.

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Europe Regional: Southeastern Europe Greece. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDGW – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Harpke, D., Kerndorff, H., Pasche, E. & Peruzzi, L. 2016. Neotypification of the name Crocus biflorus Mill. (Iridaceae) and its consequences in the taxonomy of the genus. Phytotaxa 260(2): 131–143. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.260.2.3 Reference page.

Mathew, B.F. 1982. The Crocus. A revision of the genus Crocus (Iridacae). London: B.T. Batsford Ltd, 127 pp. + 96 plates. ISBN 0-7134-3390-6. Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Crocus melantherus in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Jan 21.

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