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. TDWG – 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.
Maw, G. 1881: A synopsis of the genus Crocus. Gardeners' Chronicle. 16(395): 102–103, (396): 148, (399): 234–235, (401): 303–304, (403): 367–368, (405): 429–430, (406): 462, (408): 528, (409): 558–560, (411): 623, (414): 718, (415): 748–749, (416): 780–782. 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 Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jan 21. Reference page.

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