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    Colchicum lingulatum  BOISS. & SPRUNER    
 

APG-Fam.: Colchicaceae / Autumn Crocus Fam.       Fam. tradit.: Liliaceae / Lily Fam.  

Genus:  Colchicum  L.
 

Authors:
   BOISS.:  Pierre Edmond Boissier (1810 - 1885), Swiss botanist
   SPRUNER:  Wilhelm von Spruner (1805 - 1874), German military pharmacist and botanist from Bavaria
   L.:  Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
 

Etymology:
   Colchicum:   from Colchis at the Black Sea, in Greek mythology the land of the poisoners
   lingulatum:   diminutive of lingua = tongue
 

Colchicum lingulatum / Tongue Autumn Crocus, GR Parnitha 1.9.2014
Fig. 1:  Colchicum lingulatum / Tongue Autumn Crocus
GR Parnitha 1.9.2014
Colchicum lingulatum / Tongue Autumn Crocus, GR Parnitha 1.9.2014
Fig. 2:  Colchicum lingulatum / Tongue Autumn Crocus
GR Parnitha 1.9.2014
Colchicum lingulatum / Tongue Autumn Crocus, GR Parnitha 1.9.2014
Fig. 3:  Colchicum lingulatum / Tongue Autumn Crocus
GR Parnitha 1.9.2014
Colchicum lingulatum / Tongue Autumn Crocus, GR Parnitha 1.9.2014
Fig. 4:  Colchicum lingulatum / Tongue Autumn Crocus
GR Parnitha 1.9.2014
Colchicum lingulatum / Tongue Autumn Crocus, GR Parnitha 1.9.2014
Fig. 5:  Colchicum lingulatum / Tongue Autumn Crocus
GR Parnitha 1.9.2014
Colchicum lingulatum / Tongue Autumn Crocus, GR Parnitha 1.9.2014
Fig. 6:  Colchicum lingulatum / Tongue Autumn Crocus
GR Parnitha 1.9.2014

 


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