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	Colchicum bulbocodium  (L.) KER GAWL.

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

Synon.:  Bulbocodium vernum  L.

Genus:  Colchicum  L.,  Bulbocodium  L.

Authors:
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
	KER GAWL.:		John Bellenden Ker (John Gawler, 1764 - 1842), English botanist

Etymology:
	Colchicum:		from Colchis at the Black Sea, in Greek mythology the land of the poisoners
	bulbocodium:		bulbus = bulb, kodion = pelt: the bulb carries a rough skin
	Bulbocodium:		bulbus = bulb, kodion = pelt: the bulb carries a rough skin
	vernum:		spring

Fig. 1:  Colchicum bulbocodium / Spring Meadow Saffron F Queyras, Fontgillarde 30.4.2023

Fig. 2:  Colchicum bulbocodium / Spring Meadow Saffron F Queyras, Fontgillarde 30.4.2023

Fig. 3:  Colchicum bulbocodium / Spring Meadow Saffron F Queyras, Fontgillarde 30.4.2023

Fig. 4:  Colchicum bulbocodium / Spring Meadow Saffron F Queyras, Fontgillarde 30.4.2023

Fig. 5:  Colchicum bulbocodium / Spring Meadow Saffron F Queyras, Fontgillarde 30.4.2023

Fig. 6:  Colchicum bulbocodium / Spring Meadow Saffron F Queyras, Fontgillarde 30.4.2023

Fig. 7:  Colchicum bulbocodium / Spring Meadow Saffron F Queyras, Fontgillarde 30.4.2023

Fig. 8:  Colchicum bulbocodium / Spring Meadow Saffron F Queyras, Fontgillarde 30.4.2023

Fig. 9:  Colchicum bulbocodium / Spring Meadow Saffron F Queyras, Fontgillarde 30.4.2023

Fig. 10:  Colchicum bulbocodium / Spring Meadow Saffron F Queyras, Fontgillarde 30.4.2023

Fig. 11:  Colchicum bulbocodium / Spring Meadow Saffron F Queyras, Fontgillarde 30.4.2023

Fig. 12:  Colchicum bulbocodium / Spring Meadow Saffron F Queyras, Fontgillarde 30.4.2023

Fig. 13:  Colchicum bulbocodium / Spring Meadow Saffron F Queyras, Fontgillarde 30.4.2023

Fig. 14:  Colchicum bulbocodium / Spring Meadow Saffron F Queyras, Fontgillarde 30.4.2023

Fig. 15:  Colchicum bulbocodium / Spring Meadow Saffron F Queyras, Fontgillarde 30.4.2023

Fig. 16:  Colchicum bulbocodium / Spring Meadow Saffron F Queyras, Fontgillarde 30.4.2023

Fig. 17:  Colchicum bulbocodium / Spring Meadow Saffron F Queyras, Fontgillarde 30.4.2023

Fig. 18:  Colchicum bulbocodium / Spring Meadow Saffron F Queyras, Fontgillarde 30.4.2023

Fig. 19:  Colchicum bulbocodium / Spring Meadow Saffron F Caussols 15.3.2024

Fig. 20:  Colchicum bulbocodium / Spring Meadow Saffron F Caussols 15.3.2024

Fig. 21:  Colchicum bulbocodium / Spring Meadow Saffron F Caussols 15.3.2024

Fig. 22:  Colchicum bulbocodium / Spring Meadow Saffron F Caussols 15.3.2024

Fig. 23:  Colchicum bulbocodium / Spring Meadow Saffron CH Wallis, Fully 26.2.2008 (Photo: Eugen Schaub)

Fig. 24:  Colchicum bulbocodium / Spring Meadow Saffron CH Wallis, Fully 31.5.2000 (Photo: Eugen Schaub)

Fig. 25:  Colchicum bulbocodium / Spring Meadow Saffron CH Wallis, Fully 31.5.2000 (Photo: Eugen Schaub)

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