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	Colchicum cupanii  GUSS.

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

Genus:  Colchicum  L.

Authors:
	GUSS.:		Giovanni Gussone (1787 - 1866), Italian botanist
	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
	cupanii:		Francesco Cupani (1657 - 1710), priest and botanist at Palermo (Sicily, Italy)

Fig. 1:  Colchicum cupanii / Cupani's Autumn Crocus GR Gerania - Mountains, Loutraki 26.11.2013 (Photo: Gisela Nikolopoulou)

Fig. 2:  Colchicum cupanii / Cupani's Autumn Crocus GR Gerania - Mountains, Loutraki 26.11.2013 (Photo: Gisela Nikolopoulou)

Fig. 3:  Colchicum cupanii / Cupani's Autumn Crocus GR Gerania - Mountains, Loutraki 10.11.2014 (Photo: Gisela Nikolopoulou)

Fig. 4:  Colchicum cupanii / Cupani's Autumn Crocus GR Gerania - Mountains, Loutraki 10.11.2014 (Photo: Gisela Nikolopoulou)

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