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

Synon.:  Merendera pyrenaica  STEUD.,  Merendera montana  (L.) LANGE

Genus:  Colchicum  L.,  Merendera  RAMOND
 

Authors:
   L.:  Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
   STEUD.:  Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel (1783 - 1856), German physician and botanist
   LANGE:  Johan Martin Christian Lange (1818 - 1898), Danish botanist
   RAMOND:  Louis François Elisabeth Ramond de Carbonnière (1753 - 1827), French botanist who explored the Pyrenees
 

Etymology:
   Colchicum:   from Colchis at the Black Sea, in Greek mythology the land of the poisoners
   montanum:   growing in mountain
   Merendera:   Spanish name of the Meadow Saffron Colchicum autumnale
   pyrenaica:   from the Pyrenees
 

Colchicum montanum / Merendera, E Pyrenees, Hecho - Valley 19.8.2011
Fig. 1:  Colchicum montanum / Merendera
E Pyrenees, Hecho - Valley 19.8.2011
Colchicum montanum / Merendera, E Pyrenees, Hecho - Valley 19.8.2011
Fig. 2:  Colchicum montanum / Merendera
E Pyrenees, Hecho - Valley 19.8.2011
Colchicum montanum / Merendera, E Pyrenees, Hecho - Valley 19.8.2011
Fig. 3:  Colchicum montanum / Merendera
E Pyrenees, Hecho - Valley 19.8.2011
Colchicum montanum / Merendera, E Pyrenees, Hecho - Valley 19.8.2011
Fig. 4:  Colchicum montanum / Merendera
E Pyrenees, Hecho - Valley 19.8.2011
Colchicum montanum / Merendera, E Pyrenees, Benasque 17.8.2006
Fig. 5:  Colchicum montanum / Merendera
E Pyrenees, Benasque 17.8.2006
Colchicum montanum / Merendera, E Pyrenees, Benasque 17.8.2006
Fig. 6:  Colchicum montanum / Merendera
E Pyrenees, Benasque 17.8.2006
Colchicum montanum / Merendera, E Pyrenees, Benasque 17.8.2006
Fig. 7:  Colchicum montanum / Merendera
E Pyrenees, Benasque 17.8.2006
Colchicum montanum / Merendera, E Pyrenees, Caldes de Boi 16.8.2006
Fig. 8:  Colchicum montanum / Merendera
E Pyrenees, Caldes de Boi 16.8.2006
Colchicum montanum / Merendera, E Pyrenees, Caldes de Boi 16.8.2006
Fig. 9:  Colchicum montanum / Merendera
E Pyrenees, Caldes de Boi 16.8.2006
Colchicum montanum / Merendera, E Pyrenees, Caldes de Boi 16.8.2006
Fig. 10:  Colchicum montanum / Merendera
E Pyrenees, Caldes de Boi 16.8.2006
Colchicum montanum / Merendera, E Pyrenees, Caldes de Boi 16.8.2006
Fig. 11:  Colchicum montanum / Merendera
E Pyrenees, Caldes de Boi 16.8.2006

 


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