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	Colchicum neapolitanum  (TEN.) TEN.

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

Synon.:  Colchicum longifolium  CASTAG.

Genus:  Colchicum  L.

Authors:
	TEN.:		Michele Tenore (1780 - 1861), Italian botanist at Naples
	CASTAG.:		Jean Louis Martin Castagne (1785 - 1858), French botanist and mycologist
	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
	neapolitanum:		from Naples
	longifolium:		longleaved

Fig. 1:  Colchicum neapolitanum / Naples Autumn Crocus F Maures, Les Mayons 8.10.2021

Fig. 2:  Colchicum neapolitanum / Naples Autumn Crocus F Maures, La Garde Freinet 8.10.2021

Fig. 3:  Colchicum neapolitanum / Naples Autumn Crocus F Maures, La Garde Freinet 8.10.2021

Fig. 4:  Colchicum neapolitanum / Naples Autumn Crocus F Maures, La Garde Freinet 8.10.2021

Fig. 5:  Colchicum neapolitanum / Naples Autumn Crocus F Maures, La Garde Freinet 8.10.2021

Fig. 6:  Colchicum neapolitanum / Naples Autumn Crocus F Maures, La Garde Freinet 8.10.2021

Fig. 7:  Colchicum neapolitanum / Naples Autumn Crocus F Maures, La Garde Freinet 8.10.2021

Fig. 8:  Colchicum neapolitanum / Naples Autumn Crocus F Maures, La Garde Freinet 8.10.2021

Fig. 9:  Colchicum neapolitanum / Naples Autumn Crocus F Maures, La Garde Freinet 8.10.2021

Fig. 10:  Colchicum neapolitanum / Naples Autumn Crocus (color variant) F Maures, La Garde Freinet 8.10.2021

Fig. 11:  Colchicum neapolitanum / Naples Autumn Crocus F Maures, La Motte 12.10.2003

Fig. 12:  Colchicum neapolitanum / Naples Autumn Crocus F Maures, La Motte 12.10.2003

Fig. 13:  Colchicum neapolitanum / Naples Autumn Crocus F Maures, Pierrefeu 12.10.2003

Fig. 14:  Colchicum neapolitanum / Naples Autumn Crocus F Montagne du Luberon 11.10.2003

Fig. 15:  Colchicum neapolitanum / Naples Autumn Crocus I Liguria, Cairo Montenotte 7.10.2021

Fig. 16:  Colchicum neapolitanum / Naples Autumn Crocus I Liguria, Cairo Montenotte 7.10.2021

Fig. 17:  Colchicum neapolitanum / Naples Autumn Crocus I Liguria, Cairo Montenotte 7.10.2021

Fig. 18:  Colchicum neapolitanum / Naples Autumn Crocus I Liguria, Cairo Montenotte 7.10.2021

Fig. 19:  Colchicum neapolitanum / Naples Autumn Crocus I Liguria, Cairo Montenotte 7.10.2021

Fig. 20:  Colchicum neapolitanum / Naples Autumn Crocus I Liguria, Cairo Montenotte 7.10.2021

Fig. 21:  Colchicum neapolitanum / Naples Autumn Crocus I Liguria, Cairo Montenotte 7.10.2021

Fig. 22:  Colchicum neapolitanum / Naples Autumn Crocus I Liguria, Cairo Montenotte 7.10.2021

Fig. 23:  Colchicum neapolitanum / Naples Autumn Crocus I Liguria, Cairo Montenotte 7.10.2021

Fig. 24:  Colchicum neapolitanum / Naples Autumn Crocus I Liguria, Piana Crixia 7.10.2021

Fig. 25:  Colchicum neapolitanum / Naples Autumn Crocus I Liguria, Piana Crixia 7.10.2021

Fig. 26:  Colchicum neapolitanum / Naples Autumn Crocus I Liguria, Piana Crixia 7.10.2021

Fig. 27:  Colchicum neapolitanum / Naples Autumn Crocus I Liguria, Piana Crixia 7.10.2021

Fig. 28:  Colchicum neapolitanum / Naples Autumn Crocus I Liguria, Piana Crixia 7.10.2021

Fig. 29:  Colchicum neapolitanum / Naples Autumn Crocus I Liguria, Piana Crixia 7.10.2021

Fig. 30:  Colchicum neapolitanum / Naples Autumn Crocus I Liguria, Piana Crixia 7.10.2021

Fig. 31:  Colchicum neapolitanum / Naples Autumn Crocus I Liguria, Piana Crixia 7.10.2021

Fig. 32:  Colchicum neapolitanum / Naples Autumn Crocus I Liguria, Monte Beigua 2.10.2023

Fig. 33:  Colchicum neapolitanum / Naples Autumn Crocus I Liguria, Monte Beigua 2.10.2023

Fig. 34:  Colchicum neapolitanum / Naples Autumn Crocus I Liguria, Monte Beigua 2.10.2023

Fig. 35:  Colchicum neapolitanum / Naples Autumn Crocus I Liguria, Monte Beigua 2.10.2023

Fig. 36:  Colchicum neapolitanum / Naples Autumn Crocus I Liguria, Monte Beigua 2.10.2023

Fig. 37:  Colchicum neapolitanum / Naples Autumn Crocus I Liguria, Monte Beigua 2.10.2023

Fig. 38:  Colchicum neapolitanum / Naples Autumn Crocus I Liguria, Varazze 2.10.2023

Fig. 39:  Colchicum neapolitanum / Naples Autumn Crocus I Liguria, Varazze 2.10.2023

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