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Fam.: Iridaceae / Iris Fam.  

Genus:  Crocus  L.
 

Authors:
   J.GAY:  Jacques Étienne Gay (1786 - 1864), Swiss civil servant and botanist
   L.:  Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
 

Etymology:
   Crocus:   Greek name of Saffron
   olivieri:   Guillaume Antoine Olivier (1756 - 1814), French naturalist
 

The blossom of Crocus olivieri contains three thicker stamens and a stigma, which depending on the subspecies is divided into 6 to 15 thin branches. Crocus olivieri subsp. olivieri with 6 branches is growing from South-East Europe to the East-Aegean islands. At Crocus olivieri subsp. balansae, which is also available on the East-Aegean islands as well as in Turkey, the stigma is divided into 12 to 15 thin branches.

 

Crocus olivieri subsp. olivieri / Olivier's Crocus, Chios Viki 31.3.2016
Fig. 1:  Crocus olivieri subsp. olivieri / Olivier's Crocus
Chios, Viki 31.3.2016
Crocus olivieri subsp. olivieri / Olivier's Crocus, Chios Viki 31.3.2016
Fig. 2:  Crocus olivieri subsp. olivieri / Olivier's Crocus
Chios, Viki 31.3.2016
Crocus olivieri subsp. olivieri / Olivier's Crocus, Chios Viki 31.3.2016
Fig. 3:  Crocus olivieri subsp. olivieri / Olivier's Crocus
Chios, Viki 31.3.2016
Crocus olivieri subsp. olivieri / Olivier's Crocus, Chios Viki 31.3.2016
Fig. 4:  Crocus olivieri subsp. olivieri / Olivier's Crocus
Chios, Viki 31.3.2016
Crocus olivieri subsp. olivieri / Olivier's Crocus, Chios Viki 31.3.2016
Fig. 5:  Crocus olivieri subsp. olivieri / Olivier's Crocus
Chios, Viki 31.3.2016
Crocus olivieri subsp. olivieri / Olivier's Crocus, Chios Viki 31.3.2016
Fig. 6:  Crocus olivieri subsp. olivieri / Olivier's Crocus
Chios, Viki 31.3.2016
Crocus olivieri subsp. olivieri / Olivier's Crocus, Chios Viki 31.3.2016
Fig. 7:  Crocus olivieri subsp. olivieri / Olivier's Crocus
Chios, Viki 31.3.2016
Crocus olivieri subsp. olivieri / Olivier's Crocus, Chios Viki 30.3.2016
Fig. 8:  Crocus olivieri subsp. olivieri / Olivier's Crocus
Chios, Viki 30.3.2016
Crocus olivieri subsp. olivieri / Olivier's Crocus, Chios Viki 30.3.2016
Fig. 9:  Crocus olivieri subsp. olivieri / Olivier's Crocus
Chios, Viki 30.3.2016
Crocus olivieri subsp. olivieri / Olivier's Crocus, Chios Viki 30.3.2016
Fig. 10:  Crocus olivieri subsp. olivieri / Olivier's Crocus
Chios, Viki 30.3.2016

 


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