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Fam.: Iridaceae / Iris Fam.  

Genus:  Crocus  L.
 

Authors:
   HERB.:  William Herbert (1778 - 1847), British scholar
   HILL:  John Hill (1716 - 1775), English 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
   tommasinianus:   Muzio Giuseppe Spirito de Tommasini (1794 - 1879), Italian politician and botanist (TOMM. )
   vernus:   spring
 

If Crocus tommasinianus and Crocus vernus s.l. occur together, e.g. in older parks or cemeteries, hybridization may occur over time. In order to recognize this, the different attributes of the two species are listed here:

Attribute Crocus tommasinianus    Crocus vernus s.l.   
Plant stature   slenderstrong
Leaf width2 - 3 mm3 - 6 mm
Tubelong, white to the topshorter, colored in the upper part
Tepal width9 - 13 mm> 20 mm
 
If these attributes are mixed, e.g. broad tepals on slender plants with white tube (Fig. 1), or relatively narrow tepals on a tube colored above (most other Fig.), then it should be spontaneous hybrids or a hybrid population.

 

Crocus tommasinianus x vernus / Hybrid Crocus, D Ludwigshafen 14.2.2022
Fig. 1:  Crocus tommasinianus x vernus / Hybrid Crocus (s.l.)
D Ludwigshafen 14.2.2022
Crocus tommasinianus x vernus / Hybrid Crocus, D Ludwigshafen 14.2.2022
Fig. 2:  Crocus tommasinianus x vernus / Hybrid Crocus (s.l.)
D Ludwigshafen 14.2.2022
Crocus tommasinianus x vernus / Hybrid Crocus, D Ludwigshafen 14.2.2022
Fig. 3:  Crocus tommasinianus x vernus / Hybrid Crocus (s.l.)
D Ludwigshafen 14.2.2022
Crocus tommasinianus x vernus / Hybrid Crocus, D Ludwigshafen 14.2.2022
Fig. 4:  Crocus tommasinianus x vernus / Hybrid Crocus (s.l.)
D Ludwigshafen 14.2.2022
Crocus tommasinianus x vernus / Hybrid Crocus, D Ludwigshafen 14.2.2022
Fig. 5:  Crocus tommasinianus x vernus / Hybrid Crocus (s.l.)
D Ludwigshafen 14.2.2022
Crocus tommasinianus x vernus / Hybrid Crocus, D Ludwigshafen 14.2.2022
Fig. 6:  Crocus tommasinianus x vernus / Hybrid Crocus (s.l.)
D Ludwigshafen 14.2.2022
Crocus tommasinianus x vernus / Hybrid Crocus, D Ludwigshafen 14.2.2022
Fig. 7:  Crocus tommasinianus x vernus / Hybrid Crocus (s.l.)
D Ludwigshafen 14.2.2022
Crocus tommasinianus x vernus / Hybrid Crocus, D Ludwigshafen 14.2.2022
Fig. 8:  Crocus tommasinianus x vernus / Hybrid Crocus (s.l.)
D Ludwigshafen 14.2.2022
Crocus tommasinianus x vernus / Hybrid Crocus, D Ludwigshafen 14.2.2022
Fig. 9:  Crocus tommasinianus x vernus / Hybrid Crocus (s.l.)
D Ludwigshafen 14.2.2022
Crocus tommasinianus x vernus / Hybrid Crocus, D Ludwigshafen 9.3.2022
Fig. 10:  Crocus tommasinianus x vernus / Hybrid Crocus (s.l.)
D Ludwigshafen 9.3.2022
Crocus tommasinianus x vernus / Hybrid Crocus, D Ludwigshafen 9.3.2022
Fig. 11:  Crocus tommasinianus x vernus / Hybrid Crocus (s.l.)
D Ludwigshafen 9.3.2022
Crocus tommasinianus x vernus / Hybrid Crocus, D Ludwigshafen 18.3.2021
Fig. 12:  Crocus tommasinianus x vernus / Hybrid Crocus (s.l.)
D Ludwigshafen 18.3.2021
Crocus tommasinianus x vernus / Hybrid Crocus, D Ludwigshafen 18.3.2021
Fig. 13:  Crocus tommasinianus x vernus / Hybrid Crocus (s.l.)
D Ludwigshafen 18.3.2021
Crocus tommasinianus x vernus / Hybrid Crocus, D Ludwigshafen 18.3.2021
Fig. 14:  Crocus tommasinianus x vernus / Hybrid Crocus (s.l.)
D Ludwigshafen 18.3.2021
Crocus tommasinianus x vernus / Hybrid Crocus, D Ludwigshafen 18.3.2021
Fig. 15:  Crocus tommasinianus x vernus / Hybrid Crocus (s.l.)
D Ludwigshafen 18.3.2021

 


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