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Fam.: Iridaceae / Iris Fam.  

Genus:  Crocus  L.
 

Authors:
   HERB.:  William Herbert (1778 - 1847), British scholar
   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
   veluchensis:   from mount Velucha (Pindus, Greece)
 

This Crocus with the name according to the mountain 'Welucho' in the Timfristos mountain range in the Southern Pindhos is available on many higher mountains of the Balcan peninsula. The species is assumed to be of hybridogenous origin between Crocus vernus subsp. albiflorus und Crocus heuffelianus.

 

Crocus veluchensis / Timfristos Crocus, GR Timfi 17.5.2008
Fig. 1:  Crocus veluchensis / Timfristos Crocus
GR Timfi 17.5.2008
Crocus veluchensis / Timfristos Crocus, GR Timfi 17.5.2008
Fig. 2:  Crocus veluchensis / Timfristos Crocus
GR Timfi 17.5.2008
Crocus veluchensis / Timfristos Crocus, GR Timfi 17.5.2008
Fig. 3:  Crocus veluchensis / Timfristos Crocus
GR Timfi 17.5.2008
Crocus veluchensis / Timfristos Crocus, GR Timfi 17.5.2008
Fig. 4:  Crocus veluchensis / Timfristos Crocus
GR Timfi 17.5.2008

 


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