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	Colchicum bivonae  GUSS.

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

Synon.:  Colchicum bowlesianum  B.L.BURTT

Genus:  Colchicum  L.

Authors:
	GUSS.:		Giovanni Gussone (1787 - 1866), Italian botanist
	B.L.BURTT:		Brian Laurence Burtt (1913 - 2008), British botanist
	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
	bivonae:		Antonio de Bivona-Bernardi (1774 - 1837), Sicilian botanist (BIV.)
	bowlesianum:		Edward Augustus Bowles (1865 - 1954), English gardener

Fig. 1:  Colchicum bivonae / False Autumn Crocus GR Igoumenitsa 7.9.2007

Fig. 2:  Colchicum bivonae / False Autumn Crocus GR Igoumenitsa 7.9.2007

Fig. 3:  Colchicum bivonae / False Autumn Crocus GR Zagoria, Monodendri 26.8.2007

Fig. 4:  Colchicum bivonae / False Autumn Crocus GR Chalkidiki, Cholomontas 10/2005 (Photo: Zissis Antonopoulos)

Fig. 5:  Colchicum bivonae / False Autumn Crocus GR Meteora 28.8.2007

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