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	Colchicum montanum  L.

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

Synon.:  Merendera pyrenaica  STEUD.,  Merendera montana  (L.) LANGE

Genus:  Colchicum  L.,  Merendera  RAMOND

Authors:
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
	STEUD.:		Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel (1783 - 1856), German physician and botanist
	LANGE:		Johan Martin Christian Lange (1818 - 1898), Danish botanist
	RAMOND:		Louis François Elisabeth Ramond de Carbonnière (1753 - 1827), French botanist who explored the Pyrenees

Etymology:
	Colchicum:		from Colchis at the Black Sea, in Greek mythology the land of the poisoners
	montanum:		growing in mountain
	Merendera:		Spanish name of the Meadow Saffron Colchicum autumnale
	pyrenaica:		from the Pyrenees

Fig. 1:  Colchicum montanum / Merendera E Pyrenees, Hecho - Valley 19.8.2011

Fig. 2:  Colchicum montanum / Merendera E Pyrenees, Hecho - Valley 19.8.2011

Fig. 3:  Colchicum montanum / Merendera E Pyrenees, Hecho - Valley 19.8.2011

Fig. 4:  Colchicum montanum / Merendera E Pyrenees, Hecho - Valley 19.8.2011

Fig. 5:  Colchicum montanum / Merendera E Pyrenees, Benasque 17.8.2006

Fig. 6:  Colchicum montanum / Merendera E Pyrenees, Benasque 17.8.2006

Fig. 7:  Colchicum montanum / Merendera E Pyrenees, Benasque 17.8.2006

Fig. 8:  Colchicum montanum / Merendera E Pyrenees, Caldes de Boi 16.8.2006

Fig. 9:  Colchicum montanum / Merendera E Pyrenees, Caldes de Boi 16.8.2006

Fig. 10:  Colchicum montanum / Merendera E Pyrenees, Caldes de Boi 16.8.2006

Fig. 11:  Colchicum montanum / Merendera E Pyrenees, Caldes de Boi 16.8.2006

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