Colchicum pusillum

Colchicum pusillum
Systematics
Class :	Bedecktsamer (Magnoliopsida)
	Monocots
Order :	Lily-like (Liliales)
Family :	Timeless plants (Colchicaceae)
Genre :	Timeless ( Colchicum )
Type :	Colchicum pusillum
Scientific name
	Colchicum pusillum
	Sieber

Colchicum pusillum is a species of the genus autumn crocus ( Colchicum ) in the family of colchicaceae (Colchicaceae).

description

Colchicum pusillum is a perennial herbaceous plant that reaches heights of 6 to 12 centimeters. This geophyte forms sprouts as persistence organs. The 3 to 8 leaves appear at flowering time. They are linear and measure 80 to 110 × 1 to 5 millimeters.

The 1 to 6 flowers open in a star shape. They are light pink-purple to white in color. The tips measure 10 to 20 × 1.5 to 3 (4) millimeters. The stamens are white, only their base is yellow-orange. The anthers are purple-black, brownish-black or gray-brown in color, rarely yellow, and 1.5 to 3 millimeters long.

The flowering period extends from October to November (January).

Chromosome number

In Crete, populations with triploid (2n = 27) and those with hexaploid (2n = 54, 58) chromosome sets were found.

Occurrence

Colchicum pusillum occurs on islands in the southern half of the Aegean Sea and on Cyprus. It has been proven on Kythira , Andros , Paros , Naxos and Astypalea , on Crete , the islands of Gavdos and Gavdopoula , Karpathos and the neighboring islands of Armathia , Kasos and Saria as well as on Rhodes , Chalki , Symi and Tilos . In Cyprus it is proven from all parts of the country. The species grows in dry phrygana , on clay surfaces and on cultivated land at altitudes from 0 to 1400 meters.

supporting documents

Ralf Jahn, Peter Schönfelder: Excursion flora for Crete . With contributions by Alfred Mayer and Martin Scheuerer. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 1995, ISBN 3-8001-3478-0 , p. 351 .

Individual evidence

↑ Georgia Kamari, Ursula Matthäs: Cytotaxonomical contributions on the flora of Crete. III. In: Willdenowia. Volume 15, No. 2, 1986, pp. 515-520 (here: p. 518). JSTOR 3996466
^ Tropicos
^ ^A ^b Arne Strid: Atlas of the Aegean Flora. Part 2: Maps. (= Englera. Volume 33, No. 2). Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-921800-98-0 , p. 352, map 1373.
↑ Ralf Hand, Georgios N. Hadjikyriakou & CS Christodoulou (eds.): Flora of Cyprus - a dynamic checklist. Berlin / Nicosia from 2011. Colchicum pusillum , accessed on June 29, 2018.
↑ Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Colchicum pusillum. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved June 29, 2018.

Web links

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[Kamari-Matthäs_1986-1] Georgia Kamari, Ursula Matthäs: Cytotaxonomical contributions on the flora of Crete. III. In: Willdenowia. Volume 15, No. 2, 1986, pp. 515-520 (here: p. 518). JSTOR 3996466

[Tropicos-2] Tropicos

[Strid_2016-3] A ^b Arne Strid: Atlas of the Aegean Flora. Part 2: Maps. (= Englera. Volume 33, No. 2). Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-921800-98-0 , p. 352, map 1373.

[Hand_et_al.-4] Ralf Hand, Georgios N. Hadjikyriakou & CS Christodoulou (eds.): Flora of Cyprus - a dynamic checklist. Berlin / Nicosia from 2011. Colchicum pusillum , accessed on June 29, 2018.

[WCSP-5] Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Colchicum pusillum. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved June 29, 2018.