Crocus tournefortii

Crocus tournefortii
	Crocus tournefortii
Systematics
Class :	Bedecktsamer (Magnoliopsida)
	Monocots
Order :	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family :	Iris family (Iridaceae)
Genre :	Crocuses ( crocus )
Type :	Crocus tournefortii
Scientific name
	Crocus tournefortii
	Gay

Crocus tournefortii is a plant from the genus of crocus ( Crocus ).

features

Crocus tournefortii is a perennial tuber geophyte that reaches heights of 4 to 14 centimeters. The tuber shell is paper-like and slit into parallel shapes at the bottom. The flowers are spread out flat, mostly blue-purple or white in color and light to dark yellow in the throat. They stay open at night. The anthers and pollen are white. The stamens are densely downy.

The flowering period extends from September to December.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 30, less often 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 or 31.

Occurrence

Crocus tournefortii occurs in Greece and the Aegean Sea (Crete, Rhodes, Chalki ). In Crete , the species grows in Phrygana , on rocks and in riparian forests at altitudes from 0 to 600 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. 367 .

Individual evidence

↑ Crocus tournefortii , chromosome number at Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
↑ Rafaël Govaerts (ed.): Crocus tournefortii. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved July 23, 2018.

[Tropicos-1] Crocus tournefortii , chromosome number at Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis

[WCSP-2] Rafaël Govaerts (ed.): Crocus tournefortii. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved July 23, 2018.