Crocus baytopiorum
Crocus baytopiorum | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Iridaceae |
Genus: | Crocus |
Species: | C. baytopiorum
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Binomial name | |
Crocus baytopiorum B.Mathew
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Crocus baytopiorum is a species of flowering plant in the genus Crocus of the family Iridaceae. It is a cormous perennial native to Turkey.
Description
Crocus baytopiorum is a spring flowering herbaceous perennial geophyte growing from a corm. The 13 cm wide corm is a flatted egg shape. The tunic around the corm has thick fibers and is coarsely netted. A spathe (sheath that covers the flower before it opens) subtends the inflorescence. The pale blue flowers are distinctive.[1] The arillate seeds are red with a pointed end.[2]
Habitat
Crocus baytopiorum is native to limestone screes, rocky gullies, in open pine and juniper woodland.[1] Flowering occurs in February.[3]
The species was named in honor of Professors Turhan & Asuman Baytop from Istanbul,[2] who discovered it in 1973 and it was described by the Kew botanist Brian Mathew.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Crocus baytopiorum B.Mathew | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
- ^ a b Mathew, Brian (1974). "A New Turkish Crocus (Iridaceae)". Kew Bulletin. 29 (1): 88–88. doi:10.2307/4108375. ISSN 0075-5974.
- ^ Phillips, Roger; Rix, Martyn (1989). The Random House Book of Bulbs. Random House. p. 25. ISBN 978-0-679-72756-9.
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