Crocus olivieri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Iridaceae
Genus: Crocus
Species:
C. olivieri
Binomial name
Crocus olivieri
Claude Gay

Crocus olivieri is a species of Crocus from Balkans, Albania, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria to Greece and Turkey.[1][2]

The species is found growing in deciduous scrub and on open hillsides, or in pine woods from sea level to 1500 meters; flowering occurs in January till March.[2]

Subspecies

  • Crocus olivieri subsp. olivieri – Balkan and Turkey
  • Crocus olivieri subsp. balansae (J.Gay ex Baker) B. Mathew – endemic round İzmir, West-Turkey. Typically the outside of the flowers are purplish and the styles are divided into twelve branches, unlike the species which has six.[2]
  • Crocus olivieri subsp. istanbulensis B. Mathew, Istanbul, Turkey.

References

  1. "Crocus olivieri in Tropicos".
  2. 1 2 3 Phillips, Roger (1989). The Random House book of bulbs. Martyn Rix, Brian Mathew. New York: Random House. p. 21. ISBN 0-679-72756-6. OCLC 19922564.
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