Iridaceae

Crocus

Crocus duplex Weston

First published in Bot. Univ. 2: 237 (1771)

This species is accepted

The native range of this species is E. Alps to Carpathians. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution
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Other data

Native to:

Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Ukraine, Yugoslavia

Introduced into:

Belgium, Connecticut, Great Britain, Maryland, Massachusetts, Netherlands, Ontario, Oregon, Utah

Heterotypic Synonyms

Crocus candidus Schloss. & Vuk. in Syll. Fl. Croat.: 23 (1857), nom. illeg.
Crocus grandiflorus Hegetschw. in Fl. Schweiz: 41 (1838)
Crocus indivisus J.A.Richt. in Corresp. Ver. Naturk. Presb. 2: 198 (1863)
Crocus latifolius Stokes in Bot. Comm. 1: 199 (1830)
Crocus longiflorus Hegetschw. in Fl. Schweiz: 40 (1838), nom. illeg.
Crocus multiflorus Schur in Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 652 (1866)
Crocus nervifolius Rchb. in Iconogr. Bot. Pl. Crit. 10: 16 (1832)
Crocus nivigena Herb. in Edwards's Bot. Reg. 29(Misc.): 82 (1843)
Crocus obovatus Haw. in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 1: 133 (1812)
Crocus pictus (Sabine) Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 441 (1840)
Crocus reineggeri Opiz in Naturalientausch 10: 262 (1825)
Crocus sylvester Bubani in Fl. Pyren. 4: 151 (1902)
Crocus vernalis Billb. in Ekon. Bot.: t. 8 (1816)
Crocus vernus subvar. acutior Herb. in Bot. Mag. 67: t. 3874 (1841)
Crocus vernus var. albus-major Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 494 (1830)
Crocus vernus var. albus-minor Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 495 (1830)
Crocus vernus var. alpinus Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 496 (1830)
Crocus vernus var. andersonii Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 493 (1830)
Crocus vernus var. aprilis Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 497 (1830)
Crocus vernus subvar. aprilis (Sabine) Herb. in J. Hort. Soc. London 2: 271 (1847)
Crocus vernus var. bicolor Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 490 (1830)
Crocus vernus var. clavatus Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 478 (1830)
Crocus vernus var. communis Herb. in J. Hort. Soc. London 2: 271 (1847)
Crocus vernus var. concinuus Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 476 (1830)
Crocus vernus var. crassus Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 493 (1830)
Crocus vernus var. delectus Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 495 (1830)
Crocus vernus var. dentosus Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 489 (1830)
Crocus vernus var. dorsalis Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 484 (1830)
Crocus vernus var. dubius Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 478 (1830)
Crocus vernus subvar. elatior Herb. in J. Hort. Soc. London 2: 271 (1847)
Crocus vernus var. fucatus Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 483 (1830)
Crocus vernus var. fusiformis Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 479 (1830)
Crocus vernus var. gloriana Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 488 (1830)
Crocus vernus var. glorianella Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 488 (1830)
Crocus vernus var. grandis Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 475 (1830)
Crocus vernus var. griseus Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 490 (1830)
Crocus vernus var. incurvus Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 491 (1830)
Crocus vernus var. inflatus Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 480 (1830)
Crocus vernus f. intermedius Vuk. ex Beck in Wiss. Mitt. Bosnien & Herzegovina 9: 96 (1904)
Crocus vernus var. leucorhynchus Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 485 (1830)
Crocus vernus var. lilacinus-praecox Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 482 (1830)
Crocus vernus var. lineatus Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 486 (1830)
Crocus vernus var. lineellus Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 491 (1830)
Crocus vernus var. lusitanicus Herb. in Edwards's Bot. Reg. 29(Misc.): 84 (1843)
Crocus vernus var. maculosus Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 477 (1830)
Crocus vernus var. marginatus Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 474 (1830)
Crocus vernus var. minutus Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 481 (1830)
Crocus vernus var. neapolitanus-praecox Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 482 (1830)
Crocus vernus f. niveus Derganc in Oesterr. Bot. Z. 47: 17 (1897)
Crocus vernus subsp. nivigena (Herb.) K.Richt. in Pl. Eur. 1: 248 (1890)
Crocus vernus var. nivigena (Herb.) Herb. in J. Hort. Soc. London 2: 271 (1847)
Crocus vernus var. obesus Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 492 (1830)
Crocus vernus subsp. obovatus (Haw.) K.Richt. in Pl. Eur. 1: 248 (1890)
Crocus vernus var. obovatus Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 475 (1830)
Crocus vernus subvar. obovatus Herb. in Bot. Mag. 67: t. 3874 (1841), nom. illeg.
Crocus vernus var. obsoletus Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 494 (1830)
Crocus vernus var. pallens Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 481 (1830)
Crocus vernus var. pallidus Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 481 (1830)
Crocus vernus subvar. parviflorus Herb. in J. Hort. Soc. London 2: 271 (1847)
Crocus vernus var. parvulus Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 493 (1830)
Crocus vernus var. pectinatus Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 491 (1830)
Crocus vernus var. phaeton Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 476 (1830)
Crocus vernus var. pictus Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 483 (1830)
Crocus vernus var. plumbeus Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 480 (1830)
Crocus vernus var. podolicus Herb. in Bot. Mag. 67: t. 3874 (1841)
Crocus vernus var. propinquus Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 489 (1830)
Crocus vernus var. pruinosus Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 479 (1830)
Crocus vernus var. pulchellus Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 486 (1830)
Crocus vernus var. puniceus Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 473 (1830)
Crocus vernus var. purpureus Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 474 (1830)
Crocus vernus var. reticulatus Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 490 (1830)
Crocus vernus var. sabinei Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 475 (1830)
Crocus vernus var. striatus Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 487 (1830)
Crocus vernus var. stylosus Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 479 (1830)
Crocus vernus var. tardiflorus Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 497 (1830)
Crocus vernus var. trilineatus Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 494 (1830)
Crocus vernus var. tulipaceus Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 480 (1830)
Crocus vernus var. turbinatus Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 477 (1830)
Crocus vernus var. unguis Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 485 (1830)
Crocus vernus var. unguis-major Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 485 (1830)
Crocus vernus var. violaceus Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 478 (1830)

Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Streptophyta
Class Equisetopsida
Subclass Magnoliidae
Order
Asparagales

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Family
Iridaceae

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Genus
Crocus

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Species
Crocus duplex

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An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Crocus vernus.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.
Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1980). Flora Europaea 5: 1-452. Cambridge University Press.

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index

Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1
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- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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Crocus duplex Weston

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Introduced into:

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Heterotypic Synonyms

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Publications

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

Kew Backbone Distributions

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index

Sources

Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

IUCN Categories

Kew Backbone Distributions

Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

Kew Science Photographs

Crocus duplex Weston

Distribution

Native to:

Introduced into:

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

Kew's Tree of Life Explorer

Publications

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

Kew Backbone Distributions

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index External Link

Sources

Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

IUCN Categories

Kew Backbone Distributions

Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

Kew Science Photographs

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index