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March 2019

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Crocus sativus L.

This species name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 36 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000788844.

Synonyms of Crocus sativus L.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Safran officinarum Medik. Hist. & Commentat. Acad. Elect. Sci. Theod.-Palat. 6: 473 1790 wfo-0000786394
Crocus autumnalis Sm. Engl. Bot. t. 343 1796 wfo-0000788537
Crocus officinalis (L.) Honck. Syn. Pl. Germ. 1: 273 1792 wfo-0000788777
Crocus orsinii Parl. Fl. Ital. 3: 238 1860 wfo-0000788786
Crocus pendulus Stokes Bot. Comm. 1: 209 1830 wfo-0000788806
Crocus sativus var. cashmerianus Royle Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. 1: t. 90, f. 1 1834 wfo-0000788846
Crocus sativus var. officinalis L. Sp. Pl. 36 1753 wfo-0000788849
Geanthus autumnalis Raf. Specchio Sci. 1: 116 1814 wfo-0000788902
Crocus setifolius Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 1: 104 1812 wfo-0000789124
Crocus sativus var. orsinii (Parl.) Maw Gard. Chron. 1879: 234 1879 wfo-0000803550
Crocus sativus subsp. orsinii (Parl.) K.Richt. Pl. Eur. 1: 248 1890 wfo-0000812030