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December 2023

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Crocus sativus L.

This species name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 36 (1753) Link to external nomenclature reference

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) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000786394
Crocus autumnalis Sm. Engl. Bot. : t. 343 (1796) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000788537
Crocus colchiciflorus Reut. ex Maw Crocus 99. 1886 (1886) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000788611
Crocus officinalis Honck. Syn. Pl. Germ. 1: 273 (1792) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000788777
Crocus orsinii Parl. Fl. Ital. 3: 238 (1860) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000788786
Crocus pendulus Stokes Bot. Comm. 1: 209 (1830) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000788806
Crocus sativus var. cashmerianus Royle Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. 1: t. 90, f. 1. 1834 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000788846
Crocus sativus var. officinalis L. Sp. Pl. : 36 (1753) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000788849
Geanthus autumnalis Raf. Specchio Sci. 1: 116 (1814) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000788902
Crocus setifolius Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 1: 104 (1812) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000789124
Crocus serotinus subsp. serotinus Unknown wfo-0000790577
Crocus sativus var. orsinii (Parl.) Maw Gard. Chron. n.s., 11: 234. 1879 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000803550
Crocus sativus subsp. orsinii (Parl.) K.Richt. Pl. Eur. 1: 248. 1890 (1890) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000812030