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June 2025

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genus

Colchicum L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 341 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus 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-4000008882.

Statistics

Synonyms of Colchicum

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Celsia Boehm. Defin. Gen. Pl. : 370 (1760) wfo-1200073089
Geophila Bergeret Fl. Basses-Pyrénées 2: 184 (1803) wfo-1200073097
Paludana Salisb. Gen. Pl. : 53 (1866) wfo-1200073100
Androcymbium Willd. Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 2: 21 (1808) wfo-4000001993
Bulbocodium L. Sp. Pl. : 294 (1753) wfo-4000005727
Cymbanthes Salisb. Gen. Pl. : 55 (1866) wfo-4000010356
Erythrostictus Schltdl. Linnaea 1: 90 (1826) wfo-4000014013
Eudesmis Raf. Fl. Tellur. 3: 80 (1837) wfo-4000014141
Fouha Pomel Mat. Fl. Atl. : 2 (1860) wfo-4000014979
Merendera Ramond Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 2: 178 (1801) wfo-4000023777
Monocaryum (R.Br.) Rchb. Consp. Regn. Veg. : 64 (1828) wfo-4000024671
Plexinium Raf. Fl. Tellur. 2: 32 (1837) wfo-4000030389
Synsiphon Regel Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada , prepr. 6: 490 (1879) wfo-4000037326
Abandium Adans. Fam. Pl. 2: 54 (1763) wfo-4000044225
Hermodactylum (R.Br.) Bartl. Ord. Nat. Pl. : 52 (1830) wfo-4100003484

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These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Colchicum:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link