? Crocus
Crocus longiflorus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Liliopsida Order: Asparagales Family: Iridaceae Genus: Crocus L.
Species
See text. Download high resolution version (766x644, 67 KB)Crocus longiflorus. ... Jump to: navigation, search Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Jump to: navigation, search Divisions Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Hepaticophyta - liverworts Anthocerotophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants... Jump to: navigation, search Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also angiosperms) are a major group of land plants. ... Orders Base Monocots: Acorus Alismatales Asparagales Dioscoreales Liliales Pandanales Family Petrosaviaceae Commelinids: Arecales Commelinales Poales Zingiberales Family Dasypogonaceae Monocotyledons or monocots are a group of flowering plants usually ranked as a class and once called the Monocotyledoneae. ... Families according to the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group Agapanthus Agavaceae Alliaceae Amaryllidaceae Aphyllanthaceae Asparagaceae Asphodelaceae Asteliaceae Blandfordiaceae Boryaceae Doryanthaceae Hemerocallidaceae Hyacinthaceae Hypoxidaceae Iridaceae Ixioliriaceae Lanariaceae Laxmanniaceae Orchidaceae Ruscaceae Tecophilaeaceae Themidaceae Xanthorrhoea Xeronema Asparagales is an order of monocots which includes a number of families of non-woody plants. ... Genera Many, see text Iridaceae is a family of plants in Order Asparagales, taking its name from the Irises. ... Jump to: navigation, search Carolus Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as Carl von Linné ▶(?), and in English usually under the Latinized name Carolus Linnaeus (May 23, 1707 – January 10, 1778), was a Swedish botanist who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of taxonomy. ...

Crocus (plural: crocuses or croci) is a genus of perennial flowering plants that grows from a corm, growing naturally from the Aegean (where crocuses appear in Minoan frescos at Santorini), across Central Asia. In biology, a genus (plural genera) is a grouping in the classification of living organisms having one or more related and morphologically similar species. ... A Red Valerian, a perennial plant. ... // Flower Anatomy Flowering plants are heterosporangiate (producing two types of reproductive spores) and the pollen (male spores) and ovules (female spores) are produced in different organs, but these are together in a bisporangiate strobilus that is the typical flower. ... Jump to: navigation, search Divisions Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Hepaticophyta - liverworts Anthocerotophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants... A corm is a short, vertical, swollen underground stem of a plant (usually one of the monocots) that serves as a storage organ to enable the plant to survive winter or other adverse conditions such as summer drought and heat (estivation). ... Jump to: navigation, search The Aegean Sea. ... Map of Minoan Crete The Minoans were a pre-Hellenic Bronze Age civilization in Crete in the Aegean Sea, prior to Helladic or Mycenaean culture (i. ... Jump to: navigation, search Santorini is a small, circular group of volcanic islands located in the Aegean Sea, about 200 km south-east from the mainland of Greece (latitude: 36. ...

As one of the first flowers to bloom in the spring, the large hybridized and selected "Dutch crocus" are popular with gardeners. However, in areas in which snow and frost occasionally occur in the early spring one has to plant them carefully as it is not uncommon in these regions for the crocuses to bloom early, only to suddenly wither and die from a unseasonable "post-winter" frost or snowfall. In biology, hybrid has three meanings. ...

The spice saffron is obtained from the stamens of Crocus sativus, a fall-blooming species. Saffron is the name given to the dried stigma and part of the style of the saffron crocus, traditionally called Crocus sativus, which are harvested, dried, and used for cooking. ... Jump to: navigation, search Stamens of the Amaryllis with prominent anthers carrying pollen. ... Jump to: navigation, search In biology, the most commonly used definition of species was first coined by Ernst Mayr. ...

The name of the genus is derived from the Latin adjective crocatus, meaning saffron yellow.

Composed Bouquet of Spring Flowers, by Ambrosius Bosschaert, c. 1620 (Louvre Museum)

The first crocus seen in the Netherlands, where Crocus species is not native, were corms brought back from the Holy Roman Emperor's ambassador to the Sublime Porte, A. Ghislain de Busbeq, in the 1560s. A few corms were forwarded to Carolus Clusius at the botanical garden in Leiden. By 1620, the approximate date of Ambrosius Bosschaert's painting (illustration, left), new garden varieties had been developed, such as the cream-colored crocus feathered with bronze at the base of the bouquet, similar to varieties still in the market. Bosschaert, working from a preparatory drawing to paint his composed piece, which spans the whole of Spring, exaggerated the crocus so that it passes for a tulip, but its narrow, grasslike leaves give it away. Download high resolution version (789x1001, 115 KB)Composed vase of spring flowers, BOSSCHAERT, Ambrosius the Elder (1573, Antwerp - 1621, Middleburg), ca 1620 (Louvre) This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Download high resolution version (789x1001, 115 KB)Composed vase of spring flowers, BOSSCHAERT, Ambrosius the Elder (1573, Antwerp - 1621, Middleburg), ca 1620 (Louvre) This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Bouquet of Flowers by Ambrosius Bosschaert (c. ... The main courtyard of the Louvre. ... Nymphea from Rariorum plantarum historia Charles de LEcluse, LEscluse, or Carolus Clusius (Arras, February 19, 1526 - Leiden April 4, 1609), seigneur de Watènes, was the Flemish doctor and pioneering botanist, perhaps the most influential of all 16th century scientific horticulturists. ... Inside the United States Botanic Garden Botanical gardens (in Latin hortus botanicus) grow a wide variety of plants both for scientific purposes and for the enjoyment and education of visitors. ... Leiden (in English also, but now rarely, Leyden) is a city and municipality in South Holland, The Netherlands. ...

The genus Crocus is placed botanically in the iris family (Iridaceae). They are hardy perennial plants, which have little resemblance to the other members of the iris family. Genera Many, see text Iridaceae is a family of plants in Order Asparagales, taking its name from the Irises. ... Hardy is the name of some places in the United States of America: Hardy, Arkansas Hardy, Kentucky Hardy, Virginia Hardy is also the name of the following people: French singer and actress Françoise Hardy (born 1944) Comedian Oliver Hardy (1892-1957) Mathematician G. H. Hardy (1877-1947) Novelist and...

There are about eighty species of crocus, of which approximately 30 are cultivated. These cup-shaped, solitary, salverform flowers taper off into a narrow tube. Their color varies enormously, although lilac, mauve, yellow and white are predominant. The grass-like, ensiform leaf shows generally a white central stripe along the leaf axis. The leaf margin is entire. All crocuses typically have three stamens. Jump to: navigation, search In botany, a leaf is an above-ground plant organ specialized for photosynthesis. ...

Though some true crocus bloom with the fall rains, after summer's heat and drought, Autumn crocus is a common name used for Colchicum, which is in the lily family (Liliaceae), and which has six stamens; it is also (confusingly and incorrectly) known as Meadow saffron. The so-called Prairie crocus (formerly Anemone patens, now Pulsatilla patens or P. ludoviciana) belongs to the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae). Binomial names Colchicum autumnale Colchicum speciosum Colchicum album Colchicum corsicum Colchicum agrippinum Colchicum is a genus of flowering plants containing around sixty species of perennials which grow from corms. ... Genera Calochortus Cardiocrinum Clintonia Erythronium Fritillaria Gagea Korolkowia Lilium Lloydia Nomocharis Notholirion Scoliopus Streptopus Tricyrtis Tulipa The Liliaceae, or the Lily Family, is an important family of monocotyledons that includes a great number of ornamental flowers as well as several important agricultural crops; the onion has traditionally been classified here... Species Pulsatilla alpina Pulsatilla halleri Pulsatilla patens Pulsatilla vernalis Pulsatilla vulgaris et al Ref: ITIS 18797 The pasque flowers (or pasqueflowers) are deciduous perennials that are found in short clumps in meadows and prairies of North America and Eurasia. ... Genera See text The Ranunculaceae are a family of flowers in the order Ranunculales. ...

Crocus 'E.A. Bowles',
a Chrysanthus hybrid

Crocus vernus 'Pickwick', a Dutch hybrid

Crocus E.A. Bowles Photo by Ramin Nakisa. ... Crocus E.A. Bowles Photo by Ramin Nakisa. ... Download high resolution version (660x670, 71 KB)Crocus vernus Pickwick Photo by Ramin Nakisa. ... Download high resolution version (660x670, 71 KB)Crocus vernus Pickwick Photo by Ramin Nakisa. ...

Species

Cloth of Gold (Crocus angustifolius)
from Curtis's Botanical Magazine 1803

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The taxonomic characteristics are based mainly on the presence or absence of a prophyll (a basal spathe) and the aspect of the style and the corm tunic. Download high resolution version (800x1425, 185 KB)Cloth of Gold (Crocus angustifolius) Downloaded from : [[1]] from Curtiss Botanical Magazine 1803 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Download high resolution version (800x1425, 185 KB)Cloth of Gold (Crocus angustifolius) Downloaded from : [[1]] from Curtiss Botanical Magazine 1803 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Commons-logo. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Wikimedia Commons (also called Commons or Wikicommons) is a repository of free content images, sound and other multimedia files. ...

1 Subgenus Crocus

A. Section Crocus

Series Kotschyani

• Crocus autranii
• Crocus gilanicus
• Crocus karduchorum
• Crocus kotschyanus
• Crocus ochroleucus
• Crocus scharojanii
• Crocus vallicola

Series Longiflori

• Crocus goulimyi
• Crocus longiflorus
• Crocus medius
• Crocus niveus
• Crocus serotinus

Series Scardici

• Crocus pelistericus
• Crocus scardicus

Series Verni

• Crocus baytopiorum
• Crocus etruscus
• Crocus kosaninii
• Crocus tommasinianus
• Crocus vernus : Spring Crocus, Dutch Crocus

Series Versicolores

• Crocus cambessedesii
• Crocus corsicus
• Crocus imperati
• Crocus malyi
• Crocus minimus
• Crocus versicolor

Series Crocus

• Crocus asumaniae
• Crocus cartwrightianus
• Crocus hadriaticus
• Crocus mathewii
• Crocus moabiticus
• Crocus oreocreticus
• Crocus pallasii
• Crocus thomasii

B. Section Nudiscapus

Series Aleppici

• Crocus aleppicus
• Crocus boulosii
• Crocus veneris
• Crocus saris

Series Biflori

• Crocus adanensis
• Crocus aerius
• Crocus almehensis
• Crocus biflorus
• Crocus caspius
• Crocus chrysanthus
• Crocus cyprius
• Crocus danfordiae
• Crocus hartmannianus
• Crocus kerndorffiorum
• Crocus leichtlinii
• Crocus paschei
• Crocus pestalozzae
• Crocus wattiorum

Series Carpetani

• Crocus carpetanus
• Crocus nevadensis

Series Flavi

• Crocus antalyensis
• Crocus candidus
• Crocus flavus : Yellow Crocus
• Crocus graveolens
• Crocus hyemalis
• Crocus olivieri
• Crocus vitellinus

Series Intertexti

• Crocus fleischeri

Series Laevigatae

• Crocus boryi
• Crocus laevigatus
• Crocus tournefortii

Series Orientales

• Crocus alatavicus
• Crocus korolkowii
• Crocus michelsonii

Series Reticulati

• Crocus abantensis
• Crocus ancyrensis
• Crocus angustifolius : Cloth of Gold
• Crocus cancellatus
• Crocus cvijicii
• Crocus dalmaticus
• Crocus gargaricus
• Crocus hermoneus
• Crocus reticulatus
• Crocus robertianus
• Crocus rujanensis
• Crocus sieberi
• Crocus sieheanus

Series Speciosi

• Crocus speciosus : Autumn Crocus
• Crocus pulchellus

2. Subgenus Crociris

• Crocus banaticus

References

• Brian Mathew, Christopher Grey-Wilson, Bulbs, (ill. Marjorie Blamey), Collins, 1981
• Brian Mathew - Crocus: A Revision of the Genus Crocus