Crocus sativus

Synonymy

Crocus sativus L., Sp. Pl.: 36. 1753

=Crocus sativus var. officinalis L., Sp. Pl.: 36. 1753
≡Crocus officinalis (L.) Honck., Syn. Pl. Germ. 1: 273. 1792

=Safran officinarum Medik. in Hist. & Commentat. Acad. Elect. Sci. Theod.-Palat. 6: 473. 1790

=Crocus autumnalis Sm., Engl. Bot.: t. 343. 1796, nom. illeg.

=Crocus setifolius Stokes in Bot. Mat. Med. 1: 104. 1812

=Geanthus autumnalis Raf. in Specchio Sci. 1: 116. 1814

=Crocus pendulus Stokes, Bot. Comm. 1: 209. 1830

=Crocus sativus var. cashmerianus Royle, Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. 1: t. 90, f. 1. 1834

=Crocus orsinii Parl., Fl. Ital. 3: 238. 1860
≡Crocus sativus var. orsinii (Parl.) Maw in Gard. Chron. 1879: 234. 1879
≡Crocus sativus subsp. orsinii (Parl.) K. Richt., Pl. Eur. 1: 248. 1890

Content

Distribution

Gr [Hs It Tu(A)]

Euro+Med: Greece nativeA; Italy, with San Marino and Vatican City introducedA; Spain, with Gibraltar and Andorra introducedA; Turkey (Turkey, Asiatic part introducedA)

Common Names

Aragonese (Spain): afafránB, azafránB, cafránB, carcamoB, fafránB, safránB, zafránB; Asturian; Bable; Leonese; Asturleonese (Spain): azafránB; Basque (Spain): azafraiB, azafrayaB, azaparanB, azarapanB, hupaB; Catalan; Valencian (Spain): azafránB, safraneraB, safraneresB, safràB, safráB; Galician (Spain): azafranB, açafrâoB, erva-ruivaB, zafranB; Majorcan (Mallorca): safràB, safráB; Portuguese (Portugal): azafrâoB, açaflorB, açaframB, açafraoB, açafrâoB, erva-ruivaB, zafranB; Spanish; Castilian (Spain): acefránB, azafránB, crocoB, pelo del azafránB, zafránB; Valencian (Spain): safràB, safrá cultivatB, çafráB

Bibliography

A. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

B. anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/