Colchicum variegatum

Colchicum variegatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Liliales
Family:	Colchicaceae
Genus:	Colchicum
Species:	C. variegatum
Binomial name
	Colchicum variegatum; L.
Synonyms
	List Colchicum tessellatum Salisb.; Colchicum tessulatum Mill.; Colchicum chionense Haw. ex Kunth; Colchicum parkinsonii Hook.f.; Colchicum variegatum subsp. parkinsonii (Hook.f.) K.Richt.; Colchicum variegatum f. decolorans Candargy; Colchicum variegatum var. desii Pamp.;

Colchicum variegatum is a species of plant native to Greece and Turkey and cultivated in many other places.^[1]^[2]

Colchicum variegatum is a perennial herb forming an underground corm. Tepals are broadly lanceolate, white, mottled with numerous brown or purple markings, sometimes taking the form of spots, other times forming a checkerboard or chessboard pattern.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 342,Colchicum variegatum
^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Colchicum variegatum
^ Ker Gawler, John Bellenden. 1807. Botanical Magazine 26: t. 1028, Colchicum variegatum

External links

[jennifercallen-1] Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 342,Colchicum variegatum

[2] Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Colchicum variegatum

[3] Ker Gawler, John Bellenden. 1807. Botanical Magazine 26: t. 1028, Colchicum variegatum

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