Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Magnoliopsida > Superorder Lilianae > Order Asparagales > Family Iridaceae > Genus Crocus

Crocus sativus L.

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

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Genus group names

CrocusL.accepted genus name
Crociris Schur heterotypic synonym
Geanthus Raf. heterotypic synonym
Safran Medik. heterotypic synonym

Species group names

Crocus autumnalis Sm. heterotypic synonym; nom. illeg.
Crocus officinalis (L.) Honck. heterotypic synonym
Crocus orsinii Parl. heterotypic synonym
Crocus pendulus Stokes heterotypic synonym
Crocus sativus subsp. orsinii (Parl.) K. Richt. heterotypic synonym
Crocus sativus var. cashmerianus Royle heterotypic synonym
Crocus sativus var. officinalis L. heterotypic synonym
Crocus sativus var. orsinii (Parl.) Maw heterotypic synonym
Crocus setifolius Stokes heterotypic synonym
Geanthus autumnalis Raf. heterotypic synonym
Safran officinarum Medik. heterotypic synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Aragonese: afafrán; azafrán; cafrán; carcamo; fafrán; safrán; zafrán sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).
 Catalan: azafrán; safrá; safrà; safranera; safraneres sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).
 English-United States: Saffron Crocus sources: Charles Hussey
 Euskera: azafrai; azafraya; azaparan; azarapan; hupa sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).
 Galician: açafrâo; azafran; erva-ruiva; zafran sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).
 Majorcan: safrá; safrà sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).
 Portuguese: açaflor; açafram; açafrao; açafrâo; azafrâo; erva-ruiva; zafran sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).
 Spanish, Castillian: croco; pelo del azafrán; zafrán sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).
 Turkish: Safran
 Valencian: çafrá; safrà; safrá cultivat

Literature

nomenclatural reference

Nyman], Sp. Pl. 1753.

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World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010), copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Crocus sativus L.. Accessed through: Euro+Med PlantBase at http://ww2.bgbm.org/euroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?UUID=75AA04FA-4A50-41AC-85C2-8F8130A7A195

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