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  1. Family: Iridaceae Juss.
    1. Genus: Crocus L.

      1. Crocus caspius Fisch. & C.A.Mey. ex Hohen.

        This species is accepted, and its native range is SE. Transcaucasus to N. Iran.

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    Distribution

    Native to:

    Iran, Transcaucasus

    Crocus caspius Fisch. & C.A.Mey. ex Hohen. appears in other Kew resources:

    Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
    Hohenacker, R.F. [s.n.], Iran K000802434 Unknown type material
    Fischer [s.n.], Azerbaijan K000802435
    Forsyth [s.n.] K000802433
    Buhse, F.A. [s.n.] K000802432

    First published in Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 11: 252 (1838)

    Accepted by

    • Rukš?ns, J. (2017). The World of Crocuses: 1-568. The Latvian Academy of Sciences.
    • Ruksans, J. (2010). Crocuses. A complete guide to the genus: 1-216. Timber Press, Portland, London.
    • Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Conspectus Florae Caucasi 2: 1-466. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.
    • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.

    Literature

    Kew Backbone Distributions
    • Rukš?ns, J. (2017). The World of Crocuses: 1-568. The Latvian Academy of Sciences.

    Sources

    Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
    'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
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    Kew Backbone Distributions
    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2019. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

    Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2019. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0