Crocus sativus L., 1753

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part C), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 370-473 : 459

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Crocus sativus Linnaeus View in CoL , Species Plantarum 1: 36. 1753 View Cited Treatment .

"Habitat in Alpibus Helveticis, Pyrenaeis, Lusitanicis, Tracicis." RCN: 284.

Lectotype (Mathew in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 39. 1993): Herb. Clifford: 18, Crocus 1 (BM-000557641) .

Generitype of Crocus Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock in Amer. J. Bot. 10: 513. 1923).

Current name: Crocus sativus L. View in CoL ( Iridaceae ).

Note: Labani & El-Gadi (in Jafri & El-Gadi, Fl. Libya 81: 21. 1980) appear to indicate both Clifford and LINN material as type; this choice is therefore ineffective.