TABLE 1.1 



The Genus Colchicum Linnaeus 



(After Stefanoff) 



Family: Liliaceae 



Subfamily: Melanthoideae 

 Tribe: Colchiceae 



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Species Name 



Authority 



Flowering Date 



Chromosome 

 Number 



Subgenus 1. Archicolchicum: 



In = 38 



Section 1 . Luteae 



C. luteum Baker Feb. -May 



C. regelii Stef. Feb. -March 



C. hissariciim Stef. .July 



C. robustum Stef. Feb. -May 



Section 2. Bulbocodiae 



C. szovilsii F. M. Jan. -April 



C. crocifolhim Boiss. Feb. -March 



C. Jascicidare Boiss. Jan.— Feb. 



C. Ubanoticiim Ehrenb. June 



C. rtlchii R. Br. Nov.-Jan. 



C. schimperi Janka Dec. 



C. tauri Siehe Feb 



C. serpentinum Woronow ap. not given 



Mischenko 



C. hydrophiliim Siehe May-June 



C hirsutum Stef. April-May 



C. nivale Boiss. et Huet April June 



C. biebersteinii Rouy Feb. -March 



C. davidovi Stef. Feb. -April 



C. catacuzenium Heldr March-May 



C. hungaricum Janka Dec. -April 



C. doerjleri Hal Feb. -April 



C. macedonicum Kosanin .June 



C. triphvllum Kze March 



C. kurdicum Stef. .June 



C. caucasicum Spreng, March-May 



C. sobolijirum Stef. Feb. -April 



C. atticiim Sprun. Nov. -March 



C. jordanknhim Stef. not given 



C. sieheanum Hausskn. Sept. 



C. procurrinx . Baker Oct. 



Section 3. \'ernae 



C. vernum Ker-Gawl. March-May 



Section 4. Montanae 



C. monlarium L. Sept. -Oct. 



Section 5. Cupaniae 



C. cupani Guss. Sept.— Dec. 



C. psaridis Heldr. Sept. -Dec. 



C. boissieri Orph. Sept.— Dec. 



In = 54 



(fotiliinicd on next jxii^t') 



