Sternbergia colchiciflora

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamilia: Amaryllidoideae
Tribus: Narcisseae
Genus: Sternbergia
Species: Sternbergia colchiciflora
Name

Sternbergia colchiciflora Waldst. & Kit., Descr. Icon. Pl. Hung. 2: 172, t. 159 (1804).
Synonyms

Homotypic
Amaryllis colchiciflora (Waldst. & Kit.) Ker Gawl., J. Sci. Arts (London) 2: 345 (1817).
Oporanthus colchiciflorus (Waldst. & Kit.) Herb., Appendix: 38 (1821).

Heterotypic
Amaryllis etnensis Raf., Caratt. Nuov. Gen.: 84 (1810).
Sternbergia etnensis (Raf.) Guss., Fl. Sicul. Prodr. 1: 395 (1827).
Oporanthus citrinus Herb., Appendix: 38 (1821).
Amaryllis citrina (Herb.) Sm. in J.Sibthorp & J.E.Smith, Fl. Graec. 3: t. 311 (1823).
Sternbergia citrina (Herb.) Ker Gawl. ex Schult. & Schult.f. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg. 7: 795 (1830).
Sternbergia colchiciflora var. dalmatica Herb., Amaryllidaceae: 413 (1837).
Sternbergia dalmatica (Herb.) Herb., Amaryllidaceae: t. 47, f. 2 (1837).
Sternbergia colchiciflora subsp. dalmatica (Herb.) K.Richt., Pl. Eur. 1: 236 (1890).
Sternbergia exscapa Tineo in G.Gussone, Fl. Sicul. Syn. 1: 384 (1843).
Sternbergia lutea var. graeca Rchb., Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. 9: 13 (1847).
Sternbergia lutea subsp. graeca (Rchb.) K.Richt., Pl. Eur. 1: 236 (1890).
Sternbergia alexandrae Sosn., Trudy Bot. Inst. (Baku) 2: 269 (1936).
Sternbergia colchiciflora var. alexandrae (Sosn.) Artjush., Amarillis. SSSR: 95 (1970).

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
Regional: Middle Europe
Hungary.
Regional: Southwestern Europe
France, Spain.
Regional: Southeastern Europe
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania, Sicilia, Yugoslavia.
Regional: Eastern Europe
Krym, Ukraine.
Continental: Africa
Regional: Northern Africa
Algeria, Morocco.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
Regional: Caucasus
North Caucasus, Transcaucasus.
Regional: Western Asia
Iran, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Turkey.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Waldstein-Wartemburg, F. de P. von & Kitaibel, P. 1803–1805. Descriptiones et Icones Plantarum Rariorum Hungariae. Vol. 2. I–XXXII, 105–221, Tab. 101–200. M.A. Schmidt, Vienna [Wien]. Biblioteca Digital Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Sternbergia colchiciflora in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 March 31. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Sternbergia colchiciflora in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 March 31. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Sternbergia colchiciflora in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names
magyar: Vetővirág

Sternbergia colchiciflora is a bulbous flowering plant in the family Amaryllidaceae, subfamily Amaryllidoideae,[2] which is sometimes used as an ornamental plant. The species is native to southern Europe from Spain to Ukraine, as well as from Morocco, Algeria, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Iran and the Caucasus. It has yellow flowers which appear in autumn.[3]
References

"Sternbergia colchiciflora", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2011-09-20
Stevens, P.F. (2001 onwards) "Asparagales: Amaryllidoideae", Angiosperm Phylogeny Website, retrieved 2014-12-27
Mathew, Brian (1987), The Smaller Bulbs, London: B.T. Batsford, ISBN 978-0-7134-4922-8, p. 157–158