Colchicum lingulatum
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{{Speciesbox
| genus = Colchicum
| species = lingulatum
| authority = Boiss. & Spruner
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Colchicum lingulatum is a species of flowering plant in the Colchicaceae family.{{cite web|url= https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:533329-1|title= Colchicum lingulatum Boiss. & Spruner|author=|date=n.d.|website=Plants of the World Online|publisher=The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|access-date= September 16, 2020}} It is native to north-western Turkey and to Greece.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=302884 Kew Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Colchicum lingulatum]Autumn Bulbs by Roy Leeds (B.T. Batsford Ltd) 2006 {{ISBN|0-7134-8962-6}} Colchicum lingulatum blooms in early autumn, with pink flowers approximately 3–4 cm (1" to 1.5") in size, with widely spaced petals. The stamens are a prominent yellow. The foliage begins to grow after the flowers.Pierre Edmond Boissier & Wilhelm von Spruner. 1844. Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium Novarum 5: 66, Colchicum lingulatum
Subspecies
Two subspecies are recognized:
- Colchicum lingulatum subsp. lingulatum - Greece and Turkey
- Colchicum lingulatum subsp. rigescens K.Perss. - TurkeyKarin Persson. 1998. Candollea 53: 411, Colchicum lingulatum subsp. rigescens
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Category:Plants described in 1844
Category:Taxa named by Pierre Edmond Boissier
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