Crocus pallasii
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Crocus pallasii is a species of flowering plant in the genus Crocus of the family Iridaceae, found from the Balkan Peninsula to Levant and West Iran.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=327401 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
It is a possible ancestor of the domesticated saffron crocus, Crocus sativus.{{Sfn|Grilli Caiola|2003|p=1}}{{Sfn|Negbi|1999|p=28}}
References
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Sources
- {{citation |last=Grilli Caiola|first=M.|s2cid=89990377|year=2003|title=Saffron Reproductive Biology |journal=Acta Horticulturae |publisher=ISHS |volume=650| issue=650 |pages=25–37 |doi=10.17660/ActaHortic.2004.650.1}}
- {{Citation|editor-last=Negbi|editor-first=M.|year=1999|title=Saffron: Crocus sativus L.|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=978-90-5702-394-1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l-QJaUp31T4C}}
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Category:Plants described in 1817
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