Colchicum_baytopiorum

<i>Colchicum baytopiorum</i>

Colchicum baytopiorum

Species of flowering plant

Colchicum baytopiorum is a plant species native to western Turkey and to the Greek island of Rhodes (although possibly extinct there).[1][2] It has small, bright pink-purple flowers measuring 4 cm (1.5") across. It is unusual in the genus in producing small leaves in autumn while in bloom, as opposed to producing leaves in spring.[3] It has a chromosome number of 46, 54 or 108.[4] The species was named in honor of Turkish botanist Asuman Baytop.[5]

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References

  1. [1]
    Brickell, Christopher David. 1983. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh 41(1): 49, Colchicum baytopiorum
  2. [2]
    Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Colchicum baytopiorum
  3. [3]
    Autumn Bulbs by Roy Leeds (B.T. Batsford Ltd) 2006 ISBN 0-7134-8962-6
  4. [4]
    Ozhatay,N (2002). "Diversity of bulbous monocots in Turkey with special reference.Chromosome numbers". Pure Appl. Chem. 74 (4): 547. doi:10.1351/pac200274040547.
  5. [5]
    Özhatay, Neriman (26 November 2016). "Professor Asuman Baytop (1920-2015)". İstanbul Üniversitesi Eczacılık Fakültesi Dergisi. 45 (1): 1–6. ISSN 0367-7524. Archived from the original on 22 March 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2019.


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