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Taxon:  Crocus sativus L.



Summary
Genus:
Crocus
Family:
Iridaceae
Subfamily:
Crocoideae
Nomen number:
12265
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:36. 1753
Verified:
05/09/2012 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
2 (2  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images
Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009 Note:
    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
    • http://www.skud.info
  2. Cannon, J. & M. Cannon. Dye plants and dyeing. The Herbert Press & The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 1994
  3. Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002
  4. Duke, J. A. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 1985
  5. Erhardt, W. et al. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. 2008
  6. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). Note: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Crocus+sativus&quantity=1
  7. Hoang, H.-D. et al. 1997. Additional notes to the checklist of Korean cultivated plants (5). Consolidated summary and indexes. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 44:359. http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/10722
  8. Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2. 1996
  9. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
  10. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 Note: American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, MD
  11. Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:93.
  12. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
  13. Rehm, S. & G. Espig. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics. 1991
  14. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
  15. Terrell, E. E. et al. Agric. Handb. no. 505. 1986
  16. Uphof, J. C. T. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2. 1968
  17. PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). http://www.prota4u.info/
Common names
English
autumn crocus –
saffron –
saffron crocus –
French
safran –
German
Safran –
Portuguese
açafrão –
Spanish
azafrán –
Swedish
saffranskrokus –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2Cultivated    only cult.
Cultivated (only cult.)
Economic Uses
Food additives
Materials
lipids (for perfumes fide Ency CNatIn) –
Medicines
folklore (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2) –


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