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Taxon:
Crocus sativus
L.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Crocus
Family:
Iridaceae
Subfamily:
Crocoideae
Tribe:
Croceae
Nomen number:
12265
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:36. 1753
Protologue link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/358057
Typification:
View in Linnean Typification Project
Verified:
05/09/2012
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Autonym(s)
Crocus sativus
L. var.
sativus
No images
Reference(s)
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
www.skud.info
Cannon, J. & M. Cannon.
1994. Dye plants and dyeing The Herbert Press & The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Duke, J. A. et al.
2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Duke, J. A.
1985. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Erhardt, W. et al.
2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
URL:
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Crocus+sativus&quantity=1
Harpke, D. et al.
2013. Phylogeny of
Crocus
(Iridaceae) based on one chloropast and two nuclear loci: Ancient hybridization and chromosome number evolution. Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 66:617-627.
URL:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/10557903
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.
URL:
http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/10722
Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster.
1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third.
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Mun-Chan, B. et al.
1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:93.
Nemati, Z, et al.
2019. Saffron (
Crocus sativus
) is an autotriploid that evolved in Attica (Greece) from wild
Crocus cartwrightianus
. Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 136:14-20.
URL:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/10557903
Personal Care Products Council.
INCI
URL:
http://www.personalcarecouncil.org/public/what-inci
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Rehm, S. & G. Espig.
1991. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Schmidt, T. et al.
2019. Adding color to a century-old enigma: multi-color chromosome identification unravels the autotriploid nature of saffron (
Crocus sativus
as a hybrid of wild
Crocus cartwrightianus
cytotypes. New Phytol. 222:1965-1980.
DOI:
10.1111/nph.15715
.
Terrell, E. E. et al.
1986. Agricultural Handbook no. 505
Uphof, J. C. T.
1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2.
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.prota4u.info/
Common names
English
autumn crocus –
Reference(s)
saffron –
Reference(s)
saffron crocus –
Reference(s)
French
safran –
Reference(s)
German
Safran –
Reference(s)
Portuguese
açafrão –
Reference(s)
Spanish
azafrán –
Reference(s)
Swedish
saffranskrokus –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
2
Cultivated
only cult.
Cultivated
(only cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Food additives
coloring
obtained from stigmas
Rehm, S. & G. Espig.
1991. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics
Food additives
flavoring
spice obtained from stigmas
Rehm, S. & G. Espig.
1991. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics
Materials
lipids
for perfumes
Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster.
1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
Medicines
folklore
Duke, J. A. et al.
2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Medicines
folklore
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Name
References