Crocus sativus

Taxonomy ID: 82528 (for references in articles please use ncbitaxon:82528)

current name

Crocus sativus  L., 1753

NCBI BLAST name: monocots
Rank: species
Genetic code: Translation table 1 (Standard)
Mitochondrial genetic code: Translation table 1 (Standard)
Other names:

common name(s)

saffron crocus

Lineage(full)

cellular organisms; Eukaryota; Viridiplantae; Streptophyta; Streptophytina; Embryophyta; Tracheophyta; Euphyllophyta; Spermatophyta; Magnoliopsida; Mesangiospermae; Liliopsida; Petrosaviidae; Asparagales; Iridaceae; Crocoideae; Croceae; Crocus

Comments and References:

image:Crocus sativus Image by Kenpei from Wikimedia Commons under a CC BY-SA license. * Image may not have been verified for accuracy by NCBI Taxonomy.

Flora Europaea Name verified on date of entry into taxonomy database in: Flora Europaea, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE), Inverleith Row, Edinburgh, EH3 5LR, United Kingdom.

GRIN taxonomy Name verified on date of entry into database in: USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.

Monocot Checklist (Oct 31, 2007) Name verified on 31 October 2007 in: World Checklist of Monocotyledons (2004). The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet.

Flora of China - Iridaceae Yu-tang Zhao, Henry J. Noltie & Brian F. Mathew. Iridaceae A. L. Jussieu. Wu, Z. Y. & P. H. Raven, eds. 2000. Flora of China. Vol. 24 (Flagellariaceae through Marantaceae). Science Press, Beijing, and Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. Online version.