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129.0000 Family Colchicaceae DC.; Essai Propr. Méd. Pl. 56 (1804), nom. cons.
15-17 genera, ca. 300 spp.
Species listed in database: 295; hybrids: 2
= Bulbocodiaceae Salisb.; Gen. Pl. [Salisbury] 52 (1866)
= Burchardiaceae Takht.; Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 81(2): 85 (1996)
= Merenderaceae Mirb.; Hist. Nat. Pl. 8: 211 (1804)
= Uvulariaceae A.Gray ex Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 4: 199 (1843), nom. cons.
129.0606 Genus Colchicum L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 341 (1753)
Distribution: Europe to Tibet and N-India, many in South Africa (former Androcymbium). Re-inclusion of Androcymbium, Bulbocodium and Merendera based on molecular results (Persson et al. 2011). The species delimitation in Colchicum s. str. in the Mediterranean is highly disputed (lumping vs. splitting)
Species listed in database: 163; hybrids: 1
= Abandion Adans.; Fam. Pl. [Adanson] 2: 54 (1763)
= Androcymbium Willd.; Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 2: 21. I. 2 (1808)
= Bulbocodium L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 294 (1753)
= Celsia Boehm.; Def. Gen. Pl., ed. 3: 370 (1760)
= Cymbanthes Salisb.; Trans. Hort. Soc. London 1: 329 (1812)
= Erythrostictus Schltdl.; Linnaea 1: 90 (1826)
= Eudesmis Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 3: 80 (1836)
= Fouha Pomel; Mat. Fl. Atl. 2 (1860)
= Geophila Berger; Fl. Basses-Pyrénées 2: 184 (1803)
= Hermodactylus Rchb.; Deut. Bot. Herb.-Buch 47 (1841)
= Merendera Ramond; Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 178, t. 12 (1798)
= Monocaryum R.Br.; Narr. Travels Africa [Denham & Clapperton], Append. 243 (1826)
= Paludaria Salisb.; Gen. Pl. [Salisbury] 53 (1866)
= Plexinium Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 2: 32 (1836)
= Synsiphon Regel; Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 6: 490 (1879)

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