Open AccessA new soboliferous species of Colchicum in Turkey
Author(s) -
PERSSON K.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
botanical journal of the linnean society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.872
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1095-8339
pISSN - 0024-4074
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2001.tb02372.x
Subject(s) - biology , chromosome number , corm , genus , botany , chromosome , karyotype , gene , biochemistry
A new species, Colchicum leptunthum K. Perss. (Colchicaceae), endemic to north‐east Turkey, is described. The species is early spring‐5owering (± winter‐5owering), and has soboliferous corms, a feature it shares with only eight other species of the genus. The chromosome number is 2 n = 18.