Plant Details

Accepted name:: Colchicum speciosum Steven [Colchicaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
acı çiğdem	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
seed		Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 6 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Colchicum bornmuelleri Freyn Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Ges. 7: 319 (1889).
Colchicum giganteum S.Arn. Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 32: 435 (1902).
Colchicum hyrcanicum Woronow Herb. Fl. Cauc.: 62 (1914), nom. nud.
Colchicum latifolium Griseb. Spic. Fl. Rumel. 2: 378 (1846), nom. illeg.
Colchicum lenkoranicum (Miscz.) Grossh. Fl. Kavkaza 1: 191 (1928).
Colchicum speciosum var. lenkoranicum Miscz. Fl. Caucas. Crit. 2: 108 (1901).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Colchicum speciosum	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997) Med. Pl. in Russia & C Asia (Mamedov et al., 2005)
Colchicum speciosum Steven	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Colchicum speciosum Stevens	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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