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The genus Colchicum is in the family Colchicaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Colchicum

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Colchicum × agrippinum Baker	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum alpinum DC.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum androcymbioides (Valdés) K.Perss.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum antepense K.Perss.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum antilibanoticum Gomb.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum arenarium Waldst. & Kit.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum arenasii Fridl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum asteranthum Vassiliades & K.M.Perss.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum atropurpureum Stapf ex Stearn	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum atticum Spruner ex Tommas.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum autumnale L.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum balansae Planch.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum baytopiorum C.D.Brickell	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum bivonae Guss.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum boissieri Orph.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum bulbocodium Ker Gawl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	2
Colchicum burttii Meikle	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum × byzantinum Ker Gawl.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum cantacujense Heldr. ex Stef.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum chalcedonicum Azn.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum chimonanthum K.Perss.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum chlorobasis K.Perss.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum cilicicum (Boiss.) Dammer	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum confusum K.Perss.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum corsicum Baker	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum cretense Greuter	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum crocifolium Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum cupanii Guss.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Colchicum davisii C.D.Brickell	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum decaisnei Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum doerfleri Halácsy	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum dolichantherum K.Perss.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum eichleri (Regel) K.Perss.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum euboeum (Boiss.) K.Perss.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum fasciculare (L.) R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum feinbruniae K.Perss.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum figlalii (Varol) Parolly & Eren	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum filifolium (Cambess.) Stef.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum freynii Bornm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum gonarei Camarda	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum gracile K.Perss.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum graecum K.Perss.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum greuteri (Gabrieljan) K.Perss.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum haynaldii Heuff.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum heldreichii K.Perss.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum hierosolymitanum Feinbrun	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum hirsutum Stef.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum hungaricum Janka	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum ignescens K.Perss.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum imperatoris-friderici Siehe ex K.Perss.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum inundatum K.Perss.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum kesselringii Regel	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum kotschyi Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum kurdicum (Bornm.) Stef.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum laetum Steven	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum lagotum K.Perss.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum leptanthum K.Perss.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum lingulatum Boiss. & Spruner	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum liparochiadys Woronow	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Colchicum longifolium Castagne	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum lusitanicum Brot.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Colchicum lusitanum Brot.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum luteum Baker	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum macedonicum Kosanin	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum macrophyllum B.L.Burtt	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum manissadjianii (Azn.) K.Perss.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum micaceum K.Perss.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum micranthum Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum minutum K.Perss.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum mirzoevae (Gabrieljan) K.Perss.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum montanum L.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum multiflorum Brot.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum munzurense K.Perss.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum nanum K.Perss.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum neapolitanum (Ten.) Ten.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum parlatoris Orph.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum parnassicum Sart., Orph. & Heldr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum paschei K.Perss.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum peloponnesiacum Rech.f. & P.H.Davis	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum persicum Baker	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum polyphyllum Boiss. & Heldr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum pulchellum K.Perss.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum pusillum Sieber	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum raddeanum (Regel) K.Perss.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum rausii K.Perss.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum ritchii R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum robustum (Bunge) Stef.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum sanguicolle K.Perss.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum schimperi Janka ex Stef.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum serpentinum Woronow ex Miscz.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum sfikasianum Kit Tan & Iatroú	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum sieheanum Hausskn. ex Stef.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum soboliferum (C.A.Mey.) Stef.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum speciosum Steven	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum stevenii Kunth	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum szovitsii Fisch. & C.A.Mey.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Colchicum trigynum (Steven ex Adam) Stearn	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum triphyllum Kunze	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum troodi Kotschy	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum tunicatum Feinbrun	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum turcicum Janka	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum tuviae Feinbrun	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum umbrosum Steven	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum varians (Freyn & Bornm.) Dyer	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum variegatum L.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum verlaqueae Fridl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum wendelboi K.Perss.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum woronowii Bokeriya	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Colchicum zahnii Heldr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 318 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Colchicum. Of these 103 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 127 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Colchicum. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 318 species names for the genus Colchicum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	103	32.4%
◕	Synonym	209	65.7%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	6	1.9%

All names

The status of the 445 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Colchicum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	107	24.0%
◕	Synonym	332	74.6%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	6	1.3%

Of the species names,

• 18 are recorded as invalid
• 21 are recorded as illegitimate

A further 1 name records indicate where names have been misapplied.

The confidence with which the status of the 318 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Colchicum, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	103	203	0	0	306	96.2%
	Medium confidence	0	1	0	0	1	0.3%
	Low confidence	0	5	0	6	11	3.5%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Colchicum is as follows: