Herbaria

Family

Colchicaceae

subfamily

Genus

Colchicum L.

Species

Colchicum schimperi Janka ex Stef.

herbariaSubsps

herbariaVariety

Authority

Janka ex Stef.

citation

Magyar Növényt. Lapok vi. Nos. 69, 70, p. 117 (1882)

herbariaSynonyms

Colchicum szovitsii var. cornigerum Schweinf. ex Sickenb.

Colchicum cornigerum (Schweinf.) Täckh. & Drar

DiagnosticCharacters

herbariaPhytogeographicalTerritory

CAI (Dg-Di-Ms)

herbariaSubLocality

CAI (N Galala(Type)-Bir Lehfen-Kharoub

herbariaDetailedLocality

herbariaDate

herbariaCollector

herbariaCollectorNo

herbariaNoOfSheets

herbariaHerbariumAbbr

CAI

herbariaBarCode

herbariaTotalNoOfSheets

CAI (12)

Habitat

Rocky and sandy ground

FlFrperiod

November- December

LifeForm

Geophyte

LifeSpan

Perennial

herbariaArabicName

Qattan قطان

Garbal جربال

EnglishName

herbariaUses

GlobalDistribution

E. Egypt to Syria and Arabian Peninsula.

Chorology

herbariaIUCNcategriesAvailable

Egypt (EN -Endangered)

herbariaBibliography

herbariaFullCitation

Hosni, A. Hosny, A., Shamso, E. and Hamdy, R. 2013. Endemic and Near-Endemic Taxa in the flora of Egypt. Egyp.J.Bot. 53(2):357-383

Boulos, L. 2009. Flora of Egypt Checklist, Revised annotated edition, Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo, Egypt

Täckholm, V, and Drar. 1954. Flora of Egypt. Vol.3:Bull.Fac.Sci. 30: 1-644

Boulos, L.2005.Colchicaceae in L. Boulos, Flora of Egypt, vol 4. Al Hadara publishing, Cairo, Egypt

Täckholm, V. 1974. Students' Flora of Egypt ed.2. Cairo University

El Hadidi, M.N.& Fayed, A. 1994/95. Materials for Excursion Flora of Egypt (EFE). Taeckholmia 15

El Hadidi, M.N. and Hosni, H.A. Conservation and threats in M.N. El Hadidi (2000)Flora aegyptiaca vo;.1(1):105-151.Palm Press and Cairo University Herbarium