Herbaria

Family

Colchicaceae

subfamily

Genus

Colchicum L.

Species

Colchicum ritchii R.Br.

herbariaSubsps

herbariaVariety

Authority

R.Br.

citation

in Denham & Clapperton Narr. Travels Africa App.: 241 1826.

herbariaSynonyms

Colchicum aegyptiacum Boiss.

Colchicum ritchii var. pusillum Bég. & A.Vacc.

DiagnosticCharacters

herbariaPhytogeographicalTerritory

CAI (Mm- Dl)

TANE (Di, Mm)

herbariaSubLocality

Alexandria (Type)

CAI (Alexandria- Libyan Desert)

TANE (Burg El-Arab Ajeeba Al-Areesh)

herbariaDetailedLocality

herbariaDate

herbariaCollector

herbariaCollectorNo

herbariaNoOfSheets

herbariaHerbariumAbbr

CAI

TANE

herbariaBarCode

herbariaTotalNoOfSheets

CAI (2)

TANE (4)

Habitat

Calcareous soil

FlFrperiod

December-February

LifeForm

Geophyte - Helophyte

LifeSpan

Perennial

herbariaArabicName

Oknah خميره

Farg El Ard فرج الأرض

،khamiret el Arabخميرة العرب

EnglishName

Egyptian autumn crocus

herbariaUses

medicinal

GlobalDistribution

Egypt; Sinai; Tunisia, Libya; Lebanon-Syria; Palestine; Saudi Arabia

Chorology

SA - AR

herbariaIUCNcategriesAvailable

herbariaBibliography

herbariaFullCitation

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

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

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

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

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

Batanouny, K.H. 1999. wild Medicinal Plants in Egypt: 168, pl.38-39. Academy of Scientific Research and Technology, Egypt.IUCN, Switzerland, Cairo, Egypt