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The genus Crocus is in the family Iridaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Crocus

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Crocus abantensis T.Baytop & B.Mathew	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus adanensis T.Baytop & B.Mathew	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus aerius Herb.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus alatavicus Regel & Semen.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus aleppicus Baker	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus almehensis C.D.Brickell & B.Mathew	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus ancyrensis (Herb.) Maw	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus angustifolia Weston	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Crocus angustifolius Weston	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus antalyensis B.Mathew	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus asumaniae B.Mathew & T.Baytop	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus atticus (Boiss. & Orph.) Orph.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus autranii Albov	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus autumnalis Mill.	Unresolved		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus banaticus J.Gay	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus baytopiorum B.Mathew	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus biflorus Mill.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23	10
Crocus boissieri Maw	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus boryi J.Gay	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus boulosii Greuter	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus caeruleus Weston	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus cambessedesii J.Gay	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus cancellatus Herb.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23	2
Crocus candidus E.D.Clarke	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus carpetanus Boiss. & Reut.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus cartwrightianus Herb.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus caspius Fisch. & C.A.Mey. ex Hohen.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus chrysanthus (Herb.) Herb.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus corsicus Vanucchi	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus cvijicii Kosanin	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus cyprius Boiss. & Kotschy	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus dalmaticus Vis.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus danfordiae Maw	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus dubius E.H.L.Krause	Unresolved		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus etruscus Parl.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus fatuus Medik.	Unresolved		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus flavus Weston	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23	1
Crocus fleischeri J.Gay	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus × fritschii Derganc	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus fritschii Derganc	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Crocus gargaricus Herb.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus gilanicus B.Mathew	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus × gotoburgensis R.Rolfe	Unresolved		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus goulimyi Turrill	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23	1
Crocus grandiflorus Raf.	Unresolved		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus graveolens Boiss. & Reut.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus hadriaticus Herb.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23	2
Crocus hartmannianus Holmboe	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus hermoneus Kotschy ex Maw	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus heuffelianus Herb.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23	1
Crocus hittiticus T.Baytop & B.Mathew	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus × hybridus Petrovic	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus hyemalis Boiss. & Blanche	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus ilvensis Peruzzi & Carta	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus imperati Ten.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus incompletus J.A.Richt.	Unresolved		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus janthinus Weston	Unresolved		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus × jessoppiae Bowles	Unresolved		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus karduchorum Kotschy ex Maw	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus kerndorffiorum Pasche	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus × koritnicus Randjel.	Unresolved		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus korolkowii Maw & Regel	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus kosaninii Pulevic	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus kotschyanus K.Koch	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus laevigatus Bory & Chaub.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus leichtlinii (Dewer) Bowles	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus × leonidii Rukšāns	Unresolved		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus ligusticus Mariotti	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus longiflorus Raf.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus malyi Vis.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus mathewii Kerndorff & Pasche	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus melantherus Boiss. & Orph. ex Maw	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus michelsonii B.Fedtsch.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus minimus DC.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus moabiticus Bornm.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus naqabensis Al-Eisawi & Kiswani	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus nerimaniae Yüzb.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus nevadensis Amo & Campo	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus nivalis Bory & Chaub.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus niveus Bowles	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus × nubigenoides Randjel.	Unresolved		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus nudiflorus Sm.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus ochroleucus Boiss. & Gaill.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus olivieri J.Gay	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23	1
Crocus oreocreticus B.L.Burtt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus pallasii Goldb.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23	2
Crocus paschei Kerndorff	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus × paulineae Pasche & Kerndorff	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus pelistericus Pulevic	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus persicus Hausskn.	Unresolved		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus pestalozzae Boiss.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus × petrovicii Randjel.	Unresolved		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus polyanthus Weston	Unresolved		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus pulchellus Herb.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus reticulatus Steven ex Adam	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus robertianus C.D.Brickell	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus rujanensis Randjel. & D.A.Hill	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus sativus L.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus scardicus Kosanin	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus scharojanii Rupr.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23	2
Crocus serotinus Salisb.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23	2
Crocus sieberi J.Gay	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus sieheanus Barr ex B.L.Burtt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus speciosus M.Bieb.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus × stellaris Haw.	Unresolved		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus straussii Hausskn.	Unresolved		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus suaveolens Bertol.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus sublimis Herb.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus × submedius Collins	Unresolved		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus suworowianus K.Koch	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus tauricus (Trautv.) Puring	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus thirkeanus K.Koch	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus thomasii Ten.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus tommasinianus Herb.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus tournefortii J.Gay	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus vallicola Herb.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus veluchensis Herb.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus veneris Tapp. ex Poech	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus vernus (L.) Hill	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus versicolor Ker Gawl.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus vitellinus Wahlenb.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Crocus wattiorum (B.Mathew) B.Mathew	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 336 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Crocus. Of these 104 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 333 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Crocus. 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 336 species names for the genus Crocus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	104	31.0%
◕	Synonym	214	63.7%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	18	5.4%

All names

The status of the 669 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Crocus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	127	19.0%
◕	Synonym	523	78.2%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	19	2.8%

Of the species names,

• 13 are recorded as invalid
• 32 are recorded as illegitimate
• 1 are recorded as a spelling variant

The confidence with which the status of the 336 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Crocus, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	103	211	0	0	314	93.5%
	Medium confidence	1	2	0	0	3	0.9%
	Low confidence	0	1	0	18	19	5.7%

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