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Colchicum
Sign in to saveColchicum ( or ) is a genus of perennial flowering plants containing around 160 species which grow from bulb-like corms. It is a member of the botanical family Colchicaceae, and is native to West Asia, Europe, parts of the Mediterranean coast, down the East African coast to South Africa and the Western Cape. In this genus, the ovary of the flower is underground. As a consequence, the styles are extremely long in proportion, often more than . All species in the genus are toxic.
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Colchicum
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderLiliales
- FamilyColchicaceae
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Research
420 papers- Colchicum Genus in the Writings of Ancient Greek and Byzantine Physicians.Current pharmaceutical design · 2018
- Functional characterization of a Colchicum autumnale L. double-bond reductase (CaDBR1) in colchicine biosynthesis.Planta · 2022
- Colchicine Pharmacokinetics and Mechanism of Action.Current pharmaceutical design · 2018
- Colchicum: the panacea.Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 1973
- Colchicum autumnale intoxications: experience of the Poisons Information Centre, Austria 2002-2018.Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2023
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Colchicum ( or ) is a genus of perennial flowering plants containing around 160 species which grow from bulb-like corms. It is a member of the botanical family Colchicaceae, and is native to West Asia, Europe, parts of the Mediterranean coast, down the East African coast to South Africa and the Western Cape. In this genus, the ovary of the flower is underground. As a consequence, the styles are extremely long in proportion, often more than . All species in the genus are toxic.
==Common names== The common names autumn crocus, meadow saffron and naked lady may be applied to the whole genus or to many of its species; they refer to the "naked" crocus-like flowers that appear in late summer or autumn, long before the strap-like foliage which appears in spring.