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

Statistics

The Plant List includes 309 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Colchicum. Of these 103 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 117 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 309 species names for the genus Colchicum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	103	33.3%
◕	Synonym	200	64.7%
◕	Unplaced	4	1.3%
◕	Unassessed	2	0.6%

All names

The status of the 426 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Colchicum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	110	25.8%
◕	Synonym	310	72.8%
◕	Unplaced	4	0.9%
◕	Unassessed	2	0.5%

Of these names,

• 16 are recorded as invalid
• 14 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 309 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	195	0	0	298	96.4%
	Medium confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Low confidence	0	5	4	2	11	3.6%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Colchicum, are as follows: