Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Magnoliopsida > Superorder Lilianae > Order Liliales > Family Colchicaceae > Genus Colchicum

Colchicum autumnale L.

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Colchicum*	L.	accepted genus name
*Abandium*	Adans.	heterotypic synonym
*Bulbocodium*	L.	heterotypic synonym
*Celsia*	Boehm.	heterotypic synonym
*Eudesmis*	Raf.	heterotypic synonym
*Fouha*	Pomel	heterotypic synonym
*Geophila*	Bergeret	heterotypic synonym
*Hermodactylum*	(R. Br.) Bartl.	heterotypic synonym
*Merendera*	Ramond	heterotypic synonym
*Monocaryum*	(R. Br.) Rchb.	heterotypic synonym
*Paludana*	Salisb.	heterotypic synonym
*Synsiphon*	Regel	heterotypic synonym

Species group names

*Bulbocodium antumnale*	(L.) Lapeyr.	homotypic synonym
*Colchicum commune*	Neck.	homotypic synonym; nom. superfl.
*Colchicum autumnale f. bulgaricum*	(Velen.) Domin	heterotypic synonym
*Colchicum autumnale f. macropetala*	Gajic	heterotypic synonym
*Colchicum autumnale f. milosi*	Gajic	heterotypic synonym
*Colchicum autumnale f. pannonicum*	(Griseb. & Schenk) Domin	heterotypic synonym
*Colchicum autumnale f. radei*	Gajic	heterotypic synonym
*Colchicum autumnale f. transsilvanicum*	(Schur) Domin	heterotypic synonym
*Colchicum autumnale subsp. pannonicum*	(Griseb. & Schenk) Nyman	heterotypic synonym
*Colchicum autumnale subsp. vernum*	(Reichard) Nyman	heterotypic synonym
*Colchicum autumnale var. bulgaricum*	(Velen.) Stoj. & Stef.	heterotypic synonym
*Colchicum autumnale var. elatius*	Simonk.	heterotypic synonym
*Colchicum autumnale var. pannonicum*	(Griseb. & Schenk) Baker	heterotypic synonym
*Colchicum autumnale var. speciosissimum*	Bubela	heterotypic synonym
*Colchicum autumnale var. transsilvanicum*	(Schur) Nyman	heterotypic synonym
*Colchicum autumnale var. vernale*	(Hoffm.) Nyman	heterotypic synonym
*Colchicum autumnale var. vernum*	Reichard	heterotypic synonym
*Colchicum autumnale var. viridiflorum*	Opiz	heterotypic synonym
*Colchicum borisii*	Stef.	heterotypic synonym
*Colchicum bulgaricum*	Velen.	heterotypic synonym
*Colchicum crociflorum*	Sims	heterotypic synonym
*Colchicum doerfleri var. orientale*	Kitanov	heterotypic synonym
*Colchicum drenowskii*	Degen & Rech. f. ex Kitan.	heterotypic synonym
*Colchicum orientale*	Friv. ex Kunth	heterotypic synonym
*Colchicum pannonicum*	Griseb. & Schenk	heterotypic synonym
*Colchicum polyanthon*	Ker Gawl.	heterotypic synonym
*Colchicum praecox*	Spenn.	heterotypic synonym
*Colchicum rhodopaeum*	Kov.	heterotypic synonym
*Colchicum transsilvanicum*	Schur	heterotypic synonym
*Colchicum turcicum subsp. pannonicum*	(Griseb. & Schenk) Nyman	heterotypic synonym
*Colchicum vernale*	Hoffm.	heterotypic synonym
*Colchicum vernum*	(Reichard) Georgi	heterotypic synonym
*Colchicum vranjanum*	Adamovic ex Stef.	heterotypic synonym; nom. inval.

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Aragonese: colchico; cólchico; cólquico; flló de semente; yerba sembradera sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Asturian: cicatera; colinas; escosatrimales sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Catalan: còlchic; còlquic; colxich; safranera borda sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Dutch: Herfsttijloos sources: Dutch Species Register

English: Autumn crocus; Meadow saffron sources: Nash, Roisin (FaEu - Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (Ecoserve))

English-United States: Meadow Saffron sources: Charles Hussey

Euskera: azpegarr; azpelar; azpelarr; azpelarra sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Galician: Cróch an fhómhair

High Aragonese: fell de terra; fllo de sementé; yerba sembradera sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Irish: Cróch an fhómhair sources: Nash, Roisin (FaEu - Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (Ecoserve))

Majorcan: colchico; còlquic; còlxic sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Norwegian Bokmål: tidløs

Norwegian Nynorsk: tidlaus

Portuguese: açafrâo-bastardo; cebola venenosa; colchico; dedo de Mercurio; lirio de camâo; lirio-verde; mata-câo; morte-dos-câes; narciso-do-outono sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Spanish, Castillian: acefrán; cebolla montés; chicolquicos; cholquicos; colchico común; cólchico de otoño; colchico oficinal; colchico que mata; cólquico; cólquico de otoño; despachapastores; flor de otoño; quitameriendas de otoño sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Swedish: tidlösa

Ukrainian: Пізньоцвіт осінній sources: Ukraine PESI focal point

Valencian: safrà bord; safrá bort sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).