Colchicum byzantinum

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APG IV Classification: DomainEukaryota • (unranked)Archaeplastida • RegnumPlantae • CladusAngiosperms • Cladusmonocots • OrdoLiliales • FamiliaColchicaceae • GenusColchicum • Species: Colchicum byzantinum Ker Gawl. (1807)

Colchicum byzantinum (Syn. Colchicum autumnale 'Major') is a garden plant, which has been imported from Constantinople to Vienna in 1588. This sterile taxon is presumably a hybrid Colchicum autumnale × Colchicum cilicicum.

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