TurkJBot 29(2005)327-331 ©TÜB‹TAK ResearchNote Check-ListoftheGenusColchicum intheFloraofTurkey HasanAKAN HarranUniversity,Arts&ScienceFaculty,BiologyDepartment,OsmanbeyCampus,63200fianl›urfa-TURKEY ‹smailEKER Abant‹zzetBaysalUniversity,Arts&ScienceFaculty,BiologyDepartment,Gölköy,Bolu-TURKEY Received:23.09.2004 Accepted:24.01.2005 Abstract: Acheck-listofthegenus Colchicum L.intheFloraTurkeyispresented,with36taxa.Alistoftaxonomicalchangesthat haveoccurredsincethepublicationoftheFloraofTurkeysuppl.IIisgiven.Twenty-sevenofthemareautumn-floweringspecie s (28taxa),whereas8ofthemareearly-springspecies.Thirty-fivespecies(36taxa)arepresented,ofwhich15areendemicto Turkey. KeyWords: Colchicum,Check-list,Liliaceae,Turkey TürkiyeFloras›’ndaColchicum CinsininTürListesi Özet: Buçal›flmadaTürkiye’deki Colchicum L.cinsinintürlistesiveTürkiyeFloras›’n›n2.ekcildininyay›mlanmas›ndanbuyana görülentaksonomikde¤iflikliklereyerverilmifltir.Buçal›flmasonucu,27türün(28takson)sonbahardaçiçeklendi¤i,8türüniseerken ilkbahardaçiçekaçt›¤›tespitedilmifltir.Cinsintoplam35türden(36takson)olufltu¤uvebunlar›n15tanesininTürkiyeiçinendemik oldu¤usaptanm›flt›r. AnahtarSözcükler: Colchicum,Check-list,Liliaceae,Türkiye Introduction andC.leptanthum K.M.Perss.)weredescribedbyPersson Forthetreatmentofthegenus Colchicum L.inthe (1999a,1999b,1999c,2001b).Moreover,Persson FloraofTurkey,Brickell(1984)considered22species presented2newrecords, C.persicum Bakerand C. (Brickelldidnotincludethegenus Merendera Ram.in polyphyllumBoiss.&Heldr.,inhertreatmentoftheFlora Colchicum,asPersson(2001b)did,andadded5species ofTurkey,suppl.II(Persson,2001a). undertheheading“speciesimperfectlyknownor InthetreatmentbyPersson(2001a)fortheFloraof doubtfullyrecorded”.Later,Brickell(1998)describeda Turkey,suppl.II,sincemanyTurkishspecieshavebeenthe newspeciesfromTurkey,namely Colchicumdavisii subjectoffrequentmisinterpretationsanderroneous C.D.Brickell.Sincethen,Persson(1999a,1999b)studied determinations,theTurkishspecieswererevisedandnew thegenus Colchicum inTurkeyforsomeyearsand combinationsandchangesweregiven.Thefindingsof travelledacrossallofthecountry,mainlywestofthe thesestudies(Persson,1999a,1999b,2001a,2001b) AnatolianDiagonal(Davis,1971).Inparticular,Turkish canbesummarisedforsometaxaasfollows: C.psaridis autumn-floweringspeciesof Colchicum withlarge,broad Heldr.exHal.isreplacedby C.minutum K.M.Pers., C. hysteranthousleavesweretaxonomicallyand falcifoliumStapfisreplacedby C.serpentinum Woron.ex morphologicallyrevisedand10newendemicspecies Miscz.,C.troodiiKotschyisreplacedbyC.decaisnei Boiss. (Colchicummunzurense K.M.Perss., C.minutum and C.bornmuelleri Freynisincludedin C.speciosum K.M.Perss., C.sanguicolle K.M.Perss., C.micaceum Steven;ontheotherhand,C.lingulatumBoiss.&Spruner K.M.Perss., C.heldreichii K.M.Perss., C. inundatum isreplacedby3taxa: C.lingulatum Boiss.&Spruner K.M.Perss., C.paschei K.M.Perss., C.dolichantherum subsp.rigescens K.M.Perss.,C.chalcedonicumAzn.subsp. K.M.Perss., C.imperatoris-friderici SieheexK.M.Perss., chalcedonicum andsubsp.punctatum K.M.Perss. 327 Check-ListoftheGenusColchicum intheFloraofTurkey Duringfloristicinvestigations,theauthorscollected Colchicumchalcedonicum Azn.inBull.Soc.Bot.Fr. someinteresting Liliaceae specimensfromfianlıurfa, 44:174(1897). south-eastTurkey,50kmfromtheborderwithSyria. subsp.chalcedonicum. Amongthemtherewasaspecimenwhichcouldnotbe identifiedusingthedescriptionkeyintheFloraofTurkey Syn. C.turcicum Jankavar. chalcedonicum (Azn.) (Brickell1984,Persson2001a).Afairlylargeportionof StefanovinSborn.Balg.Akad.NaukSofiya22:77 thegenusColchicuminTurkeyhasrecentlybeenrevised (1926). byPersson(1999a,1999b)butthespecimenswerenot Dist.Greece,Turkey. includedintherevisions.Eventually,usingtheaccountsin theFloraPalaestina(Feinbrun-Dothan,1986)Flora subsp.punctatum K.M.Perss.inCandollea53:405 Iranica(Persson,1992),FloraofSyria(Post&Dinsmore, (1998). 1933)andFloraofIraq(Wendelbo,1985),the Dist.EndemicsubspeciestoTurkey. specimenswereidentifiedasColchicumcrocifolium Boiss. ThiswasanewrecordfortheFloraofTurkey(Akan& Colchicumcilicicum (Boiss.)DammerinGard.Chron. Eker,2004,inpress).Afterthisthetotalnumberof Ser.3,23:34(1898). Colchicum taxaincreasedto36intheFloraofTurkey. Syn:C.byzantinum Ker-Gawlervar. cilicicum Boiss., Theplantlistisgivenalphabetically. Fl.Or.5:160(1882). Check-listofthegenusColchicumintheFloraof C.decaisnei sensuLynchinGard.Chron.Ser.3, Turkey 60:204,f.79(1916)nonBoiss.(1884). Colchicumbalansae PlanchoninAnn.Sci.Nat.Ser. C.speciosum sensuStef.,Monogr. Colchicum 80 4,4:145(1855). (1926)p.p.quoadplantscilicicasnonsteven(1829). Syn:C.candidum Schott&KotschyexBoiss.,Fl.Or. 5:159(1882). C.byzantinum auct.nonKer-GawlerinBot.Mag.25: t.1028(1808). Dist.EndemictoTurkey. Dist.Syria,Turkey. Colchicumbaytopiorum C.D.BrickellinNotesR.B.G. Edinb.41:49(1983). Colchicumcrocifolium Boiss.,Diagn.Pl.Or.Nov. Dist.EndemictoTurkey. Ser.1,5:67(1844). Colchicumbivonae Guss.inAdnot.Cat.Pl.Bocc.5 Syn.:C.montanum sensuBakerinJourn.Linn.Soc. (1821). Bot.17:433(1879)p.p.nonL.(1753). C. crocifolium Syn:C.latifolium Sm.,Fl.Graeca4:43,t.350(1823) var.lasiophyllumetvar.leiophyllumBornm.inBeih.Bot. nom.illegit. Centrbl.24,Abt.2:98(1908). C.bowlesianum B.L.BurttinKewBull.1950:433 C.crocifolium var. stenanthum (Bornm.)Stefanov, (1951). Monogr.Colchicum:28(1826),var.“stenophyllum”sec. C.sibthorpii sensuB.L.Burtt,op.Cit.431(1951)p.p. FeinbruninPal.Journ.Bot.,Jer.Ser.6:76(1953). quoadflores. Dist.N.E.Syria,W.Iran,Iraq,S.Turkey. Dist.Sicily,Italy,Corsica,Sardinia,Yugoslavia, Colchicumdavisii C.D.BrickellinNewPlantsman Greece,Bulgaria,Turkey. 5:15(1998). Colchicumboissieri Orph.InAttiCongr.Bot.Firenze Syn. C.speciosum sensuReich.f.inArk.Bot.5:78 1874:29(nomen),30-31(descr.)(1876). (1960)nonSteven(1829). Syn:C.procurrens BakerinGard.Chron.ser.3,7: Dist.EndemictoTurkey. 192(1890). Dist.S.Greece,Turkey. Colchicumdecaisnei Boiss.,Fl.Or.5:157(1882). Colchicumburttii MeikleinBot.Mag.181.n.s.t. Syn: C.brevistylum FeinbruninEig,Zohary& 735(1977). Feinbrun,Anal.Fl.Palest.355,411 nom.nud. Dist.Chios,Turkey. C.laetum auct.,nonSteven(1829) 328 H.AKAN,‹.EKER C.troodi sensuC.D.BrickellinDavis(ed.),Fl.Turkey Colchicummicranthum Boiss.,Fl.Or.5:162 8:342(1984),nonKotschy(1862). (1882). Dist.W.Syria,Lebanon,N.Israel,Turkey. Dist.EndemictoTurkey. Colchicumdolichantherum K.M.Perss.inEdinb.J. Colchicumminutum K.M.Perss.inEdinb.J.Bot. Bot.56:126(1999). 56:90(1999). Syn.C.balansae var.macrophyllum SieheexHayekin Syn:C.hiemale SieheinSched.adFl.Orient.No:87, Ann.Naturhist.Mus.Wien28:183(1914),non C. nom.nud.nonFreyn(1897). macrophyllum B.L.Burtt(1951). C.issicum Siehe1.c.No.97,nom.nud. Dist.N.Syria,Turkey. C.psaridis sensuBrickellinDavis(ed.),Fl.Turk. Colchicumheldreichii K.M.Perss.inEdinb.J.Bot. 8:335(1984),nonHeldr.exHal.(1904). 56:98(1999). Dist.EndemictoTurkey. Dist.EndemictoTurkey. Colchicummunzurense K.M.Perss.inEdinb.J.Bot. Colchicumimperatoris-friderici SieheexK.M.Perss. 56:86(1999). inEdinb.J.Bot.56:129(1999). Dist.EndemictoTurkey. Dist.EndemictoTurkey. Colchicumpaschei K.M.Perss.inEdinb.J.Bot. Colchicuminundatum K.M.Perss.inEdinb.J.Bot. 56:110(1999). 56:99(1999). Dist.EndemictoTurkey. Dist.EndemictoTurkey. Colchicumpersicum BakerinLinn.Soc.Bot., Colchicumkotschyi Boiss.,Diagn.ser.1(13):38 17:430(1879). (1853) Syn.C.haussknechtii Boiss.,Fl.Or.5:157(1882). Syn: C.candidum Schott&KotschyexBoiss.var. hirtiflorum Boiss.,Fl.Or.5:160(1882). Syn. C.halophilum Freyn&Bornm.inFreyn,Bull. Herb.Boiss.ser.1,5:800(1897). Dist.Iraq,Iran,Turkey. Syn.C.kotschyi sensuStefanov,Monogr. Colchicum: Colchicumleptanthum K.M.Perss.inBot.J.Linn. 65(1926),p.p.,nonBoiss.(1853). Soc.135:85-88(2001). Syn.C.turcicum sensuNábélek,IterTurc.-pers.4:30 Dist.EndemictoTurkey. (1929),nonJanka(1873). Colchicumlingulatum Boiss.&SprunerinBoiss., Dist.Lebanon,Syria,N.E.Iraq,Iran,Turkey. Diagn. Colchicumpolyphyllum Boiss.&Heldr.inBoiss., subsp. rigescens K.M.Perss.inCandollea53:411 Diagn.ser.2,4:121(1859). (1998). Syn.C.stevenii sensuBoiss.,Fl.Or.5:165(1882),et Dist.EndemicsubspeciestoTurkey. Stefanov,Monogr.Colchicum:57(1926),p.p.quoadpl. Colchicummacrophyllum B.L.BurttinKewBull.5: Cilic.,nonKunth(1843). 433(1951). C.decaisnei var.cilicicum SieheinSched.adFl.orient. Syn: C.latifolium Sm.var .longistylum Pampanini, No.88,nom.nud. NuovoGior.Bot.Ital.Ser.2,33:24(1926). C.cilicicum (“cilicum”,probablemisprint)Hayek& C.latifolium auct.nonSm.(1823). SieheinAnn.Naturhist.Mus.Wien28:182(1914), Dist.Ervia, Crete,EastAegeanIslands,Turkey. nom.illeg.,nonDammer(1898). Colchicummicaceum K.M.Perss.inEdinb.J.Bot. Dist.Syria,Turkey. 56:(1),85-102(1999). Colchicumpusillum SieberinFlora5(1):248 Dist.EndemictoTurkey. (1822). 329 Check-ListoftheGenusColchicum intheFloraofTurkey Syn:C.montanum L.var. pusillum (Sieber)Fiori,Fl. Syn:C.bulbocodioides M.Bieb.,Fl.Taur.-Cauc.1:293 Anal.Ital.1:177(1896). (1808)nonBrot.(1844). Dist.Crete,Cyclades,EastAegeanIslands,Cyprus. C.biebersteinii RouyinBull.Soc.Bot.Fr.52:64 Colchicumsanguicolle K.M.Perss.inEdinb.J.Bot. (1906)nom.illegit. 56:92(1999). C.catacuzenium Heldr.exStef.,Monogr.Colchicum Dist.EndemictoTurkey. 38(1926). Colchicumserpentinum Woron.exMiscz.Fl.Caue. C.ancyrense B.L.BurttinNotesR.B.G.Edinb.21: Crit.2:114(1912). 298(1954). Syn: C.tauri SieheexStef.Monogr.Colchicum32 C.montanum auct.nonL.(1753). (1926). Dist.N.W.Africa,C.&S.Spain,GreecetoRussia, Syn:C.hirsutum Stef.,op.cit.34(1926). Turkey. Dist.SWGeorgia,Turkey. Colchicumturcicum JankainÖst.Bot.Zetschr. Colchicumspeciosum SteveninNouv.Mèm.Soc. 23:242(1873). Imp.Mosc.1:265(1829). Dist.Bulgaria,N.Greece,Turkey. Syn.C.bornmuelleri FreyninBer.Deutsch.Bot.Ges.