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Colchicaceae A.P. de Candolle. Common name: Meadow-saffron Family.

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As here circumscribed, a family of about 15 genera and about 250 species, nearly cosmopolitan.

References: Chacón, Cusimano, & Renner (2014); Dahlgren, Clifford, & Yeo (1985); Nordenstam (1998) In Kubitzki (1998a); Vinnersten & Manning (2007). Show full citations.

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image of plant© Richard & Teresa Ware | Uvularia CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Grant Morrow Parkins | Colchicum | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Jay Horn | Gloriosa source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Cressler: Gloriosa superba, Beach, South China Sea, Miri Peninsula, Borneo, Sarawak, Malaysia 2 by Alan Cressler | Gloriosa superba source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Markus Krieger, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Markus Krieger | Colchicum autumnale source | Original Image ⭷

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