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Colchicum kunkelianum (U.Müll.-Doblies, P.Hirsch, Stearn & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Vinn.

Astronomers-in-a-Boat

No habitat climate Photographs not checked Bulb, tuber or caudex

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About the genus · Colchicum

Colchicum is a genus of perennial flowering plants containing around 160 species which grow from bulb-like corms. It is a member of the botanical family Colchicaceae, and is native to West Asia, Europe, parts of the Mediterranean coast, down the East African coast to South Africa and the Western Cape. In this genus, the ovary of the flower is underground. More on Wikipedia ›

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Family

Colchicaceae

Described by

(U.Müll.-Doblies, P.Hirsch, Stearn & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Vinn.

Native to

not verified

Wild records

none in range

Also known as Androcymbium kunkelianum U.Müll.-Doblies, P.Hirsch, Stearn & D.Müll.-Doblies.

Cultivation

Grouped as a bulb, tuber or caudex by the genus Colchicum, which is reliably one kind of plant (archetype table). The table holds no figure for this group, which spans too much for one minimum, and no habitat climate is derived yet; no cold floor is given, and no prose comes from the table.

Nothing derived: no habitat climate for this species, and the archetype table has no figure for its genus or family.

Climate across the habitat

No habitat climate can be derived: Native range not verified: no WCVP distribution with native status for this name, so records cannot be told from cultivation and no habitat climate is derived.

Natural habitat

Native range as published by WCVP.

No openly licensed record to show inside the range.

NativeDistribution source did not answer.

Extinct inCape Provinces· recorded as extinct by WCVP: history, not habitat; no records are tested against these regions

Kew's description“tuberous geophyte” · “subtropical”· quoted from WCVP, RBG Kew (CC BY 4.0); not derived here

Evidence usedNo verified native range for this name: WCVP has no entry with native status, and a checklist that only reports presence cannot tell a wild record from a garden one. The map shows 0 openly licensed records untested against any range; no map marker or climate is derived from them, and no sheet is built from them.

Papers naming this species

Works whose title or abstract names Colchicum kunkelianum, most cited first, from OpenAlex (CC0). A mention, not a cultivation source: nothing on this page is drawn from them.

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