| Crocus baytopiorum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Iridaceae |
| Genus: | Crocus |
| Species: | C. baytopiorum |
| Binomial name | |
| Crocus baytopiorum B.Mathew | |
Crocus baytopiorum is a species of flowering plant in the genus Crocus of the family Iridaceae. It is a cormous perennial native to Turkey.
Crocus baytopiorum is a spring flowering herbaceous perennial geophyte growing from a corm. The 13 cm wide corm is a flatted egg shape. The tunic around the corm has thick fibers and is coarsely netted. A spathe (sheath that covers the flower before it opens) subtends the inflorescence. The pale blue flowers are distinctive. [1] The arillate seeds are red with a pointed end. [2]
Crocus baytopiorum is native to limestone screes, rocky gullies, in open pine and juniper woodland. [1] Flowering occurs in February. [3]
The species was named in honor of Professors Turhan & Asuman Baytop from Istanbul, [2] who discovered it in 1973 and it was described by the Kew botanist Brian Mathew. [1]
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