Crocus ancyrensis

Crocus ancyrensis, sometimes known as the Ankara crocus,[1] (Turkish: Ankara çiğdemi) is a species of flowering plant in the genus Crocus of the family Iridaceae, endemic to North and Central Turkey.[2] It was named ancyrensis as it was first discovered in Ankara.[3]

Crocus ancyrensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
Order:
Asparagales
Family:
Iridaceae
Subfamily:
Crocoideae
Genus:
Crocus
Species:
C. ancyrensis
Binomial name
Crocus ancyrensis
(Herb.) Maw 1881

The plant commonly flowers between the months of February to April at 1000–1600 m altitude.[3] It commonly grows near rocks, bushes and pines. Its corm, rich in sugar and starch, is edible; it has been a common staple in Anatolia.[4][5][6]

  • buds
  • Plants growing in grass
  • Plants growing in cultivation

References
  1. "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-01-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  2. "Crocus ancyrensis". Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
  3. "Ankara Çiğdemi (Crocus ancyrensis)" (in Turkish). Atılım Üniversitesi. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
  4. Füsun EHTUĞ. "Baharın Müjdecisi: Çiğdem (Crocus) ya da AN.TAH.âUMâAR Hititler Devri Anadolu Florasına Küçük Bir Katkı" (in Turkish). Turkish Academy of Sciences Journal of Archaeology. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
  5. "Ankara Çiğdemi ve Çiçek Müzesi" (in Turkish). Hürriyet. 2012-08-07. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
  6. Iwona Kaliszewska and Iwona Kołodziejska-Degórska (2015-08-11). "The social context of wild leafy vegetables uses in Shiri, Daghestan". Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. NCBI. 11: 63. doi:10.1186/s13002-015-0047-x. PMC 4542102. PMID 26260575.


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