Crocus - web resources

[Maggi Young]

It occurs to me that new readers here may not be aware that the Tony Goode's Crocus Pages are also available on the SRGC site :  http://www.srgc.org.uk/genera/index.php?log=crocus


I would also like  to draw your attention to "The Country of Crocus" the excellent 'blog' of İbrahim Sözen, a Turkish  Forumist  with a particular passion for Crocus   http://crocusmania.blogspot.co.uk/
 
( it is not only crocus that you will see in the blog, though!   )

[de.da.]

Hello Maggie!
Thank you!!!
Am I allowed to save the PDF files on my computer?
Daniel

[Maggi Young]

Yes Daniel - we are about sharing!

[I.S.]

 Maggi,
I thank you so much for your very nice comliments and support for my blog .
I will be very pleased for me, if it would be a useful corner for croconuts.
With my best wishes...
ibrahim

[Anthony Darby]

I've been pouring through these pages to see what would grow here in Auckland.

[Thomas Huber]

Several new species from Turkey have been described by Kerndorff and Pasche.
PDF's can be downloaded for little money here:

http://www.landesmuseum.at/datenbanken/digilit/?serienr=1

[Maggi Young]

Many new Crocus Pages have been added to update this resource, detailing many new species and  including  a list of Crocus publications, papers naming new species etc.
See them all here :
FULL  CROCUS PAGES

Enjoy!


 example : Crocus arizelus Kernd. & Pasche -- Stapfia 99: 151. 2013 [23 Dec 2013] :
 http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/STAPFIA_0099_0145-0158.pdf 

[David Nicholson]

Thanks for all the behind the scenes hard work Maggi.

[David Nicholson]

Maggi, is there meant to be a Link from the main Page please?

[Maggi Young]

Yes, there is a link from the main page via the Content button drop-down menu



The Crocus Pages are  part of the archived site.

There is one other area from the Content Button that has an extra pop-out menu and that is for  the Blogs and Diaries

[Crocus Group SRGC Team]

As well as updates to the Crocus Pages in the main site, there is also a full  Newsletter Archive of all Crocus Group Bulletins - introduced by a brief 'history' of the group from Brian Mathew -  now online HERE

[Crocus Group SRGC Team]

Recent Crocus papers  published:

Crocus yaseminiae (Iridaceae) Phytotaxa 188 (2) © 2014 Magnolia Press

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/269398743_Crocus_yaseminiae_%28Iridaceae%29_a_new_species_from_South_Anatolia_Turkey

Crocus yaseminiae (Iridaceae) a new species from South Anatolia, Turkey
Osman Erol ; Levent Can ; Orhan Küçüker

12/2014; 188(2):103-111. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.188.2.4
ABSTRACT
Article PHYTOTAXA ISSN 1179-3155 (print edition) ISSN 1179-3163 (online edition) Accepted by Lorenzo Peruzzi: 18 Oct. 2014; published: 10 Dec. 2014

Crocus yaseminiae is described as a new species from Alanya province in South Anatolia. A short literature history of the closely related taxon Crocus isauricus Siehe ex Bowles (≡ Crocus biflorus subsp. isauricus (Siehe ex Bowles) Mathew) is given together with a lectotypification of its name, and a discussion of the type specimen and locus classicus. Diagnostic characters were discussed of the taxa belonging to the "isauricus group" (C. biflorus subsp. isauricus, C. roseoviolaceus, C. mersinensis, C. taseliensis, and C. karamanensis). Fenugreek scented flowers are reported for the first time for the genus.

and 

Flower bouquet variation in four species of Crocus ser. Verni (Iridaceae)
Angelino Carta ;Guido Flamini; Pier Luigi Cioni; Luisa Pistelli; Lorenzo Peruzzi
Journal of Chemical Ecology (Impact Factor: 2.46). 12/2014;

ABSTRACT
 Flowering plants employ a wide variety of signals, including scent, to attract pollinators. The aim of this work was to examine whether flower volatile compounds in four closely related Crocus species are linked to species divergence and to the current knowledge on their pollination syndromes. Fragrances of freshly opened flowers in Crocus etruscus, C. ilvensis, C. neglectus, and C. vernus, all belonging to ser. Verni, were analyzed using GC/MS analysis. The results are congruent with the knowledge about systematic relationships among taxa and the four species fall into two main fragrance types, based on the identity of their volatile compounds. In C. etruscus, C. ilvensis, and C. neglectus oxygenated monoterpenes (lilac aldehyde B and A) are the most represented, while C. vernus has a fragrance rich in monoterpene hydrocarbons (α-pinene and limonene). Our results point towards outcrossing mating strategies for C. etruscus, C. ilvensis, and C. neglectus, whose volatile compounds are known as pollinator attractants. This is congruent with their flower architecture, showing a style of variable height, often overtopping stamens. On the contrary, a self-pollination strategy was repeatedly suggested in literature for C. vernus, marked by flowers with style deeply inserted within the stamens and also by a completely different flower bouquet.



(edit by maggi: first two pages of this paper available here : http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10886-014-0541-y#page-1  )

[Crocus Group SRGC Team]

The  pdf of  CROCUS PUBLICATIONS and new species  on the Crocus Pages has been updated
http://www.srgc.org.uk/genera/index.php?log=crocus

Crocus arizelus Kernd. & Pasche -- Stapfia 99: 151. 2013 [23 Dec 2013] :
 http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/STAPFIA_0099_0145-0158.pdf

[Maggi Young]

This paper on the Comparative Analysis of pigments in petals and stigmata of Crocus almehensis C.Brickell and B.Mathew and Crocus sativus L.  by H. Ebrahimzadeh and  T. Radjabian,  from  1998 may be of interest:

jsciences.ut.ac.ir/pdf_31463_aa1084ab7d4b66c6de3bfb838e17f550.html

[ruben]

Thanks a lot for the link Maggy!