Colchicum autumnale

TaxID: 45005

Basic Information

Colchicum autumnale

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Colchicum autumnale, commonly known as autumn crocus, meadow saffron, naked boys or naked ladies, is a toxic autumn-blooming flowering plant that resembles the true crocuses, but is a member of the plant family Colchicaceae, unlike the true crocuses, which belong to the family Iridaceae. It is called "naked boys/ladies" because the flowers emerge from the ground long before the leaves appear. Despite the vernacular name of "meadow saffron", this plant is not the source of saffron, which is obtained from the saffron crocus, Crocus sativus – and that plant, too, is sometimes called "autumn crocus". The species is cultivated as an ornamental in temperate areas, in spite of its toxicity. The cultivar 'Nancy Lindsay' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Liliales

Colchicaceae

Colchicum

Colchicum autumnale

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Host Plants (0 host plants)

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Quarantine Status (1 records)

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Country Status Year Added
Sri Lanka Quarantine pests —

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Genomes (1 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Assembly Accession Assembly Level Genome Size(Mb) Contig N50(Kb) Scaffold N50(Kb) BUSCO% Downloads Actions
GCA_984574005.1 Chromosome 4397 36504 88865 - -

Transcriptomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
ERR364397 - - - 8845879 N/A
ERR2040710 - - - 8861192 N/A
ERR2040711 - - - 8527159 N/A

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