Английская Википедия:Colchicum autumnale
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Speciesbox Colchicum autumnale, commonly known as autumn crocus, meadow saffron,[1] naked boys[2] or naked ladies,[3] 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.[4] 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.[5][6]
Description
This herbaceous perennial has leaves up to Шаблон:Convert long. The flowers are solitary, Шаблон:Convert across, with six tepals and six stamens with orange anthers and three white styles.[7]Шаблон:Rp At the time of fertilisation, the ovary is below ground.[8]
Distribution and habitat
C. autumnale is the only species of its family native to Great Britain and Ireland,[9][8] with notable populations under the stewardship of the County Wildlife Trusts. It also occurs across mainland Europe from Portugal to Ukraine, and is reportedly naturalised in Sweden, European Russia, and New Zealand.[10] It grows in lowland grassy meadows.[11]
Pharmaceutical uses
The bulb-like corms of C. autumnale contain colchicine, a useful drug with a narrow therapeutic index. Colchicine is approved in many countries for the treatment of gout and familial Mediterranean fever. Colchicine is also used in plant breeding to produce polyploid strains.Шаблон:Citation needed
Toxicity
Colchicum plants are deadly poisonous due to their colchicine content and their leaves have been mistaken by foragers for those of Allium ursinum (ramsons or wild garlic), which they vaguely resemble.[12][13]
This plant (and colchicine itself) poses a particular threat to felines. The corms of meadow saffron contain the highest level of toxins, but all parts of the plant are regarded as poisonous.[14]
Gallery
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Seed capsules
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Seeds
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Detail of flower at the United States Botanic Gardens
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In a meadow Lauterbourg, (Alsace), France
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Colchicum autumnale by Auguste Faguet
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From The Book of Health, 1898, by Henry Munson Lyman
References
Further reading
- Autumn Bulbs by Roy Leeds (B.T. Batsford Ltd) 2006 Шаблон:ISBN
- Шаблон:Cite journal
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- ↑ Шаблон:BSBI 2007
- ↑ https://hortnews.extension.iastate.edu/2000/7-28-2000/colchicums.html
- ↑ A R Clapham, T G Tutin and E F Warburg, Flora of the British Isles, second edition, 1962, p 982
- ↑ Gajic. 1977. Glasnik prirodnaučkog museja u Beogradu, Serija B, Bioloake nauke Nauke 32: 8. Colchicum autumnale
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ 8,0 8,1 Parnell, J. and Curtis, T. 2012. Webb's An Irish Flora. Cork University Press. Шаблон:ISBN
- ↑ Clive Stace, New Flora of the British Isles 3rd edition 1991, p 855
- ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Colchicum autumnale
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite journal
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
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