Colchicum bivonae

Names and Synonyms

Scientific Names

Accepted name

Synonyms

• Colchicum amabile var. variopictum
• Colchicum bowlesianum
• Colchicum busambarense
• Colchicum amabile
• Colchicum variopictum
• Colchicum tuntasium
• Colchicum pulchrum
• Colchicum sibthorpii
• Colchicum latifolium
• Colchicum neapolitanum var. variopictum
• Colchicum autumnale var. bivonae
• Colchicum autumnale var. variopictum

Sources: Wikidata, Catalogue of Life

Taxonomical Classification

This plant, known scientifically as Colchicum bivonae, belongs to the kingdom Plantae and the phylum Streptophyta. Within the class Equisetopsida and subclass Magnoliidae, it is classified under the order Liliales. Finally, it is a member of the family Colchicaceae and the genus Colchicum.

Sources: The World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP)

Distribution

This plant exhibits a specific distribution pattern across several regions of Europe. In Southwestern Europe, its presence is noted within the island of Sardegna. Moving toward the Mediterranean and Balkan areas, it can be found in Southeastern Europe. Specifically, this species inhabits the territories of Albania, Bulgaria, and Greece. Finally, its range extends into the Southeastern European regions of Italy.

Sources: The World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP)

Botanical Identification

Life history

The life history of Colchicum bivonae is characterized by its specialized survival strategies within its specific ecological niche, defined primarily by its classification as a geophyte and a cryptophyte. As a geophyte, the plant relies on underground storage organs to endure unfavorable environmental conditions, allowing it to persist through periods of dormancy by retreating to its subterranean structures. This life form is further refined by its status as a cryptophyte, meaning its perennating buds are located below the soil surface, protected from external stressors such as temperature fluctuations or grazing. This evolutionary adaptation ensures that the plant can rapidly emerge and complete its reproductive cycle when favorable seasonal conditions return, utilizing its stored energy reserves to facilitate growth and flowering.

Life form :

geophyte

Life form :

cryptophyte

Morphology

The morphology of Colchicum bivonae is characterized by its growth habit as a terrestrial species, lacking any aquatic, semiaquatic, or specialized water-dependent characteristics. It functions as a self-supporting plant, exhibiting no climbing tendencies such as obligatory or facultative climbing mechanisms. Furthermore, the species is entirely independent in its nutrient acquisition, showing no parasitic behavior, whether obligatory or facultative. It does not function as an epiphyte, maintaining a strictly terrestrial existence rather than growing on other plants in an obligatory or facultative epiphytic manner.

Aquatic :

terrestrial

Climber :

self-supporting

Epiphyte :

terrestrial

Parasite :

independent

Sources: Global Inventory of Floras and Traits (GIFT)

Chemicals

Colchicum bivonae has 1 reported phytochemicals identified across 0 scientific publications and several other databases. The most consistently reported chemicals include colchicine.

colchicine

1. Planta medica

Preparations

Colchicum bivonae has 1 reported preparations identified across 0 scientific publications and several other databases. The most consistently reported preparations include suspension culture.

Suspension culture

1. Planta medica