(Ird) Crocus speciosus M.Bieb., Tabl. Prov. Mer Casp.: 111 (1798).
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/14345#page/203/mode/1up
See below:
Homotypic Names:
Crocus speciosus var. caucasicus Herb., Bot. Mag. 67: t. 3861 (1841), not validly publ.
Heterotypic Synonyms:
* Crocus nudiflorus Hohen., Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 5: 212 (1833), nom. illeg.
• Crocus speciosus var. laxior Herb., Bot. Mag. 67: t. 3861 (1841).
• Crocus speciosus var. transylvanicus Herb., Bot. Mag. 67: t. 3861 (1841).
• Crocus multifidus Rochel ex Ledeb., Fl. Ross. 4: 110 (1852).
• Crocus tauricus Steven ex Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur.: 706 (1882), pro syn.
• Crocus polyanthus Grossh., Trudy Bot. Inst. (Baku) 2: 251 (1936), nom. illeg.
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