Editing Colchicum (section)

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
{{Redirect|Bulbocodium|the daffodil|Narcissus bulbocodium}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image=Colchicum speciosum000.jpg
|image_caption=''[[Colchicum speciosum]]''
|taxon=Colchicum
|authority=[[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]
|synonyms=
* ''Abandium'' <small>Adans.</small>
* ''Bulbocodium'' <small>L.</small>
* ''Celsia'' <small>Boehm.</small> nom. illeg.
* ''Eudesmis'' <small>Raf.</small> nom. superfl.
* ''Fouha'' <small>Pomel</small>
* ''Geophila'' <small>Bergeret</small> nom. reg.
* ''Hermodactylum'' <small>(R.Br.) Bartl.</small> nom. inval.
* ''Merendera'' <small>Ramond</small>
* ''Monocaryum'' <small>(R.Br.) Rchb.</small>
* ''Paludana'' <small>Salisb.</small> nom. illeg.
* ''Synsiphon'' <small>Regel</small>
|synonyms_ref=<ref>{{cite web |url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=302745 |title=WCSP |work=World Checklist of Selected Plant Families |accessdate=February 10, 2014}}</ref>
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'''''Colchicum''''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|ɒ|l|tʃ|ᵻ|k|əm}} {{respell|KOL|chik|əm}} or {{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|ɒ|l|k|ᵻ|k|əm}} {{respell|KOL|kik|əm}})<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/colchicum?r=75&src=ref&ch=dic |title=Colchicum - Define Colchicum at Dictionary.com |work=Dictionary.com}}</ref> is a [[genus]] of [[perennial plant|perennial]] [[flowering plant]]s containing around 160 [[species]] which grow from bulb-like [[corm]]s. It is a member of the botanical [[family (biology)|family]] [[Colchicaceae]], and is [[native plant|native]] to West [[Asia]], [[Europe]], parts of the [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]] coast, down the [[East Africa]]n coast to [[South Africa]] and the [[Western Cape]]. In this genus, the [[Ovary (botany)|ovary]] of the [[flower]] is underground. As a consequence, the [[Stigma (botany)|styles]] are extremely long in proportion, often more than {{cvt|10|cm|0}}. All species in the genus are toxic.<ref>{{cite book |last=Barceloux |first=Donald G. |date=2008 |title=Medical Toxicology of Natural Substances: Foods, Fungi, Medicinal Herbs, Plants, and Venomous Animals. |publisher=Wiley |pages=693–702 |isbn=978-0471727613}}</ref>