Distribution and Resources of the Medicinal Plant Colchicum autumnale L. in Bulgaria

Colchicum autumnale (Colchicaceae) is a perennial geophyte and a medicinal plant. Its biomass is collected for industrial uses for obtaining the alkaloids colchicine and demecolcine. The objective of the present study was to estimate the distribution and potential resources of C. autumnale populatio...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ivanka Semerdjieva, Stoyan Georgiev, Koycho Koev, Boriana Sidjimova, Elina Yankova-Tsvetkova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Union of Scientists in Bulgaria 2017-06-01
Series:Ecologia Balkanica
Subjects:
Online Access:http://web.uni-plovdiv.bg/mollov/EB/2017_vol9_iss1/039-051_eb.16130.pdf