Crocidium
Encyclopedia
Crocidium is the name of two genera
of life-forms:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of life-forms:
- Crocidium (insect) in the bee-flies, BombyliidaeBombyliidaeBombyliidae is a large family of flies with hundreds of genera, although their life cycles are not well known. Adults generally feed on nectar and pollen, thus are pollinators of flowers. They superficially resemble bees, thus are commonly called bee flies, and this may offer the adults some...
- Crocidium (plant)Crocidium (plant)Crocidium is a monotypic genus of plants in the daisy family containing the single species Crocidium multicaule, which is known by the common name spring gold. This plant is native to western North America from British Columbia to California, where it can be found in varied habitats from grassland...
in the daisies and sunflowers, AsteraceaeAsteraceaeThe Asteraceae or Compositae , is an exceedingly large and widespread family of vascular plants. The group has more than 22,750 currently accepted species, spread across 1620 genera and 12 subfamilies...