Muscari caucasicum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Asparagaceae
Subfamilia: Scilloideae
Tribus: Hyacintheae
Subtribus: Hyacinthinae
Genus: Muscari
Subgenus: M. subg. Leopoldia
Species: Muscari caucasicum

Name

Muscari caucasicum (Griseb.) Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 11: 414 (1870).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Bellevalia caucasica Griseb., Spic. Fl. Rumel. 2: 387 (1846).
    • Typus: Caucasia, in collibus apricis prope col. Helenendorf (Germanis Seitenhügel dictis) et prope cast. Schuscha, Hohenacker (isotypus: K).
• Homotypic
  • Leopoldia caucasica (Griseb.) Losinsk. in V.L.Komarov (ed.), Fl. URSS 4: 410 (1935). DJVU
• Heterotypic
  • Muscari pallens Hohen. ex Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 11: 414 (1870), nom. inval. non Muscari pallens (M.Bieb.) Fisch., Cat. Jard. Gorenki 9 (1812).
  • Muscari comosum var. mutilatum Trautv., Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 7: 514 (1881).
    • Muscari mutilatum (Trautv.) Miscz. ex Grossh., Fl. Kavkaza 1: 236 (1928). DJVU

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Temperate Caucasus Transcaucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan). Western Asia Iran, Iraq, Turkey. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Additional references

• Davis, P.H. & Stuart, D.C. 1984. Muscari. Pp. 245–263 in Davis, P.H. (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands. Vol. 8 (Butomaceae to Typhaceae). 632 pp., Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, ISBN 0-85224-494-0. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Muscari caucasicum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 June 5. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Muscari caucasicum. Published online. Accessed: 22 December 2017.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Muscari caucasicum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.