Leopoldia

Leopoldia longipes

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Asparagaceae
Subfamilia: Scilloideae
Tribus: Hyacintheae
Genus: Leopoldia
Species: L. bicolor – L. caucasica – L. comosa – L. cycladica – L. eburnea – L. ghouschtchiensis – L. gussonei – L. longipes – L. maritima – L. matritensis – L. neumannii – L. spreitzenhoferi – L. tabriziana – L. tenuiflora – L. tijtijensis – L. weissii

Name

Leopoldia Parl., Fl. Palerm. 1: 435 (1845), nom. cons.

• Typus: Leopoldia comosa (L.) Parl.
  

Note: May be a synonym of Muscari subgen. Leopoldia, however some combinations do not have equivalents in Muscari; L. ghouschtchiensis – L. neumannii – L. tabriziana – L. tijtijensis
. See also Muscari Discussion Page

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Muscari subg. Leopoldia (Parl.) Peterm., Deutschl. Fl.: 577. 1849.
  • Comus Salisb., Gen. 24. 1866.
• Heterotypic
  • Botrycomus Fourr., Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon ser. 2. 17: 160. 1869.
  • Etheiranthus Kostel., Ind. Hort. Bot. Prag.: 56. 1844.
  • Pelotris Raf., Autik. Bot.: 125. 1840.

Homonyms

• Leopoldia Herb. (1821) nom. rej. = Hippeastrum Herb., nom. cons.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Europe Middle Europe Austria, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Switzerland. Southwestern Europe Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain. Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Romania, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia. Eastern Europe Krym, Ukraine. Africa Northern Africa Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia. Macaronesia Canary Islands. Asia-Temperate Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus. Western Asia Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Turkey. Arabian Peninsula Gulf States, Saudi Arabia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Parlatore, F. 1845. Flora Palermitana ossia Descrizione delle Piante che Crescono Spontanee nella Valle di Palermo. Volume primo. XXII + 442 pp. Firenze: Società Tipografica. Biblioteca Digital Reference page. 

Additional references

• Aymerich, P. & Sáez, L. 2018. A new nomenclatural combination in Leopoldia (Scilloideae, Asparagaceae) and first record of Leopoldia matritensis for Catalonia. Butl. Inst. Catalana Hist. Nat. 82: 109–110. PDF ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Böhnert, T. & Lobin, W. 2017. Leopoldia neumannii sp. nov. (Asparagaceae, Scilloideae): a new species of Muscari sensu lato from Greece. Willdenowia 47(2): 179–185. DOI: 10.3372/wi.47.47210 Reference page. 
• Dizkirici, A., Yigit, O., Pınar, S.M. & Eroğlu, H. 2019. Molecular phylogeny of Muscari (Asparagaceae) inferred from cpDNA sequences. Biologia (Bratislava) 74(3): 205–214. DOI: 10.2478/s11756-018-00164-0 Reference page.  (involving most species occurring in Turkey, supporting Muscari s.l.)
• Jafari, A. & Maassoumi, A.A. 2011. Synopsis of Leopoldia, Muscari and Pseudomuscari (Hyacinthaceae) in Iran, with Leopoldia ghouschtchiensis sp. nova. Annales Botanici Fennici 48(5): 396–400. DOI: 10.5735/085.048.0502 PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Leopoldia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Feb. 2. Reference page.  as Muscari with some unplaced species combinations
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Leopoldia. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 1 2018.
• Tropicos.org 2014. Leopoldia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 3 Mar. 2014.

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