Muscari weissii

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 weissii

Name

Muscari weissii Freyn, Oesterr. Bot. Z. 28: 87 (1878).

Typus: Greece, Syra, April 1867, Weiss (Lectotypus, designated by Bentzer 1973, 77: G, type material also in W)

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Bellevalia weissii Freyn, Oesterr. Bot. Z. 28: 87 (1878), nom. inval., nom. altern.
- Leopoldia weissii Freyn, Oesterr. Bot. Z. 28: 87 (1878), nom. inval., nom. altern. (accepted as valid by Govaerts et al., 2018)
- Leopoldia weissii (Freyn) Freyn ex Heldr., Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 53(1): 67 (1878).
- Bellevalia maritima subsp. weissii (Freyn) Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur.: 733 (1882).
Heterotypic
- Leopoldia theraea Heldr., Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 53(1): 69 (1878).
  - Typus: in insula Thera, Mart (1866), J.F. Schmidt Herb. Heldreich (Lectotypus, designated by Bentzer 1973, 78: W-Hal)
  - Bellevalia theraea (Heldr.) Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur.: 733 (1882).
  - Muscari theraeum (Heldr.) Boiss., Fl. Orient. 5: 290 (1882).
- Muscari weissii var. karpatanum Vierh., Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 69: 301 (1919).
  - Typus: Greece, Karpathos, inter Pigadia et Aperi, 24.4.1883, Pichler 628 (Lectotypus, designated by Bentzer 1973, 78: WU, isolectotypus: K).
- Muscari dionysicum Rech.f., Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 105(2, Abt. 1): 167 (1943) (accepted by Dimopoulos et al. 2013 and a majority of regional works).
  - Typus: Greeece, Kreta: Distr. Sitia, Insulae Dionysades, in saxosis calc, litoreis insulae Paximadi, 14.5.1942, Rechinger 12880 (Holotypus: W)
  - Leopoldia dionysica (Rech.f.) Greuter, Flor. Rep. Cretan Area: 17 (1972).
- Leopoldia neumannii Böhnert & Lobin, Willdenowia 47(2): 180 (2017). (rejected by Dimopoulos et al. 2018, treated by Govaerts et al., 2022 as unplaced name).
  - Typus: originally collected from Greece: Ipeiros (Epirus), Ioannina, Zagori: Monodendri, Vikos Gorge, steep cliff N of monastery of Agia Paraskevi, 39°53′N, 20°45′E, 1140 m, Aug 2003, M. Neumann, cultivated at Bonn Botanic Gardens (GR-0-BONN-28534), 22 May 2015, T. Böhnert 389 (Holotypus: B, isotypus: BONN 001674).
Misapplied names
- Leopoldia gussonei sensu Heldr., Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 53(1): 68 (1878), non Leopoldia gussonei Parl., Fl. Ital. 2: 498 (1857).
- Muscari weissii var. sartorianum (Heldr.) sensu Hayek, Prodr. Fl. pen. Balc. 3: 89 (1933) non Heldr. (= Muscari comosum)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Europe Regional: Southeastern Europe Greece, Kriti (Karpathos). Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia East Aegean Islands, Turkey. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Freyn, J.F. 1878. Muscari (Bellevalia, Leopoldia) Weissii n. sp. Oesterreichische Botanische Zeitschrift 28(3): 87–88. BHL PDF Reference page.

Additional references

Bentzer, B. 1973. Taxonomy, Variation and Evolution in Representatives of Leopoldia Parl. (Liliaceae) in the Southern and Central Aegean. Botaniska Notiser 126(1): 69–132. Full issue PDF Reference page.
Dimopoulos, P., Raus, Th., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, Th., Iatroú, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A. & Tzanoudakis, D. 2013. Vascular Plants of Greece: An Annotated Checklist. Englera 31: 1–368. JSTOR PDF 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.
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.
Speta, F. 1989. Muscari (subg. Leopoldia) mirum Speta, spec, nova, im Kreise seiner nächsten Verwandten. Phyton (Horn) 29(1): 105–117. PDF Reference page.

Links

Dimopoulos, P., Raus, Th. & Strid, A. (eds.) 2018. Flora of Greece Web. Vascular Plants of Greece. An Annotated Checklist. 2nd version of May 2018, continuously updated. Muscari weissii Published online. Accessed: Dec 15 {{{4}}}.Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Muscari weissii in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Jul 21. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2023. Muscari weissii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 Jul 2023.
International Plant Names Index. 2023. Muscari weissii. Published online. Accessed: 21 Jul 2023.
Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Muscari weissii. Accessed: 21 Jul 2023.