Muscari subg. Pseudomuscari

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: Muscari subg. Pseudomuscari
Species: M. azureum – M. coeleste – M. coeruleum – M. forniculatum – M. inconstrictum – M. kurdicum – M. parviflorum – M. pseudomuscari – M. tavoricum

Name

Muscari subg. Pseudomuscari D.C.Stuart, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 30: 190 (1970).

Type species: non design. Muscari pallens is now found in Muscari subg. Muscari (Böhnert et al., 2023)

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Muscari subg. Pseudomuscari D.C.Stuart, Lily Year Book 29: 132 (1965), nom. nud.
- Muscari sect. Pseudomuscari Losinsk. in Komarov, Fl. URSS 4: 412, 420 (1935) DJVU, nom. inval. (sine diagn. lat.)
Heterotypic
- Pseudomuscari Garbari & Greuter, Taxon 19: 334 (1970).
  - Type species: Pseudomuscari azureum (Fenzl) Garbari & Greuter 19: 334 (1970).

Note: Jafari & Maassoumi (2011) preferred to keep Pseudomuscari segregated as a distinct genus pending further analysis, but see Böhnert et al. (2023) which appears to resolve the situation.

References

Additional references

Böhnert, T., Neumann, M., Quandt, D. & Weigend, M. 2023. Phylogeny based generic reclassification of Muscari sensu lato (Asparagaceae) using plastid and genomic DNA. Taxon 72(2): 261–277. DOI: 10.1002/tax.12864 Reference page.
Garbari F. & Greuter, W. 1970. On the taxonomy and typification of Muscari Miller (Liliaceae) and allied genera, and on the typification of generic Names. Taxon 19(3): 329–335. DOI: 10.2307/1219056 Reference page.
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. Muscari in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 June 2. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2014. Pseudomuscari. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 7 Mar. 2014. (as Pseudomuscari)