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)