Muscari macrocarpum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Mesangiospermae Cladus: Monocota Ordo: Asparagales

Muscari macrocarpum Sweet, Brit. Fl. Gard. 3: t. 210 (1827).

Homotypic
- Muscarimia macrocarpa (Sweet) Garbari, Giorn. Bot. Ital. 103: 613 (1970).
Heterotypic
- Muscari moschatum var. flavum Ker Gawl., Bot. Mag. 38: t. 1565 (1813).
  - Muscarimia flava (Ker Gawl.) Garbari, Giorn. Bot. Ital. 102: 94 (1968).
- Muscari moschatum var. creticum Baker, Gard. Chron., n.s., 4: 130 (1875).
  - Typus: Cultivated material from Greece, Crete, White Mountains, 7000 feet above sea level, Elwes [locality is dubious, see below]
  - Muscari creticum (Baker) N.E.Br., Suppl. Johnson's Gard. Dict.: 965 (1882).
- Muscari luteum Tod. ex Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur.: 733 (1882).

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

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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.
Pehlivan, S. & Özler, H. 2003. Pollen morphology of some species of Muscari Miller (Liliaceae-Hyacinthaceae) from Turkey. Flora 198(3): 200–210. DOI: 10.1078/0367-2530-00092 Reference page.
Özel, Ç.A., Khawar, K.M., Arslan, O. & Ünal, F. 2009. In vitro propagation of the golden grape hyacinth (Muscari macrocarpum Sweet) from twin scale explants. Propagation of Ornamental Plants 9(4): 169–175. Abstract Reference page.
Kypriotakis, Z. & Tzanoudakis, D. 1999. A new species of Bellevalia from eastern Crete and its confusion with Muscari macrocarpum Sweet. Botanica Helvetica 109(1): 85–90. PDF Reference page.