Muscari weissii

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

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 World Plants, 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).
• 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; M. dionysicum on Crete only). Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia East Aegean Islands, Türkiye. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd 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. Reference page.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Muscari weissii. Published online. Accessed: 21 Jul 2023. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora.. Muscari weissii. Accessed: 21 Jul 2023. Reference page.

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