Muscari caucasicum

Life-forms

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 caucasicum
Name

Muscari caucasicum (Griseb.) Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 11: 414. 1870.
Synonyms

Basionym
Bellevalia caucasica Griseb., Spic. Fl. Rumel. 2: 387. 1846.
Typus: Caucasia, in collibus apricis prope col. Helenendorf (Germanis Seitenhügel dictis) et prope cast. Schuscha, Hohenacker (isotypus: K).
Homotypic
Leopoldia caucasica (Griseb.) Losinsk. in V.L.Komarov (ed.), Fl. URSS 4: 410. 1935. DJVU
Heterotypic
Muscari pallens Hohen. ex Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 11: 414. 1870, nom. inval. non Muscari pallens (M.Bieb.) Fisch., Cat. Jard. Gorenki 9. 1812.
Muscari comosum var. mutilatum Trautv., Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 7: 514. 1881.
Muscari mutilatum (Trautv.) Miscz. ex Grossh., Fl. Kavkaza 1: 236. 1928. DJVU

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Asia-Temperate
Caucasus
Transcaucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan)
Western Asia
Iran, Iraq, Turkey

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References

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). Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 632 pp., ISBN 0-85224-494-0. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Leopoldia caucasica in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Sept. 27. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2017. Muscari caucasicum. Published online. Accessed: 22 December 2017.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Muscari caucasicum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.