Muscarimia

Muscarimia
Muscarimia muscari
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Scilloideae
Tribe: Hyacintheae
Genus: Muscarimia
species[1]

See text.

Synonyms[1][2]
  • Moscharia Tourn. ex Salisb.
  • Muscari subg. Muscarimia (Kostel. ex. Losinsk.) Böhnert

Muscarimia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae. It includes two species native to Greece's Aegean Islands and southwestern Turkey.[1] A 2023 phylogenetic study placed both species in a subgenus of Muscari, Muscari subg. Muscarimia.[2]

  • Muscarimia macrocarpa (Sweet) Garbari = Muscari macrocarpum – southern Aegean Islands and southwestern Turkey
  • Muscarimia muscari (L.) Losinsk. = Muscari racemosum – southwestern Turkey

References

  1. ^ a b c "Muscarimia Kostel. ex Losinsk". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
  2. ^ a b Böhnert, Tim; Neumann, Michael; Quandt, Dietmar & Weigend, Maximilian (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.