Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with plant names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. APNI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian vascular flora, please use the Australian Plant Census (APC) link above.

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Showing Muscari

Asparagaceae Juss.

APC
Plantae(reg.)
Charophyta(div.)
Equisetopsida(cl.)
Magnoliidae(subcl.)
Lilianae(superordo)
Asparagales(ordo)
Asparagaceae(fam.)
Muscari(gen.)

, legitimate

, scientific

Miller, P. (28 January 1754), The Gardeners Dictionary abridged Edn. 4, 2

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-

[tax. nov.]

Type: (not designated).

Ewart, A.J. (1921), Contributions to the Flora of Australia, No. 29.

Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria

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230

[secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1

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198

[secondary reference]

common name:

Grape Hyacinth

[n/a]

Etymology: "Latin muscus, on account of the musky smell of M. moschatum, an Asiatic species"

Garbari, F. & Greuter, W. (1970), On the taxonomy and typification of Muscari Miller (Liliaceae) and allied genera, and on the typification of generic names.

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333-334

[secondary reference]

Type: Muscari botryoides (L.) Mill.

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants

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1211

[secondary reference]

George, A.S. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1987), Muscari.

Flora of Australia

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354-355

APC

[secondary reference]

APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)

Godden, D.C. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Hyacinthaceae.

Flora of New South Wales

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99

[secondary reference]

Conran, J.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Liliaceae.

Flora of Victoria

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670

[secondary reference]

Speta, F. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (1998), Hyacinthaceae.

The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants

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283

[secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3

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564

[secondary reference]