Muscari spreitzenhoferi

Muscari spreitzenhoferi
Muscari spreitzenhoferi
Systematics
Monocots Order : Asparagales (Asparagales) Family : Asparagaceae (Asparagaceae) Subfamily : Scilloideae Genre : Grape hyacinths ( Muscari ) Type : Muscari spreitzenhoferi
Scientific name
Muscari spreitzenhoferi
( Hero ex Osterm.) Vierh.

Muscari spreitzenhoferi ( Heldr. Ex Osterm. ) Vierh. (Syn .: Leopoldia spreitzenhoferi Heldr. Ex Osterm. ) Is a plant from the genus of grape hyacinths ( Muscari ) in the asparagus family (Asparagaceae).

features

Muscari spreitzenhoferi is a perennial, herbaceous plant that reaches heights of 5 to 20 centimeters. This geophyte forms onions as persistent organs. The leaves are (2) 3 to 9 (15) millimeters wide. The grape is conical, short and consists of only a few flowers . The 10 to 30 fertile flowers are (4) 5 to 7 millimeters in size, dark greenish-brown in color and have yellow teeth. Their stems are ascending and (1) 2 to 5 (6) millimeters long. Barren flowers are few or completely absent. The fruits are 6 to 8 millimeter large capsules.

The flowering period extends from April to July.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 18 or 36.

Occurrence

Muscari spreitzenhoferi is on Crete in the regional districts Chania , Rethymno , Iraklio and Lasithi endemic . The species grows in Phrygana , on rocks, on clay surfaces and on sandy coasts at altitudes from 0 to 2200 meters.

literature

• Ralf Jahn, Peter Schönfelder: Excursion flora for Crete . With contributions by Alfred Mayer and Martin Scheuerer. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 1995, ISBN 3-8001-3478-0 , p. 358 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Bengt Bentzer: Taxonomy, variation and evolution in representatives of Leopoldia Parl. (Liliaceae) in the southern and central Aegean. In: Botaniska Notiser. Volume 126, No. 1, 1973, pp. 69-132.
2. ↑ Muscari spreitzenhoferi , chromosome number at Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis