Muscari neglectum Guss.

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part H), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 557-585 : 578

Hyacinthus racemosus Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1: 318. 1753 .

"Habitat in Europa australi." RCN: 2499.

Lectotype (Stearn in Ann. Mus. Goulandris 8: 208, f. 14. 1990): Hasselquist, Herb. Linn. No. 438.17 ( LINN) .

Current name: Muscari neglectum Guss. ( Liliaceae / Hyacinthaceae ).

Note: Stearn took the view (l.c.: 206-210) that Muscari racemosum Mill. (1768) is a new name for H. muscari L. (1753) , not a new combination based on H. racemosus L. (1753) . Although some had previously rejected Linnaeus’ name as ambiguous, Stearn’s interpretation resulted in M. racemosum Mill , making M. racemosum (L.) Medik. a later homonym. Stearn noted that the type of H. racemosus cannot be identified with certainty - it is very difficult to distinguish M. neglectum Guss , and M. atlanticum Boiss. & Reuter in herbarium material (and some authors treat them as synonymous).