Muscari species

Eker, İsmail, 2021, What is Muscari massayanum and what is not? Second species born of confusion: Muscari erzincanicum (Asparagaceae, Scilloideae), a new species from Turkey, Phytotaxa 487 (1), pp. 41-55 : 53

Key to closely related Muscari species in Turkey:

1. Bulb globose; leaves distinctly scabrid at margin; pedicel of fertil flowers 1–7(–10) mm long in flower; fruits with slightly compressed valves which are no winged-looking ............................................................................................................... M. erdalii

1. Bulb ovoid; leaves glabrous at margin; pedicel of fertil flowers 0.5–2 mm long in flower; fruits with strongly compressed wing-like valves..................................................................................................................................................................................................2

2. Fertile flowers 2.5−4 mm broad, orifice 1–1.5 mm, color of young intermediate flowers reddish-pink; Fruits 9–12 × 12–16 mm, globose, not emarginate, with straight valves; elongating pedicel between 2−8 mm long in fruit; seeds shiny black colored, seed surface ornamentation pustulate and pustulate-foveate............................................................................................. M. massayanum

2. Fertile flowers 4−6 mm broad, orifice 1.5–2 mm, color of young intermediate flowers purple or pinkish-purple; Fruits 12–16 × 15–22 mm, broadly oblate, distinctly emarginate, with wavy valves; not elongating pedicels of fertil flowers in fruit (0.5–2 mm long); seeds dull black colored, seed surface ornamentation reticulate to rugose.................................................... M. erzincanicum