The type and correct authorship of the name <i>Muscari neglectum</i> (Asparagaceae)

Abstract The binomial Muscari neglectum is commonly used for a widespread Mediterranean geophyte. However, the correct authorship has long been disputed. Here we show, in rather unusual case, that must be attributed to Michele Tenore and renowned zoologist Giosuè Sangiovanni; latter otherwise unlisted among botanical authorities. As several different lectotypes of name have proposed over years, clarify which designation should followed.