Hyacinthus

Hyacinthus orientalis, type species of the genus Hyacinthus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Asparagaceae
Subfamilia: Scilloideae
Tribus: Hyacintheae
Subtribus: Hyacinthinae
Genus: Hyacinthus
Species: H. litwinowii – H. orientalis – H. transcaspicus

Name

Hyacinthus Tourn. ex L., Sp. Pl.: 316. 1753.

• Lectotype species: Hyacinthus orientalis L., designated by Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot. 146. 1929.

Native distribution areas

Display the range areas:
Asia-Temperate Middle Asia Turkmenistan. Western Asia Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Turkey. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDGW – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 316.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2011. Hyacinthus in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2011 Mar 21.
• Hitchcock, A.S. & Green, M.L. 1929. Standard species of Linnaean genera of Phanerogamae (1753–1754). pp. 111–195 in International Botanical Congress. Cambridge (England), 1930. Nomenclature. Proposals by British Botanists. His Majesty's Stationery Office, London. BibDigital Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Hyacinthus L. in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed on 2014-04-01.
• Hyacinthus L. Report on ITIS
• NCBI link: Hyacinthus
• EOL: Hyacinthus

Vernacular names

čeština: Hyacint
Deutsch: Hyazinthen
English: Hyacinth
français: Jacinthe
italiano: Giacinto
lietuvių: Hiacintas
magyar: Jácint
日本語: ヒアシンス属
polski: Hiacynt
русский: Гиацинт
suomi: Hyasintit
Türkçe: Sümbül
中文: 风信子属

For more multimedia, look at Hyacinthus on Wikimedia Commons.