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.

Distribution

Native distribution 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. Biblioteca Digital 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
suomi: Hyasintit
français: Jacinthe
magyar: Jácint
italiano: Giacinto
日本語: ヒアシンス属
lietuvių: Hiacintas
polski: Hiacynt
русский: Гиацинт
Türkçe: Sümbül
中文: 风信子属

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