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Hyacinthoides (Hyacinthoides massartiana)

Description

Hyacinthoides-is classified in the subfamily-Scilloideae-(now part of the family Asparagaceae, but formerly treated as a separate family, called Hyacinthaceae), alongside genera such as-Scilla,-Chionodoxa-and-Ornithogalum.-Hyacinthoides-is differentiated from these other genera by the presence of two-bracts-at the base of each flower, rather than one bract per flower or no bracts in the other genera.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Magnoliophyta

        • Class: Liliopsida

          • Order: Asparagales

            • Family: Asparagaceae

              • Genus: Hyacinthoides