Hyacinthoides
Hyacinthoides is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae, known as bluebells.
Systematics
Hyacinthoides is classified in the subfamily Scilloideae, alongside genera such as Scilla 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.
Species
According to the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families as of 2012, the genus contains 11 species and one interspecific hybrid. The majority of species are distributed around the Mediterranean Basin, with only one species, Hyacinthoides non-scripta occurring further north in north-western Europe. Hyacinthoides species belong, according to analysis using molecular phylogenetics, to three groups.
;non-scripta–''hispanica group
Hyacinthoides cedretorum Dobignard – Morocco to north AlgeriaHyacinthoides hispanica Rothm. – Portugal to west and south SpainHyacinthoides non-scripta Chouard ex Rothm. – western Europe to northern PortugalHyacinthoides paivae S.Ortiz & Rodr.Oubiña – north-west Spain to north-west PortugalHyacinthoides × massartiana Geerinck – hybrid between H. hispanica and H. non-scripta, occurs in north-west Spain and elsewhere in Europe, including Great Britain;mauritanica group
Hyacinthoides flahaultiana Dobignard – south-west MoroccoHyacinthoides mauritanica Speta – south-west Portugal, north MoroccoHyacinthoides reverchonii Speta – Spain ;italica group
Hyacinthoides aristidis Rothm. – Algeria to TunisiaHyacinthoides ciliolata Rumsey – north-east TunisiaHyacinthoides italica Rothm. – south-east France to north-west ItalyHyacinthoides lingulata'' Rothm. – north-west Africa