Hyacinthus L.
Hyacinthus is a small Old World genus with three species that occur from western to Central Asia (Mabberley 2008). All are cultivated as ornamentals (Yeo 1986) although only one, H. orientalis, is widely grown (Jäger & al. 2008).
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