Hyacinthoides × massartiana

Hyacinthoides × massartiana

''Hyacinthoides × massartiana'' is a hybrid species produced by crosses between the common bluebell, ''H. non-scripta'' and the Spanish bluebell, ''H. hispanica''. ''H. × massartiana'' fills a spectrum of variation which connects the two parental species.
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Evolution

Hybrids between ''H. non-scripta'' and ''H. hispanica'' were first given a specific name in 1997, when the Belgian botanist D. Geerinck described them as ''H. × massartiana'', honouring the botanist Jean Massart. The type locality is Watermael-Boitsfort, near Brussels, Belgium; the holotype is held in Brussels, with an isotype in Liège. The same taxon had already been given the name ''Hyacinthoides × variabilis'' by P. D. Sell in 1996 in the ''Flora of Great Britain and Ireland'', but without a valid Latin diagnosis.

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Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassMonocots
OrderAsparagales
FamilyAsparagaceae
GenusHyacinthoides
SpeciesH. × massartiana
Photographed in
United Kingdom