| Classification |
| Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order Type: Basal Angiosperms-Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Hyacinthaceae
Family Common Name: Hyacinth Family
Genera: Hyacinthus, Muscaria |
Defining Features: Some botanists
place different genera (Hyacinthus, Muscaria) in Asparagaceae.
Defining Morphology: Floral
Features: Inflorescences are indeterminate in racemes on a scape. Flowers
showy, bisexual and actinomorphic. Flower nectaries present and they are
in septa of ovary. Ovaries are superior with axile placentation. Fruit
and Seed Features: Monocotyledon. Fruit a loculicidal capsule. Vegetative
Features: Habit is as perennial bulbous herbs. Leaves in basal rosette,
simple, spiral, alternate, entire and sheathing at the base. Leaves have
parallel venation. Stipules are lacking.
Distribution: Temperate to
tropical Old World.
Economic Use: As cultivated
garden and indoor ornamentals or being used medicinally.
Number of Genera Globally:
63
Number of Species Globally:
850
