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.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Scilloideae |
| Genus: | Hyacinthoides |
| Species: | H. × massartiana
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| Binomial name | |
| Hyacinthoides × massartiana Geerinck
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"Hyacinthoides × variabilis" P.D.Sell | |
Distribution edit
Hyacinthoides × massartiana has become widespread across Britain and Belgium,[2] both of which have large populations of H. non-scripta. It is often found on the edges of woodland and roadsides, particularly in urban areas, suggesting that it has spread from gardens planted with H. hispanica.[3] There is great concern over the effect that the hybrid may have on native H. non-scripta populations, diluting the characteristics of the native species and out-competing it due to H. hispanica's robust fertility and the effects of climate change.[4]
Taxonomic history edit
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,[5] honouring the botanist Jean Massart.[6] The type locality is Watermael-Boitsfort, near Brussels, Belgium; the holotype is held in Brussels, with an isotype in Liège.[7] 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,[8] but without a valid Latin diagnosis.[6]
References edit
- ^ Clive A. Stace (2010). "Hyacinthoides Heist. ex Fabr. (Endymion Dumort.) – bluebells". New Flora of the British Isles (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 920–921. ISBN 978-0-521-70772-5.
- ^ Verloove, Filip (5 March 2018). "Hyacinthoides x massartiana". Manual of the Alien Plants of Belgium.
- ^ "Hyacinthoides non-scripta, H. hispanica & H. x massartiana". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland: BSBI Species Accounts Archive. 30 August 2010.
- ^ Hyslop, Sally (21 May 2015). "Citizen Science Blog: Native and non-native | Bluebell survey". Natural History Museum.
- ^ D. Geerinck (1997) [1996]. "Une épithète pour l'hybride Hyacinthoides hispanica (Mill.) Rothm. × H. non-scripta (L.) Chouard ex Rothm.: H. × massartiana Geerinck (Liliaceae)". Belgian Journal of Botany. 129 (1): 83–85. JSTOR 20794380.
- ^ a b Eric J. Clement (2000). "The hybrid bluebell, H. × massartiana" (PDF). BSBI News. 84. Botanical Society of the British Isles: 24.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Michael Grundmann; Fred J. Rumsey; Stephen W. Ansell; Stephen J. Russell; Sarah C. Darwin; Johannes C. Vogel; Mark Spencer; Jane Squirrell; Peter M. Hollingsworth; Santiago Ortiz; Harald Schneider (2010). "Phylogeny and taxonomy of the bluebell genus Hyacinthoides, Asparagaceae [Hyacinthaceae]". Taxon. 59 (1): 68–82. doi:10.1002/tax.591008.
- ^ P. D. Sell; G. Murrell (1996). "Liliaceae". Butomaceae–Orchidaceae. Flora of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. 5. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 251–294. ISBN 978-0-521-55339-1.
External links edit
Media related to Hyacinthoides × massartiana at Wikimedia Commons- Hannah Briggs (April 11, 2012). "Bluebells: the survival battle of Britain's native bluebells". BBC News. Archived from the original on April 12, 2012.
