Forest hyacinths with setting sun on Texel. by Justin Sinner Pictures ( Fotograaf op Texel)

At the end of April the wood hyacinths bloom in the Texel forest. A purple blanket with the new fresh green spring leaves above it.

The plant received its scientific name from Carl Linnaeus, who placed it in the genus Hyacinthus as Hyacinthus non-scriptus.[1] Linnaeus referred for previously published descriptions and for synonyms to his own Hortus Cliffortianus (1738),[2] to Florae leydensis prodromus (1740) by Adriaan van Royen,[3] and to Gaspard Bauhin's Pinax theatri botanici (1623).[4] The references have in common that they refer to "Hyacinthus non-scriptus" in Stirpium historiae pemptades sex (1583) by Rembert Dodoens. Bauhin additionally mentions Joachim Camerarius junior and the much older Dioscorides as references for the species designation "non-scriptus".

Dodoens indicates that two species of "Hyacinthus" can be found in classical literature.[5] The species called "scriptus" he mentions in the introduction to his second book.[6] Here he tells of the youth Hyakinthos, from whose blood the hyacinth is said to have sprung, and on which the tears of Apollo weeping for him are said to have formed the letters "ai ai". The other species was smaller, and could be called (to indicate that it was a different species from the first) non-scriptus.[7]

The species was placed in the genus Scilla by Johann Centurius von Hoffmannsegg and Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link in 1803. The placement in the genus Hyacinthoides, which is now mostly followed, was first done in 1934 by Pierre Chouard and was formally published in 1944 by Werner Hugo Paul Rothmaler.

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My name is Justin, I was born and raised on the beautiful Dutch island of Texel. I grew up in den Burg, the island's main village. I enjoy being in nature, especially on the beach and in the dunes. Everything is different every day, the sun, the sea, the landscape and the sky. Texel is a particularly suitable place for photography. I also make abstract photo artworks including oil, water, ecoline and paint. Have fun viewing and / or ordering my photos. With kind regards, Justin - Justin Sinner Pictures - JustinSinner.nl

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