Editing Hyacinthoides non-scripta (section)

==Taxonomy==
''Hyacinthoides non-scripta'' was [[species description|first described]] by [[Carl Linnaeus]] in his 1753 work ''{{lang|la|[[Species Plantarum]]}}'', as a species in the genus ''[[Hyacinth (plant)|Hyacinthus]]''.<ref name=Ortiz2011/> The [[specific name (botany)|specific epithet]] ''{{lang|la|non-scripta}}'' means "unlettered" or "unmarked" and was intended to distinguish this plant from the classical hyacinth of [[Greek mythology]]. This mythical flower, which was almost certainly not the modern hyacinth,<ref>{{cite book |author=J. E. Raven |year=2000 |title=Plants and Plant Lore in Ancient Greece |location=Oxford |publisher=Leopard Head Press |isbn=978-0-904920-40-6 |pages=26–27}}</ref> sprang up from the blood of the dying prince [[Hyacinth (mythology)|Hyacinthus]]. His lover, the god [[Apollo]], shed tears that marked the new flower's petals with the letters "AIAI" ("alas") as a sign of his grief.<ref name="Mabey">{{cite book |author=Richard Mabey |year=1996 |title=Flora Britannica |publisher=[[Sinclair-Stevenson]] |location=London |pages=412–416 |isbn=978-1-85619-377-1|author-link=Richard Mabey }}</ref>

In 1803, [[Johann Centurius von Hoffmannsegg]] and [[Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link]] transferred the species to the genus ''[[Scilla]]'', and in 1849 [[Christian August Friedrich Garcke]] transferred it to the genus ''Endymion'' (now a synonym of ''Hyacinthoides''); it is still widely known as "''Scilla non-scripta''" or "''Endymion non-scriptus''".<ref>{{cite journal |author=Martyn Rix |year=2004 |title=Plate 481. ''Hyacinthoides non-scripta'' Hyacinthaceae |journal=[[Curtis's Botanical Magazine]] |volume=21 |issue=1 |pages=20–25 |doi=10.1111/j.1467-8748.2004.00406.x}}</ref> In 1934, [[Pierre Chouard]] transferred the species to its current placement in the genus ''[[Hyacinthoides]]''.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Pierre Chouard |year=1934 |title=Les noms linnéens des Scilla et des Endymion et leur véritable signification |language=fr |trans-title=The Linnaean names in ''Scilla'' and ''Endymion'' and their true identities |journal=[[Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France]] |volume=81 |issue=4 |pages=620–630 |url=http://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/Imagenes/P0055_81/P0055_81_0671.pdf |format=[[Portable Document Format|PDF]] excerpt |doi=10.1080/00378941.1934.10834006 |bibcode=1934BSBF...81..620C |access-date=2012-03-28 |archive-date=2014-08-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140809160806/http://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/Imagenes/P0055_81/P0055_81_0671.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''Scilla'' was the original Greek name for the sea squill, ''[[Drimia maritima]]''; [[Endymion (mythology)|Endymion]] is a character from [[Greek mythology]]; ''Hyacinthoides'' means "like a hyacinth".<ref>{{cite book |author=Allen J. Coombes |year=1985 |title=The Collingridge Dictionary of Plant Names |publisher=Collingridge |isbn=978-0-600-35770-4}}</ref>

The [[type species]] of ''Hyacinthoides'' is ''H.&nbsp;hispanica'', while that of ''Endymion'' is "''Scilla nutans''", described by [[James Edward Smith (botanist)|James Edward Smith]] in ''[[English Botany]]'' in 1797, but now treated as a [[synonym (taxonomy)|synonym]] of ''H.&nbsp;non-scripta''.<ref name="Grundmann"/> Smith had argued that ''{{lang|la|[[:wikt:nutans|nutans]]}}'' ("nodding") is a more fitting epithet than ''{{lang|la|non-scriptus}}'', which makes no sense once separated from ''Hyacinthus'', but the [[International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants]] requires the oldest name to be used, regardless of meaning.<ref name="Grundmann"/>

[[Common name]]s for ''Hyacinthoides non-scripta'' include bluebell,<ref name="Stace"/> common bluebell, English bluebell, British bluebell,<ref name="NHM"/> wild hyacinth, wood bell, fairy flower and bell bottle.<ref name="Kew"/> In Scotland, the term "bluebell" is used for the harebell, ''[[Campanula rotundifolia]]''.<ref name="Mabey"/>

===Related species===
''Hyacinthoides non-scripta'' forms a [[clade]] with three other species – ''[[Hyacinthoides hispanica|H.&nbsp;hispanica]]'', ''[[Hyacinthoides paivae|H.&nbsp;paivae]]'' and ''[[Hyacinthoides cedretorum|H.&nbsp;cedretorum]]'' – centred on the [[Iberian Peninsula]].<ref name="Grundmann"/> ''H.&nbsp;paivae'' is restricted to a small area of north-western Iberia ([[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]] and neighbouring parts of Portugal), while ''H.&nbsp;cedretorum'' is found in mountainous areas of western [[North Africa]] ([[Morocco]] and [[Algeria]]).<ref name="Grundmann"/> Within Iberia, ''H.&nbsp;non-scripta'' and ''H.&nbsp;hispanica'' are geographically separated by the [[Duero]] river.<ref name="Grundmann"/> The genus also contains seven further species, mostly distributed further east in the [[Mediterranean Basin]].<ref name="Grundmann"/>