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''Hyacinthoides non-scripta'' (formerly ''Endymion non-scriptus'' or ''Scilla non-scripta'') is a bulbous perennial plant, found in Atlantic areas from north-western Spain to the British Isles, and also frequently used as a garden plant. It is known in English as the common bluebell or simply bluebell, a name which is used in Scotland to refer to the harebell, ''Campanula rotundifolia''. In spring, ''H. non-scripta'' produces a nodding, one-sided inflorescence of 5–12 tubular, sweet-scented violet–blue flowers, with strongly recurved tepals, and 3–6 long, linear, basal leaves. ''H. non-scripta'' is particularly associated with ancient woodland where it may dominate the understorey to produce carpets of violet–blue flowers in "bluebell woods", but also occurs in more open habitats in western regions. It is protected under UK law, and in some other parts of its range. A related species, ''H. hispanica'' has also been introduced to the British Isles and hybridises with ''H. non-scripta'' to produce intermediates known as ''H.'' × ''massartiana''. ==Taxonomy== ''Hyacinthoides non-scripta'' was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his seminal 1753 work ''ラテン語:Species Plantarum'', as a species in the genus ''Hyacinthus''.〔 The specific epithet ''ラテン語:non-scriptus'' 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, sprang up from the blood of the dying prince 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. 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''". In 1934, Pierre Chouard transferred the species to its current placement in the genus ''Hyacinthoides''. ''Scilla'' was the original Greek name for the sea squill, ''Drimia maritima''; Endymion is a character from Greek mythology; ''Hyacinthoides'' means "like a hyacinth". The type species of ''Hyacinthoides'' is ''H. hispanica'', while that of ''Endymion'' is "''Scilla nutans''", described by James Edward Smith in ''English Botany'' in 1797, but now treated as a synonym of ''H. non-scripta''.〔 Smith had argued that ''ラテン語:nutans'' ("nodding") is a more fitting epithet than ''ラテン語: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.〔 Common names for ''Hyacinthoides non-scripta'' include bluebell,〔 common bluebell, English bluebell, British bluebell,〔 wild hyacinth, wood bell, fairy flower and bell bottle.〔 In Scotland, the term "bluebell" is used for the harebell, ''Campanula rotundifolia''.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hyacinthoides non-scripta」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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