hyacinth

genus of flowering plants
Taxon taxon Q158758
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Summary

hyacinth is a taxon[1]. hyacinth ranks in the top 0.36% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,744 views/month, #706 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: genus[3]
  • Named after: Hyacinth[4]
  • Parent taxon: Hyacinthinae[5]
  • Taxon name: Hyacinthus[6]
  • Commons category: Hyacinthus (Hyacinthaceae)[7]
  • Taxonomic type: Hyacinthus orientalis[8]
  • Unicode character: 🪻[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Hyacinthus (Hyacinthaceae)[10]
  • Described by source: Pauly–Wissowa[11], Otto's encyclopedia[12], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[15], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[17]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=5870[18]
  • Taxon common name: hyacint[19], Hyazinthen[20], hyacinth[21], Hyasintit[22], jacinthe[23], Jácint[24], Giacinto[25], ヒアシンス属[26], Hiacintas[27], hiacynt[28], Гиацинт[29], Sümbül[30], 风信子属[31], hijacint[32]
  • Different from: jacinth[33]
  • Has fruit type: capsule[34]

Body

Identifiers

hyacinth's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 126638[35]. hyacinth's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 82024[36]. hyacinth's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 23768922[37]. hyacinth's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2766192[38]. hyacinth's ITIS TSN is recorded as 500338[39].

Discovery and Description

Things named for hyacinth include 152 mm gun 2A36[40], an artillery model[41].

Why It Matters

hyacinth has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] hyacinth is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

Entities named for hyacinth include 152 mm gun 2A36[40], an artillery model[41].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [36] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [39] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [38] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [31] ↑ . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. wikidata.org.
  34. [32] ↑ . Lexicon of Plant Riches. wikidata.org.
  35. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [41] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [42] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [43] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id → C4398
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  2. 11w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Hyacinthinae
    Instance of → —
    Described by source → Pauly–Wissowa, Otto's encyclopedia, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +4
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    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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