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*Hyacinthaceae Batsch ex Borkhausen. Common name: Hyacinth Family.

Key to Hyacinthaceae

A family of about 67 genera and 900 species, herbs, nearly cosmopolitan.

References: Pfosser et al. (2003); Speta (1998) In Kubitzki (1998a). Show full citations.

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