Scilla hyacinthina, Roth.

Chakral, Kiran Gangadhar, Dutta, Suchandra Ranjit, Rodrigues, Hensal & Dwivedi, Mayank, 2024, Revisionary insights into the genus Ledebouria (Asparagaceae) from India, Phytotaxa 641 (1), pp. 1-21 : 9

Key to the varieties of L. hyacinthina Roth.

1. Leaf narrowly lanceolate; apex acute with no bulbil; inflorescence 1–3 per plant; ovary with downward projected beak in each carpel .......................................................................................................................... Ledebouria hyacinthina var. hyderabadensis

1. Leaf lanceolate to spathulate; apex acute or obtuse; inflorescence upto 1–2 bulbil may or may not be present; ovary without beak ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2

2. Leaves lanceolate, oblanceolate or elliptic; apex acute (up to 700); bulbil may be present or not....................................................... ......................................................................................................................................... Ledebouria hyacinthina var. hyacinthina

2. Leaves spathulate; apex obtuse (between70– 1300); bulbil absent ........................................... Ledebouria hyacinthina var. obtusata