What genus of bulbous flowering plants, native to the eastern Mediterranean region east to Iran and Turkmenistan has 3 species: litwinowii, orientalis and transcaspicus?
Hyacinth (plant) authorities place "H. litwonovii" and "H. transcaspicus" in the related genus "Hyacinthella", which would make "Hyacinthus" a monotypic genus. The genus "Hyacinthus" is considered native to the eastern Mediterranean, including Turkey, Turkmenistan, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria and the Palestine region. It is widely naturalized elsewhere, including Europe (the Netherlands, France, Sardinia, Italy, Sicily, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Albania, Greece and Cyprus), Korea, North America (United States and Canada) and central Mexico, Cuba and Haiti. The Dutch, or common hyacinth of house and garden culture ("H. orientalis", native to southwest Asia) was so popular in the 18th century that over 2,000
Helleborus orientalis Helleborus orientalis Helleborus orientalis, known as the lenten rose, is a perennial flowering plant in the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae, native to Greece and Turkey. Jean-Baptiste Lamarck described the species in 1789, giving it its current name of "Helleborus orientalis" "Hellébore du Levant". The species name is derived from the Latin "oriens" "the east". The common name is from their flowering during Lent. Within the genus it has been classified in the section "Helleborastrum", and is closely related to the other eight species. These species are all highly variable and hybridise with each other freely. The lenten rose grows as a