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== Taxonomy ==
Species of ''Scilla'' have been known since [[classical antiquity]], being described by both Greek ([[Theophrastus]] (371–287 BC) and [[Dioscorides|Discorides]] (40–90 AD)) and Roman ([[Pliny the Elder|Pliny]] (23–79 AD){{efn|e.g. scilla autem et bulbi et cepae et alium non nisi in rectum radicantur (squill and the bulbs and onion and garlic only throw out straight roots){{sfn|Plinius Secundus|1938|p=XIX 31}}}}) writers.{{sfn|Chouard|1934}}{{sfn|Negbi|1989}}{{sfn|Janssen|2022}} Theophrastus describe.d ''[[Scilla hyacinthoides]]'' (''skilla''), and more briefly ''[[Scilla autumnalis|S. autumnalis]]'' and ''[[Scilla bifolia|S. bifolia]]'' in his ''[[Historia Plantarum (Theophrastus book)|Historia plantarum]]'', where he mentions "those of squill" (σκῐ́λλης; ''[[:wikt:σκίλλα |skilles]]'').{{sfn|Theophrastus|1916}} In classical literature, ''Scilla'' was known for its medicinal properties.{{efn|One of the common names for ''Scilla maritima'' has been scilla officinalis,{{sfn|Chouard|1934}} indicating its medicinal use}}{{sfn|Chouard|1934}} Later mentions include pre-Linnaen botanists such as [[Leonhart Fuchs|Fuchs]] (1542){{sfn|Fuchs|1542}} and [[Carolus Clusius|Clusius]] (1601).{{sfn|Clusius|1601}}{{sfn|Witztum |Negbi|1991}}
The [[genus]] ''Scilla'' was first formally described by [[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] in 1753, and hence bears his name as the [[botanical authority]], ''Scilla'' <small>L.</small>. He listed eight species,{{efn|''[[Scilla maritima]]'', ''[[Scilla lilio-hyacinthus|S. lilio-hyacinthus]]'', ''[[Hyacinthoides italica|S. italica]]'', ''[[Scilla peruviana|S. peruviana]]'', ''S. amoeana'', ''[[Scilla bifolia|S. bifolia]]'', ''[[Prospero autumnale|S. autumnalis]]'', ''S. unifolia'' }} from the Mediterranean area, Europe and southwest Asia, and placed the genus in the grouping ''Hexandria Monogynia'' (6 [[Stamen|stamens]], 1 [[pistil]]) within his [[Linnaean taxonomy|system of sexual classification]] (''systema sexuale'').{{sfn|Linnaeus|1753}}{{sfn|Martínez-Azorín|Crespo|2016}} Later, [[Antoine Laurent de Jussieu|De Jussieu]] (1789), using a [[natural system]], the relative value of plant characteristics, rather than purely sexual ones, and a hierarchical system of ranks, grouped ''Scilla'' into a "family" which he called [[Asphodelaceae|Asphodeli]], along with ''[[Hyacinth (plant)|Hyacinthus]]'' and ''[[Allium]]''.{{sfn|Jussieu|1789}} Jaume-Saint-Hilaire (1805), while maintaining the same affiliation, recognized three species ''S. maritima'', ''S. amoena'' and ''S. italica''.{{sfn|Jaume-Saint-Hilaire|1805}} The genus ''Scilla'' has [[Scilloideae#Early_classifications|a long and complicated history]] in terms of its classification, [[Circumscription (taxonomy)|circumscription]] and subdivison, and is not fully resolved.{{sfn|Chase et al|2009}} By 1853, [[John Lindley|Lindley]] had created a very large order, the [[Liliaceae]], in which Scilla and related genera formed one of eleven suborders, as Scilleae. This included many genera, including ''[[Camassia]]'' and ''[[Ornithogalum]]''.{{sfn|Lindley|1853}} [[Richard Anthony Salisbury|Salisbury]] undertook a detailed examination of the classification of ''Scilla'' in 1866.{{sfn|Salisbury|Gray|1866}}
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