Barnardia japonica

Barnardia japonica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Scilloideae
Genus: Barnardia
Species:
B. japonica
Binomial name
Barnardia japonica
(Thunb.) Schult. & Schult.f.
Synonyms
  • Ornithogalum japonicum Thunb.
  • Barnardia scilloides Lindl.
  • Barnardia sinensis (Lour.) Speta
  • Scilla chinensis Benth., nom. illeg.
  • Scilla japonica Baker, nom. illeg.
  • Scilla sinensis (Lour.) Merr
  • Scilla scilloides (Lindl.) Druce

Barnardia japonica, the Japanese jacinth, is a bulbous flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae (also treated as the family Hyacinthaceae).[1] It is one of the two species of the genus Barnardia, found in east China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan[2] and East Russia.

  1. ^ Stevens, P.F. (2001–2012), Angiosperm Phylogeny Website: Asparagales: Scilloideae, retrieved 2013-03-28
  2. ^ "Barnardia", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2013-03-28