Barnardia japonica

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