| Hylomecon japonica | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Papaveraceae |
| Genus: | Hylomecon |
| Species: | H. japonica |
| Binomial name | |
| Hylomecon japonica (Thunb.) Prantl [1] | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Hylomecon japonica is a species of flowering plant in the family Papaveraceae, native to China and Japan. [1] It was first described by Carl Peter Thunberg in 1784 as Chelidonium japonicum. [2]