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Hypericum L.
Taxonomic Serial No.: 21416

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Plantae
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):	Ascyrum L.
		Sanidophyllum Small
	Common Name(s):	St. Johnswort [English]

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	accepted

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	unknown
	Latest Record Review:	2011

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Plantae – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants
	Subkingdom	Viridiplantae – green plants
	Infrakingdom	Streptophyta – land plants
	Superdivision	Embryophyta
	Division	Tracheophyta – vascular plants, tracheophytes
	Subdivision	Spermatophytina – spermatophytes, seed plants, phanérogames
	Class	Magnoliopsida
	Superorder	Rosanae
	Order	Malpighiales
	Family	Hypericaceae
	Genus	Hypericum L. – St. Johnswort
		Direct Children:
	Species	Hypericum adpressum W.P.C. Barton – creeping St. Johnswort
	Species	Hypericum aegypticum L.
	Species	Hypericum anagalloides Cham. & Schltdl. – tinker's-penny, creeping St. Johnswort, tinker's penny
	Species	Hypericum androsaemum L. – tutsan, sweet-amber
	Species	Hypericum apocynifolium Small
	Species	Hypericum ascyron L. – great St. Johnswort
	Species	Hypericum beanii N. Robson
	Species	Hypericum brachyphyllum (Spach) Steud. – coastal plain St. Johnswort
	Species	Hypericum buckleyi M.A. Curtis – Buckley's St. Johnswort
	Species	Hypericum calycinum L. – Aaron's beard
	Species	Hypericum canadense L. – lesser Canadian St. Johnswort
	Species	Hypericum canariense L. – Canary Island St. Johnswort
	Species	Hypericum cerastioides (Spach) N. Robson
	Species	Hypericum chapmanii W.P. Adams – Apalachicola St. Johnswort
	Species	Hypericum cistifolium Lam. – roundpod St. Johnswort
	Species	Hypericum concinnum Benth. – goldwire
	Species	Hypericum coris L.
	Species	Hypericum crux-andreae (L.) Crantz – Atlantic St. Peter's-wort, St. Peterswort
	Species	Hypericum cumulicola (Small) W.P. Adams – highlands scrub hypericum, highlands scrub St. Johnswort
	Species	Hypericum densiflorum Pursh – dense St. Johnswort, bushy St. Johnswort
	Species	Hypericum denticulatum Walter – coppery St. Johnswort
	Species	Hypericum diosmoides Griseb. – Puerto Rico St. Johnswort
	Species	Hypericum X dissimulatum E.P. Bicknell (pro. sp.) – disguised St. Johnswort
	Species	Hypericum dolabriforme Vent. – straggling St. Johnswort
	Species	Hypericum drummondii (Grev. & Hook.) Torr. & A. Gray – Drummond's St. Johnswort, nits and lice
	Species	Hypericum edisonianum (Small) W.P. Adams & N. Robson – Edison's ascyrum, Arcadian St. Johnswort
	Species	Hypericum ellipticum Hook. – pale St. Johnswort
	Species	Hypericum fasciculatum Lam. – St. Johnswort, peelbark St. Johnswort
	Species	Hypericum formosum Kunth
	Species	Hypericum frondosum Michx. – cedarglade St. Johnswort
	Species	Hypericum galioides Lam. – bedstraw St. Johnswort
	Species	Hypericum gentianoides (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. – pinweed St. Johnswort, orangegrass
	Species	Hypericum gramineum G. Forst. – grassy St. Johnswort
	Species	Hypericum grandifolium Choisy
	Species	Hypericum graveolens Buckley – mountain St. Johnswort
	Species	Hypericum gymnanthum Engelm. & A. Gray – claspingleaf St. Johnswort
	Species	Hypericum harperi R. Keller – sharplobe St. Johnswort
	Species	Hypericum hircinum L.
	Species	Hypericum hookerianum Wight & Arn. – Hooker's St. Johnswort
	Species	Hypericum humifusum L. – trailing St. Johnswort
	Species	Hypericum hypericoides (L.) Crantz – St. Andrew's cross
	Species	Hypericum kalmianum L. – kalm's st. john's-wort, millepertuis de Kalm, Kalm's St. Johnswort
	Species	Hypericum lissophloeus W.P. Adams – smoothbark St. Johnswort
	Species	Hypericum lloydii (Svenson) W.P. Adams – sandhill St. Johnswort
	Species	Hypericum lobocarpum Gatt. ex J.M. Coult. – fivelobe St. Johnswort
	Species	Hypericum maculatum Crantz – spotted St. John's-wort
	Species	Hypericum majus (A. Gray) Britton – greater Canadian St. John's-wort, large St. Johnswort
	Species	Hypericum microsepalum (Torr. & A. Gray) A. Gray ex S. Watson – flatwoods St. Johnswort
	Species	Hypericum X mitchellianum Rydb. (pro sp.) – Blue Ridge St. Johnswort
	Species	Hypericum X moserianum André – St. Johnswort
	Species	Hypericum mutilum L. – dwarf St. Johnswort
	Species	Hypericum myrtifolium Lam. – myrtleleaf St. Johnswort
	Species	Hypericum nitidum Lam. – Carolina St. Johnswort
	Species	Hypericum nudiflorum Michx. ex Willd. – early St. Johnswort, naked St. Johnswort
	Species	Hypericum parvulum Greene – Sierra Madre St. Johnswort
	Species	Hypericum patulum Thunb.
	Species	Hypericum pauciflorum Kunth – fewflower St. Johnswort
	Species	Hypericum paucifolium S. Watson
	Species	Hypericum perforatum L. – St. John's wort, common St. John's wort, Klamathweed, Klamath weed, St. Johnswort, common St. Johnswort
	Species	Hypericum prolificum L. – shrubby St. Johnswort
	Species	Hypericum pseudomaculatum Bush – false spotted St. Johnswort
	Species	Hypericum pulchrum L.
	Species	Hypericum punctatum Lam. – spotted St. Johnswort
	Species	Hypericum reflexum L. f.
	Species	Hypericum roeperianum G.W. Schimp. ex A. Rich.
	Species	Hypericum scouleri Hook. – Scouler's St. Johnswort
	Species	Hypericum setosum L. – hairy St. Johnswort
	Species	Hypericum sphaerocarpum Michx. – roundseed St. Johnswort
	Species	Hypericum suffruticosum W.P. Adams & N. Robson – pineland St. Johnswort
	Species	Hypericum tenuifolium Pursh – Atlantic St. Johnswort
	Species	Hypericum tetrapetalum Lam. – fourpetal St. Johnswort
	Species	Hypericum tetrapterum Fr. – square-stalk St. Johnswort
	Species	Hypericum uralum Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don

References


	Expert(s):
	Expert:	Norman K.B. Robson
	Notes:	Research Associate, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, England, SW7 5BD
	Reference for:	Hypericum

	Other Source(s):
	Source:	Hypericaceae of North America Update, database (version 2011)
	Acquired:	2011
	Notes:	Updated for ITIS by the Flora of North America Expertise Network, in connection with an update for USDA PLANTS (2007-2010)
	Reference for:	Hypericum

	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Hypericum

	Source:	The PLANTS Database, database (version 4.0.4)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:	National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov
	Reference for:	Hypericum

	Source:	The PLANTS Database, database (version 5.1.1)
	Acquired:	2000
	Notes:	National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov
	Reference for:	Hypericum

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