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5168.000 Hypericum
Description of the genus
Trees, shrubs or herbs. Leaves opposite; lamina with translucent glandular dots, which may be linear, and frequently with black, submarginal glandular dots. Flowers terminal, solitary or in a cymose inflorescence, sometimes forming a corymb or panicle, bisexual. Sepals usually 5. Petals usually 5, yellow, often tinged with red. Stamens few-many, in 5 fascicles. Styles (2-)3-5. Fruit a capsule. Seeds minute. Worldwide: c.370 species in termperate zones and on tropical mountains |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | Links to maps | FZ divisions | Content |
| aethiopicum Thunb. subsp. sonderi (Bredell) N. Robson | Altitude Rainfall Geology | E | Description, Image |
| lalandii Choisy | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| peplidifolium A.Rich. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | E | Description, Image |
| revolutum Vahl | Altitude Rainfall Geology | E | Description, Image |
| roeperianum Schimp. ex A. Rich. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | C,E | Description, Image |
| wilmsii R. Keller | Altitude Rainfall Geology | E | Description |
Other sources of information about Hypericum:
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Hypericum pageFlora of Mozambique: Hypericum
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Hypericum
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Hypericum
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Hypericum
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Hypericum
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Hypericum
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