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 Zimbabwe: 6 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| aethiopicum Thunb. subsp. sonderi (Bredell) N. Robson | E | Description, Image |
| lalandii Choisy | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| peplidifolium A.Rich. | E | Description, Image |
| revolutum Vahl | E | Description, Image |
| roeperianum G.W. Schimp. ex A. Rich. | C,E | Description, Image |
| wilmsii R. Keller | E | Description |
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