5168.000 Hypericum L.

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

Caprivi: 1 taxon.

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oligandrum Milne-Redh.

Other sources of information about Hypericum:

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Flora of Botswana: Hypericum
Flora of Malawi: Hypericum
Flora of Mozambique: Hypericum
Flora of Zambia: Hypericum
Flora of Zimbabwe: Hypericum
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Hypericum

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Hypericum
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Hypericum
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Hypericum
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Hypericum
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Hypericum
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Hypericum
JSTOR Plant Science: Hypericum
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Hypericum
Plants of the World Online: Hypericum
Tropicos: Hypericum
Wikipedia: Hypericum

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Caprivi: Genus page: Hypericum.
https://www.capriviflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=960, retrieved 29 March 2024

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