Cultivated
Hypericum canariense

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Malpighiales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Hypericaceae
Genus: Hypericum
Section: H. sect. Webbia
Species: Hypericum canariense

Name

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Hypericum canariense L., Sp. Pl. 1: 784 (1753).

Synonyms

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  • Homotypic
  • Heterotypic
    • Hypericum floribundum Aiton, Hort. Kew. 3: 104 (1789).
      • Webbia floribunda (Aiton) Spach, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 5: 356 (1836).
      • Hypericum canariense var. floribundum (Aiton) Bornm., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 453 (1903).
      • Webbia canariensis var. floribunda (Aiton) Pit. & Proust, Iles Canaries: 134 (1909).
    • Hypericum attenuatum Link, Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 2: 275 (1822), nom. illeg.
    • Hypericum canariense var. salicifolium Choisy in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 1: 544 (1824).
    • Hypericum canariense var. triphyllum Choisy in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 1: 544 (1824).
    • Webbia heterophylla Spach, Hist. Nat. Vég. 5: 409 (1836).
    • Webbia platysepala Spach, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 5: 356 (1836).
      • Hypericum platysepalum (Spach) Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 789 (1840).
      • Hypericum canariense var. platysepalum (Spach) Bornm., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 453 (1903).
      • Webbia canariensis var. platysepala (Spach) Pit. & Proust, Iles Canaries: 134 (1909).

Homonyms

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Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional: Macaronesia
      • Canary Islands (Gran Canaria, Gomera, Hierro, La Palma, Tenerife, Fuerteventura (doubtful)), Madeira (Madeira).
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: Southwestern U.S.A.
      • California (naturalized).
  • Continental: Pacific
    • Regional: North-Central Pacific
      • Hawaii (Hawaiian Islands: Maui; naturalized)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

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Additional references

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Vernacular names

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English: Canary Islands St John's-wort
español: Granadillo
português: Hipericão
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