Hypericum hypericoides

Hypericum hypericoides

Taxonavigation

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
Sectio: H. sect. Myriandra
Subsectio: H. subsect. Ascyrum
Species: Hypericum hypericoides
Subspecies: H. h. subsp. hypericoides – H. h. subsp. multicaule – H. h. subsp. prostratum

Name

Hypericum hypericoides (L.) Crantz, 1766

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Ascyrum hypericoides L., Sp. Pl. ed. 2: 1108 (1763).
• Homotypic
  • Ascyrum hypericoides var. typicum Fernald, Rhodora 38: 432 (1936), nom. inval.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: USA USA (Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Jersey, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia) Regional: Mexico Mexico (Chiapas, Hidalgo, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas, Veracruz) Continental: Southern America Regional: Caribbean Cuba; Puerto Rico; Haiti; Dominican Republic; Bahamas References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Crantz, H.I.N. 1766. Institutiones rei herbariae juxta nutum naturae digestae ex habitu. Tomus II. 550 pp. Impensis Ioannis Pauli Kraus, Vienna. Biblioteca Digital Reference page. , 2:520.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Hypericum hypericoides in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 11. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Hypericum hypericoides. Accessed: 11 Jan 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Hypericum hypericoides. Published online. Accessed: Jan 11 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Hypericum hypericoides in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

English: St. Andrew's cross

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