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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 Mozambique: 6 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| aethiopicum Thunb. subsp. sonderi (Bredell) N. Robson | MS | Description, Image |
| lalandii Choisy | N,MS,GI,M | Description, Image |
| peplidifolium A.Rich. | Z | Description, Image |
| quartinianum A. Rich. | N | |
| revolutum Vahl | MS | Description, Image |
| roeperianum G.W. Schimp. ex A. Rich. | MS | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Hypericum:
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Flora of Botswana: HypericumFlora of Caprivi: Hypericum
Flora of the DRC: Hypericum
Flora of Malawi: Hypericum
Flora of Rwanda: Hypericum
Flora of Zambia: Hypericum
Flora of Zimbabwe: Hypericum
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Hypericum
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): HypericumBHL (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
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