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The genus Hypericum is in the family Hypericaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

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Species in Hypericum

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Hypericum abilianum N.Robson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum aciculare Kunth	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum acmosepalum N. Robson	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum acostanum Steyerm. ex N. Robson	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum addingtonii N. Robson	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum adpressum W.P.C.Barton	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum adsharicum (Woronow) A.P. Khokhr.	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum afromontanum Bullock	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum alpigenum Kit.	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum anagalloides Cham. & Schltdl.	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum andinum Gleason	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum andjerinum Font Quer & Pau	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum androsaemum L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum aphyllum Lundell	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum apiculatum (N. Robson) Sennikov	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum ardasenowii R. Keller & Albov	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum ascyron L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum asplundii N. Robson	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum attenuatum Fisch. ex Choisy	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum augustinii N. Robson	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum australe Ten.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum austroyunnanicum L.H. Wu & D.P. Yang	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum baccharoides Cuatrec.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum beanii N. Robson	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum bellum H.L. Li	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum bequaertii De Wild.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum bojerianum H. Perrier	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum brachyphyllum (Spach) Steud.	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum brasiliense Choisy	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum brathys Sm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum brevistylum Choisy	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum caespitosum Cham. & Schltdl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum callacallanum N. Robson	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum callinum Rose	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum calycinum L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum campestre Cham. & Schltdl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum canadense L.	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum caprifoliatum Cham. & Schltdl.	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum caracasanum Willd.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum cardonae Cuatrec.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum carinatum Griseb.	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum carinosum R.Keller	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum cassiopiforme N. Robson	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum castellanoi N.Robson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum caucasicum Gorschk.	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum cavernicola L.B. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum chamaemyrtus Triana & Planch.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum chamaenerium (Spach) Steud.	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum choisyanum Wall. ex N. Robson	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum cohaerens N. Robson	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum collinum Schltdl. & Cham.	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum connatum Lam.	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum cordatum (Vell.) N. Robson	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum cumulicola (Small) P.B. Adams	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum curvisepalum N. Robson	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum daliense N. Robson	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum decandrum Turcz.	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum denticulatum Walter	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum denudatum A. St.-Hil.	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum × desetangsii Lamotte	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum diosmoides Griseb.	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum × dissimulatum E.P. Bicknell	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum drummondii (Grev. & Hook.) Torr. & A. Gray	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum eastwoodianum I.M.Johnst.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum edisonianum (Small) W.P. Adams & N. Robson	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum elatoides R. Keller	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum elegans Stephan ex Willd.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum elodeoides Choisy	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum elongatum Ledeb.	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum empetrifolium Willd.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum enshiense L.H. Wu & F.S. Wang	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum epigeium R. Keller	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum erectum Thunb.	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum ericifolium Steyerm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum faberi R. Keller	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum formosanum Maxim.	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum formosum Kunth	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum forrestii (Chitt.) N. Robson	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum galinum S.F. Blake	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum garciae Pierce	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum geminiflorum Hemsl.	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum gentianoides (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum globuliferum R. Keller	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum gnidioides Seem.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum gramineum G.Forst.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum griffithii Hook. f. & Thomson ex Dyer	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum gymnanthum Engelm. & A. Gray	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum harlingii N. Robson	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum hartwegii Benth.	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum hengshanense W.T. Wang	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum henryi H.Lév. & Vaniot	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum himalaicum N. Robson	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum hirsutum L.	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum hookerianum Wight & Arn.	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum hubeiense L.H. Wu & D.P. Yang	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum humbertii Staner	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum humboldtianum Steud.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum humifusum L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum hypericoides (L.) Crantz	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum hyssopifolium Chaix	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum × inodorum Mill.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum iwatelittorale H.Koidz.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum jahnii R.Keller	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum japonicum Thunb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum juniperinum Kunth	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum kalmianum L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum keniense Schweinf.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum kiboense Oliv.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum kingdonii N. Robson	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum kouytchense H.Lév.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum lagarocladum N. Robson	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum lalandii Choisy	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum lancasteri N. Robson	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum lancifolium Gleason	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum lancioides Cuatrec.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum laricifolium Juss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum laricoides Gleason	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum × laschii A.Fröhl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum latisepalum (N. Robson) N. Robson	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum legrandii L.B. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum linarioides Bosse	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum linoides A. St.-Hil.	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum llanganaticum N. Robson	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum lloydii (Svenson) P.B.Adams	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum longistylum Oliv.	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum lorentzianum Gilg ex R. Keller	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum loxense Benth.	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum ludlowii N. Robson	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum lydium Boiss.	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum maclarenii N. Robson	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum maculatum Crantz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum magdalenicum N.Robson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum magniflorum Cuatrec.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum maguirei N. Robson	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum majus (A.Gray) Britton	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum marahuacanum N.Robson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum matangense N. Robson	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum × medium Peterm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum meridense Steyerm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum mexicanum L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum microlicioides L.B. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum momoseanum Makino	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum monanthemum Hook. f. & Thomson ex Dyer	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum monogynum L.	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum montanum L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum montbretii Spach	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum moranense Kunth	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum mutilum L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum myrianthum Cham. & Schltdl.	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum nagasawae Hayata	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum nakamurae (Masam.) N. Robson	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum naudinianum Coss. & Durieu	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum nokoense Ohwi	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum nummularioides Trautv.	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum oaxacanum R. Keller	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum oligandrum Milne-Redh.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum orientale L.	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum paramitanum N.Robson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum parvulum Greene	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum patulum Thunb.	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum pauciflorum Kunth	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum paucifolium S. Watson	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum pedersenii N.Robson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum peplidifolium A.Rich.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum perfoliatum L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum perforatum L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum petiolulatum Hook. f. & Thomson ex Dyer	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum phellos Gleason	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum philonotis Cham. & Schltdl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum pimeleoides Planch. & Linden ex Triana & Planch.	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum piriai Arechav.	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum platyphyllum Gleason	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum polyanthemum Klotzsch ex Reichardt	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum polygonifolium Rupr.	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum pratense Cham. & Schltdl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum prattii Hemsl.	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum prietoi N. Robson	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum pringlei S. Watson	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum pruinatum Boiss. & Balansa	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum przewalskii Maxim.	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum pseudobrathys Turcz.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum pseudohenryi N. Robson	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum pseudomaculatum Bush	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum pubescens Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum pulchrum L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum pumilum Sessé & Moc.	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum punctatum Lam.	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum quitense R. Keller	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum racemosum (Kuntze) Sennikov	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum recurvum N. Robson	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum reptans Hook. f. & Thomson ex Dyer	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum revolutum Vahl	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum rigidum A. St.-Hil.	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum roeperianum Schimp. ex A.Rich.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum roraimense Gleason	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum rubritinctum N. Robson	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum ruscoides Cuatrec.	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum salvadorense N. Robson	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum sampsonii Hance	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum scabrum L.	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum scioanum Chiov.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum scouleri Hook.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum seleri Keller	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum seniawinii Maxim.	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum setosum L.	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum silenoides Juss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum songaricum Ledeb. ex Rchb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum spathulatum (Spach) Steud.	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum sprucei N. Robson	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum stans (Michx. ex Willd.) W.P. Adams & N. Robson	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum stellatum N. Robson	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum stenopetalum Turcz.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum strictum Kunth	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum struthiolifolium Juss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum stuebelii Hieron.	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum styphelioides A. Rich.	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum subalatum Hayata	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum subcordatum (R. Keller) N. Robson	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum subsessile N. Robson	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum taihezanense Sasaki ex S. Suzuki	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum tamamum Cuatrec.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum teretiusculum A. St.-Hil.	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum ternum A. St.-Hil.	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum tetrapterum Fr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum thesiifolium Kunth	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum thuyoides Kunth	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum tomentosum L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum tosaense Makino	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum trigonum Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum triquetrifolium Turra	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum undulatum Schousb. ex Willd.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hypericum uralum Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum wardianum N. Robson	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum wightianum Wall. ex Wight & Arn.	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum wilsonii N. Robson	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum wurdackii N. Robson	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum xylosteifolium N. Robson	Accepted		TRO
Hypericum yezoense Maxim.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 1,103 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Hypericum. Of these 238 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 292 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Hypericum. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 1,103 species names for the genus Hypericum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	238	21.6%
◕	Synonym	269	24.4%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	596	54.0%

All names

The status of the 1,395 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Hypericum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	275	19.7%
◕	Synonym	499	35.8%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	621	44.5%

Of these names,

• 9 are recorded as invalid
• 15 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 1,103 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Hypericum, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	235	253	0	0	488	44.2%
	Low confidence	3	16	0	596	615	55.8%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Hypericum, are as follows: