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Hypericum

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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Hypericum

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

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

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:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 145 203 0 15 0 363 32.9%
WCSP (in review) 93 66 0 581 0 740 67.1%