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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Hypericum

Aaron's beard
St. Peterswort
goldwire
nits and lice
orangegrass
st. johnswort
tinker's penny

Hierarchical position of the Genus Hypericum

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist
syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: angiosperms, flowering plants
  
   Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: Angiosperms
  
   Classis  Rosopsida Batsch
pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.
  
   Subclassis  Dilleniidae Takht. ex Reveal & Tahkt.
pub. 1993
  
   SuperOrdo  Theanae R. Dahlgren ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 74: 179. 25 Mar 1993.
  
   Ordo  Theales Lindl.
pub. Nix. Pl.: 12. 17 Sep 1833.
  
   Familia  Clusiaceae Lindl.
pub. Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2: 74. Jul 1836.
common name: Guttiferae
  
   Subfamilia  Hypericoideae Choisy
pub. Prodr. 1: 541. mid Jan 1824.
  
   Tribus  Hypericeae Choisy
pub. Prodr. Monogr. Hyp�ric.: 32, 37. 9 Mar 1821.
  
   Genus  Hypericum L.
pub. (1753)
common name: St. Johnswort
  

Named members of the Genus Hypericum

1
   Species  acutifolium Ell.
common name: sharpleaf St. Johnswort
2
   Species  adpressum Raf. ex W. Bart.
common name: creeping St. Johnswort
3
   Species  ambiguum Ell.
syn. Hypericum galioides
4
   Species  anagalloides Cham. & Schlecht.
common name: tinker's penny
5
   Species  androsaemum L.
6
   Species  apocynifolium Small
syn. Hypericum nudiflorum
7
   Species  ascyron L.
common name: great St. Johnswort
  
8
   Species  aspalathoides Willd. p.p.
syn. Hypericum brachyphyllum
9
   Species  aureum Bartr.
syn. Hypericum frondosum
10
   Species  bissellii B.L. Robins.
syn. Hypericum dolabriforme
11
   Species  boreale (Britt.) Bickn.
common name: northern St. Johnswort
12
   Species  brachyphyllum (Spach) Steud.
common name: coastalplain St. Johnswort
13
   Species  buckleii M.A. Curtis
common name: Buckley's St. Johnswort
14
   Species  calycinum L.
common name: Aaron's beard, creeping St. Johnswort
  
15
   Species  canadense L.
 
16
   Varietas  galiiforme Fern.
syn. Hypericum canadense
17
   Varietas  magninsulare Weatherby
syn. Hypericum canadense
18
   Varietas  majus Gray
syn. Hypericum majus
19
   Species  canariense L.
common name: Canary Island St. Johnswort
20
   Species  chapmanii P. Adams
common name: Apalachicola St. Johnswort
21
   Species  cistifolium Lam.
common name: roundpod St. Johnswort
22
   Species  concinnum Benth.
common name: goldwire
23
   Species  crux-andreae (L.) Crantz
common name: St. Peterswort
24
   Species  cumulicola (Small) P. Adams
common name: highlands scrub St. Johnswort
25
   Species  degeneri Fosberg
syn. Hypericum parvulum
26
   Species  densiflorum Pursh
 
27
   Varietas  lobocarpum (Gattinger) Svens.
syn. Hypericum lobocarpum
28
   Species  denticulatum Walt.
 
29
   Varietas  acutifolium (Ell.) Blake
syn. Hypericum acutifolium
30
   Varietas  ovalifolium (Britt.) Blake
syn. Hypericum denticulatum
31
   Varietas  recognitum Fern. & Schub.
syn. Hypericum acutifolium
32
   Species  diosmoides Griseb.
common name: Puerto Rico St. Johnswort
33
   Species  dissimulatum Bickn.
common name: disguised St. Johnswort
34
   Species  dolabriforme Vent.
common name: straggling St. Johnswort
35
   Species  drummondii (Grev. & Hook.) Torr. & Gray
common name: nits and lice
36
   Species  edisonianum (Small) P. Adams & Robson
common name: Arcadian St. Johnswort
37
   Species  ellipticum Hook.
common name: pale St. Johnswort
38
   Species  exile P. Adams
common name: Florida Sands St. Johnswort
39
   Species  fasciculatum Lam.
common name: peelbark St. Johnswort
40
   Species  formosum Kunth
 
41
   Varietas  nortoniae (M.E. Jones) C.L. Hitchc.
syn. Hypericum scouleri ssp. nortoniae
42
   Subspecies  scouleri (Hook.) C.L. Hitchc.
syn. Hypericum scouleri ssp. scouleri
43
   Varietas  scouleri (Hook.) Coult.
syn. Hypericum scouleri ssp. scouleri
44
   Species  frondosum Michx.
common name: cedarglade St. Johnswort
45
   Species  galioides Lam.
 
46
   Varietas  pallidum C. Mohr
syn. Hypericum galioides
47
   Species  gentianoides (L.) B.S.P.
common name: orangegrass
48
   Species  glomeratum Small
syn. Hypericum densiflorum
49
   Species  gramineum G. Forst.
common name: grassy St. Johnswort
50
   Species  graveolens Buckl.
common name: mountain St. Johnswort
51
   Species  gymnanthum Engelm. & Gray
common name: claspingleaf St. Johnswort
52
   Species  harperi R. Keller
common name: sharplobe St. Johnswort
53
   Species  humifusum L.
common name: trailing St. Johnswort
54
   Species  hypericoides (L.) Crantz
 
55
   Subspecies  hypericoides
common name: St. Andrew's cross
56
   Subspecies  multicaule (Michx. ex Willd.) Robson
common name: St. Andrew's cross
57
   Varietas  multicaule (Michx. ex Willd.) Fosberg
syn. Hypericum hypericoides ssp. multicaule
58
   Species  kalmianum L.
common name: Kalm's St. Johnswort
59
   Species  lissophloeus P. Adams
common name: smoothbark St. Johnswort
60
   Species  lloydii (Svens.) P. Adams
common name: sandhill St. Johnswort
61
   Species  lobocarpum Gattinger
common name: fivelobe St. Johnswort
62
   Species  majus (Gray) Britt.
common name: large St. Johnswort
63
   Species  microsepalum (Torr. & Gray) Gray ex S. Wats.
common name: flatwoods St. Johnswort
64
   Species  mitchellianum Rydb.
common name: Blue Ridge St. Johnswort
65
   Species  mutilum L.
 
66
   Subspecies  boreale (Britt.) J. Gillett
syn. Hypericum boreale
67
   Varietas  latisepalum Fern.
syn. Hypericum mutilum
68
   Varietas  parviflorum (Willd.) Fern.
syn. Hypericum mutilum
69
   Species  myrtifolium Lam.
common name: myrtleleaf St. Johnswort
70
   Species  nitidum Lam.
common name: Carolina St. Johnswort
71
   Species  nortoniae M.E. Jones
syn. Hypericum scouleri ssp. nortoniae
72
   Species  nudiflorum Michx. ex Willd.
common name: early St. Johnswort
73
   Species  oklahomense Palmer
syn. Hypericum lobocarpum
74
   Species  opacum Torr. & Gray
syn. Hypericum cistifolium
75
   Species  parvulum Greene
common name: Sierra Madre St. Johnswort
76
   Species  pauciflorum Kunth
common name: fewflower St. Johnswort
77
   Species  perforatum L.
common name: St. Johnswort, y fendigedig  (Welsh)
  
78
   Species  petiolatum Walt., non L.
syn. Triadenum walteri
79
   Species  prolificum L.
common name: shrubby St. Johnswort
80
   Species  pseudomaculatum Bush
common name: false spotted St. Johnswort
81
   Species  punctatum Lam.
 
82
   Varietas  pseudomaculatum (Bush) Fern.
syn. Hypericum pseudomaculatum
83
   Species  pyramidatum Ait.
syn. Hypericum ascyron
84
   Species  reductum (Svens.) P. Adams
common name: Atlantic St. Johnswort
85
   Species  scouleri Hook.   
 
86
   Subspecies  nortoniae (M.E. Jones) J. Gillett
common name: Norton's St. Johnswort
87
   Subspecies  scouleri
common name: Scouler's St. Johnswort
88
   Species  setosum L.
common name: hairy St. Johnswort
89
   Species  spathulatum (Spach) Steud.
syn. Hypericum prolificum
90
   Species  sphaerocarpum Michx.
 
91
   Varietas  turgidum (Small) Svens.
syn. Hypericum sphaerocarpum
92
   Species  splendens Small
syn. Hypericum frondosum
93
   Species  stans (Michx. ex Willd.) P. Adams & Robson
syn. Hypericum crux-andreae
94
   Species  stragulum P. Adams & Robson
syn. Hypericum hypericoides ssp. multicaule
95
   Species  subpetiolatum Bickn. ex Small
syn. Hypericum punctatum
96
   Species  suffruticosum P. Adams & Robson
common name: pineland St. Johnswort
97
   Species  tetrapetalum Lam.
common name: fourpetal St. Johnswort
98
   Species  tubulosum Walt.
 
99
   Varietas  walteri (J.G. Gmel.) Lott
syn. Triadenum walteri
100
   Species  turgidum Small
syn. Hypericum sphaerocarpum
101
   Species  virgatum Lam.
syn. Hypericum denticulatum
102
   Species  virginicum L.
 
103
   Varietas  fraseri (Spach) Fern.
syn. Triadenum fraseri
104
   Species  walteri J.G. Gmel.
syn. Triadenum walteri
105
   Species  x moserianum Luquet ex Andr�   

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

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For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

 

Last reviewed November 01, 2004   

 

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