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St. John's worts
Hypericum
Hypericum /ˌhaɪˈpiːrɪkəm/ is a genus of flowering plants in the family Hypericaceae (formerly considered a subfamily of Clusiaceae). The genus has a nearly worldwide distribution, missing only from tropical lowlands, deserts and polar regions. Many Hypericum species are regarded as invasive species and noxious weeds. All members of the genus may be referred to as St. John's wort, and some are known as goatweed. The white or pink flowered marsh St. John's worts of North American
40 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Hypericum sect. Hypericum
sectionHypericum
Hypericum sect. Myriandra
sectionMyriandra
Trigynobrathys
sectionTrigynobrathys
Androsaemum
sectionAndrosaemum
Hypericum Sect. Ascyreia
sectionAscyreia
Graveolentia
sectionGraveolentia
Hypericum sect. Elodea
sectionElodea
Section Brathys
sectionBrathys
Taeniocarpium
sectionTaeniocarpium
Roscyna
sectionRoscyna
Oligostema
sectionOligostema
Hypericum sect. Adenosepalum
sectionAdenosepalum
Drosocarpium
sectionDrosocarpium
Webbia
sectionWebbia
Campylosporus
sectionCampylosporus
Tripentas
sectionTripentas
Concinna
sectionConcinna
Humifusoideum
sectionHumifusoideum
Takasagoya
sectionTakasagoya
Coridium
sectionCoridium
Hypericum sect. Hirtella
sectionHirtella
Psorophytum
sectionPsorophytum
Olympia
sectionOlympia
Sampsonia
sectionSampsonia
Adenotrias
sectionAdenotrias
Crossophyllum
sectionCrossophyllum
Campylopus
sectionCampylopus
Elodeoida
sectionElodeoida
Origanifolia
sectionOriganifolia
Triadenioides
sectionTriadenioides
Inodora
sectionInodora
Hypericum sect. Thornea
sectionThornea
Monanthema
sectionMonanthema
Bupleuroides
sectionBupleuroides
Heterophylla
sectionHeterophylla
Arthrophyllum
sectionArthrophyllum
Hypericum × reinosae
hybridHypericum × reinosae
Umbraculoides
sectionUmbraculoides
Santomasia
sectionSantomasia
Hypericum sect. Lianthus
sectionLianthus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.1108
Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.492
The Great Herbary with all the figures of the herbs
1532 · p.164
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.865
Book of Herbs
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1546 · p.92
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.863
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.145
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.144
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.146
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.636
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.581
Discourses on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Dioscorides; Pietro Andrea Mattioli (comm.) · 1568 · p.1168
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 52761.