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Genus: Hypericum Life
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Eurosid I > Order: Malpighiales
> Family: Hypericaceae
About 370 species worldwide of which eight are native to
southern Africa, three are naturalised, and an additional 14 species are
cultivated in the region. Previously placed in the Clusiaceae.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).
Species naturalised in southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).
Hypericum forrestii
[= Hypericum floribundum] Native to China and Burma. |
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Hypericum hookerianum |
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Hypericum perforatum (Klamath
weed) Native from Europe through to China. |
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Other species, cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002).
Hypericum annulatum
Native from Sardinia to tropical Africa. |
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Hypericum ascyron
Native to China and the USA. |
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Hypericum balearicum
Native to the Balearic Islands |
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Hypericum canariense
[= Hypericum floribundum]
Native to the Canary Islands and Madeira. |
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Hypericum empetrifolium
Native to the eastern Mediterranean. |
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Hypericum kalmianum
Native to the USA and Canada. |
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Hypericum monogynum
[= Hypericum chinense]
Native to China and Taiwan. |
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Hypericum nudiflorum
Native to the southeastern USA. |
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Hypericum olympicum |
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Hypericum orientale
Native from Turkey to Azerbaijan. |
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Hypericum polyphyllum
Native to Turkey. |
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Hypericum prolificum
Native to eastern USA and Canada. |
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Hypericum punctatum
Native to eastern USA and Canada. |
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Hypericum tetrapterum
Native from Madeira through to western Asia. |
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