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Hypericaceae

Angiospermae - Malpighiales - Hypericaceae

Taxonomy
Hypericaceae was named by Jussieu (1789). It is extant.

It was assigned to Malpighiales by The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1789Hypericaceae Jussieu
2016Hypericaceae The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group p. 17

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Rosids
Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
Fabid
orderMalpighiales
familyHypericaceaeJussieu 1789
familyHypericaceaeJussieu 1789

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Hypericaceae Jussieu 1789
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G. Cratoxylum Blume 1852
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Cratoxylon bilaspurensis Prasad 2006
G. Hypericum Linnaeus 1753 [St John's wort]
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Hypericum androsaemum Linnaeus 1753
Hypericum ascyron Linnaeus 1753
Hypericum balearicum Linnaeus 1753
Hypericum canadense Linnaeus 1753
Hypericum canariense Linnaeus 1753
Hypericum coris Linnaeus 1753
Hypericum egypticum Linnaeus 1753
Hypericum ericoides Linnaeus 1753
Hypericum hircinum Linnaeus 1753
Hypericum hirsutum Linnaeus 1753
Hypericum humifusum Linnaeus 1753
Hypericum japonicum Thunberg 1784
Hypericum kalmianum Linnaeus 1753
Hypericum lasianthus Linnaeus 1753
Hypericum mutilum Linnaeus 1753
Hypericum nummularium Linnaeus 1753
Hypericum olympicum Linnaeus 1753
Hypericum orientale Linnaeus 1753
Hypericum perforatum Linnaeus 1753
Hypericum pulchrum Linnaeus 1753
Hypericum quadrangulum Linnaeus 1753
Hypericum setosum Linnaeus 1753
Hypericum tomentosum Linnaeus 1753
Hypericum type Van der Hammen and Gonzales 1963
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2011-07-22 00:04:15
Modified: 2011-07-21 09:04:15
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Chattian to the top of the Holocene or 27.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.04 Ma

Collections (74 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tertiary - Late/Upper Miocene66.0 - 5.333Russian Federation (Omsk) Hypericum tertiaerum, Hypericum coriaceum (24322)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.04Russian Federation (Tomsk) Hypericum septestum (23901 23905)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.04Germany (Saxony) Hypericum bornense (24983)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Germany (Sachsen) Hypericum miocenicum, Hypericum septestum (24179) Hypericum septestum (24534)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Russian Federation (Tomsk) Hypericum coriaceum (23888) Hypericum septestum (23673 23781 23891) Hypericum septestum, Hypericum coriaceum (23782)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Russian Federation (Tomsk) Hypericum coriaceum, Hypericum sp. (23907) Hypericum septestum (23906)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Russian Federation (Omsk) Hypericum septestum (23894) Hypericum tertiaerum (23897)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58India (Himachal Pradesh) Cratoxylon bilaspurensis (222792)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Germany (Brandenburg) Hypericum miocenicum (23043 23049 27378) Hypericum miocenicum, Hypericum tertiarium (27518) Hypericum tertiaerum (23060 23686)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Germany (Sachsen) Hypericum miocenicum (27279)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Russian Federation (Tomsk) Hypericum septestum (24081)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Germany (Saxen) Hypericum septestum (22898) Hypericum septestum, Hypericum tertiaerum (22897)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Germany (Brandenburg) Hypericum holyi, Hypericum septestum (23611) Hypericum miocenicum (23025 23610 23677) Hypericum septestum (23056 23059 23355 27066) Hypericum septestum, Hypericum tertiaerum (23050 23058) Hypericum tertiaerum (22899 23054 23055 23609 23616 27016) Hypericum tertiaerum, Hypericum septestum (23618 27013) Hypericum tertiaerum, Hypericum welzowense, Hypericum septestum (27524)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Germany (Sachsen) Hypericum septestum (27381 27515)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Germany (Brandenburg) Hypericum tertiaerum, Hypericum septestum (27064)
Late/Upper Miocene - Middle Miocene11.63 - 11.63Russian Federation (Omsk) Hypericum kireevskiana, Hypericum coriaceum (24093)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Russian Federation (Omsk) Hypericum septestum (24324) Hypericum tertiaerum (24094 24099 24321) Hypericum tertiaerum, Hypericum coriaceum (24098 24100 24317 24320) Hypericum tertiaerum, Hypericum coriaceum, Hypericum sp. (24286)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Germany (North Rhine Westphalia) Hypericum holyi (27920)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Germany (North Rhine) Hypericum holyi (28046) Hypericum sp. (27930)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Germany (Sachsen) Hypericum hirsutum (27277)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.58Germany (Thuringia) Hypericum miocenicum, Hypericum tertiaerum (22771)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Italy (Umbria) Hypericum sp. (51756)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Italy (Piemonte) Hypericum danicum (27023)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Germany (Thuringia) Hypericum calycinoides (22778) Hypericum perforatum (22779) Hypericum tetrapterum, Hypericum perforatum, Hypericum hirsutum (22780)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Germany (Thuringen) Hypericum tetrapterum, Hypericum androsaemum (22783)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Tamil Nadu) Hypericum japonicum (228792)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Uttarakhand) Hypericaceae indet. (228809)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Tanzania Hypericum sp. (22336 22337)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Himachal Pradesh) Hypericum sp. (228764)