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Hypericum (St John's wort)

Angiospermae - Malpighiales - Hypericaceae

Taxonomy
Hypericum was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant.

It was assigned to Hypericaceae by Chauhan (1991).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1753Hypericum Linnaeus
1991Hypericum Chauhan

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

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.

G. Hypericum Linnaeus 1753 [St John's wort]
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Hypericum japonicum Thunberg 1784
†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 28.10000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.03 Ma

Collections (72 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 - 23.03Russian Federation (Tomsk) Hypericum septestum (23901 23905)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.03Germany (Saxony) Hypericum bornense (24983)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (Sachsen) Hypericum miocenicum, Hypericum septestum (24179) Hypericum septestum (24534)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Russian Federation (Tomsk) Hypericum coriaceum (23888) Hypericum septestum (23673 23781 23891) Hypericum septestum, Hypericum coriaceum (23782)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Russian Federation (Tomsk) Hypericum coriaceum, Hypericum sp. (23907) Hypericum septestum (23906)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Russian Federation (Omsk) Hypericum septestum (23894) Hypericum tertiaerum (23897)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany (Brandenburg) Hypericum miocenicum (23043 23049 27378) Hypericum miocenicum, Hypericum tertiarium (27518) Hypericum tertiaerum (23060 23686)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Germany (Sachsen) Hypericum miocenicum (27279)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Russian Federation (Tomsk) Hypericum septestum (24081)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Germany (Saxen) Hypericum septestum (22898) Hypericum septestum, Hypericum tertiaerum (22897)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Germany (Sachsen) Hypericum septestum (27381 27515)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Germany (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)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Germany (Brandenburg) Hypericum tertiaerum, Hypericum septestum (27064)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Germany (North Rhine) Hypericum holyi (28046) Hypericum sp. (27930)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Germany (North Rhine Westphalia) Hypericum holyi (27920)
Late/Upper Miocene - Middle Miocene11.608 - 11.608Russian Federation (Omsk) Hypericum kireevskiana, Hypericum coriaceum (24093)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 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)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Germany (Sachsen) Hypericum hirsutum (27277)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Germany (Thuringia) Hypericum miocenicum, Hypericum tertiaerum (22771)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Italy (Umbria) Hypericum sp. (51756)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (Thuringen) Hypericum androsaemum, Hypericum tetrapterum (22783)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (Thuringia) Hypericum calycinoides (22778) Hypericum hirsutum, Hypericum perforatum, Hypericum tetrapterum (22780) Hypericum perforatum (22779)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Italy (Piemonte) Hypericum danicum (27023)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Tamil Nadu) Hypericum japonicum (228792)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Tanzania Hypericum sp. (22336 22337)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Himachal Pradesh) Hypericum sp. (228764)