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Group of flowering plants

Hypericum sect. Adenosepalum
Hypericum montanum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Hypericaceae
Genus: Hypericum
Section: Hypericum sect. Adenosepalum
Spach.
Type species
Hypericum montanum
L.
Subsections
  • H. subsect. Adenosepalum
  • H. subsect. Aethiopica N. Robson
  • H. subsect. Caprifolia N. Robson
  • H. huber-morathii group
H. lanuginosum from subsect. AdenosepalumH. aethiopicum from subsect. AethiopicaH. tomentosum from subsect. CaprifoliaH. formosissimum from the Huber-Morathii group

Hypericum sect. Adenosepalum is one of 36 sections in the genus Hypericum. Its type species is Hypericum montanum.

Distribution

Species in the section are found primarily in Western and Central Europe, Central Russia, the Caucasus, and Morocco.

Description

The section contains a variety of types of plants including shrubs, shrublets, and wiry or soft herbs that grow to be up to 2.5 metres (8.2 ft) tall. If the species in the section are woody, they will be deciduous. They will either be glabrous or have simple hairs and have dark black glands on their leaves. The leaves are placed opposite but in very rare cases are 3-whorled.

Species

Main article: List of Adenosepalum species

Section Adenosepalum contains thirty species divided into four subsections as well as two nothospecies. In addition, H. annulatum has three recognized subspecies and H. aethiopicum has two.

References

  1. "GRIN-Global Web v 1.10.3.6". npgsweb.ars-grin.gov. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  2. Ernst, E. (2003). Hypericum : the genus Hypericum. Taylor and Francis. ISBN 0415369541. OCLC 50314801.
  3. Cullen, James; Knees, Sabrina G.; Cubey, H. Suzanne; Shaw, J.M.H. (2011). The European Garden Flora Flowering Plants (2 ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 499–500. ISBN 978-0521761512.
  4. "Hypericum sect. Adenosepalum Spach". hypericum.myspecies.info. Retrieved 2018-07-03.

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