Hypericum
See also: hypericum
Translingual
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin hypericum, from Ancient Greek ὑπερικόν (huperikón), from ὑπέρ (hupér, “over”) + ἐρείκη (ereíkē, “heath”)
Proper noun
Hypericum n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Hypericaceae – of nearly worldwide distribution, including Saint John's wort.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, eurosids I, COM clade - clades; Malpighiales - order; Hypericaceae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Hypericum perforatum - type species
- Hypericum sect. Adenosepalum, Hypericum sect. Adenotrias, Hypericum sect. Androsaemum, Hypericum sect. Arthrophyllum, Hypericum sect. Ascyreia, Hypericum sect. Brathys, Hypericum sect. Bupleuroides, Hypericum sect. Campylopus, Hypericum sect. Campylosporus, Hypericum sect. Concinna, Hypericum sect. Coridium, Hypericum sect. Crossophyllum, Hypericum sect. Drosocarpium, Hypericum sect. Elodeoida, Hypericum sect. Elodes, Hypericum sect. Graveolentia, Hypericum sect. Heterophylla, Hypericum sect. Hirtella, Hypericum sect. Humifusoideum, Hypericum sect. Hypericum, Hypericum sect. Inodora, Hypericum sect. Monanthema, Hypericum sect. Myriandra, Hypericum sect. Oligostema, Hypericum sect. Olympia, Hypericum sect. Origanifolia, Hypericum sect. Psorophytum, Hypericum sect. Roscyna, Hypericum sect. Sampsonia, Hypericum sect. Taeniocarpium, Hypericum sect. Takasagoya, Hypericum sect. Thasia, Hypericum sect. Triadenioides, Hypericum sect. Trigynobrathys, Hypericum sect. Umbraculoides, Hypericum sect. Webbia - sections
Further reading
- Hypericum at USDA Plants database
- Hypericum on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
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