Hypericum
See also: hypericum
Translingual
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin hypericum, from Ancient Greek ὑπερικόν (huperikón), a variant of ὑπέρεικος (hupéreikos), from ὑπέρ (hupér, “over”) + ἐρείκη (ereíkē, “heath”).
Proper noun
Hypericum n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Hypericaceae – of nearly worldwide distribution, including St. John's wort.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids, 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
References
Hypericum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Hypericum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Hypericum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Hypericum at USDA Plants database
- Hypericum at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
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