List of Hypericum sect. Adenosepalum species explained

The section Adenosepalum of genus Hypericum contains thirty species and two hybrids, as well as five recognized subspecies, in four subsections. The section was described by French botanist Édouard Spach and its type species is Hypericum montanum. Species in Adenosepalum are found in Europe, Russia, the Caucasus, and Morocco. They are shrubs, shrublets, and herbs that grow to be 2.5 meters in height with glabrous or simple hairs, black glands on their leaves, which are placed opposite or are 3-whorled.

Species

Subsection or hybrid	Binomial and common name	Author		Type	Habitat	Distribution	Map	Image
Adenosepalum	H. annulatum	Moris	1827	Perennial herb		Balkans, Saudi Arabia, East Africa
	H. annulatum subsp. afromontanum	(Bullock) N.Robson		Perennial herb		Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
	H. annulatum subsp. annulatum			Perennial herb		Bosnia & Herzegovina, Italy, Balkans, Switzerland
	H. annulatum subsp. intermedium	(Steud. ex A.Rich.) N.Robson		Perennial herb		Northeast Africa, Arabian Peninsula
	H. athoum	Boiss. & Orph.	1867	Perennial herb	Rock crevices, rocky places in shade	Greece
	H. atomarium	Boiss.	1827	Perennial herb	Stony places near streams, damp shade	Greece, Turkey, Portugal (Naturalized)
	H. cuisinii	Barbey	1885	Perennial herb	Near springs, calcareous rock fissures	Greece, Turkey
	H. delphicum	Boiss. & Heldr.	1854	Perennial herb	Damp & shady areas around rocks	Greece
	H. lanuginosum (Downy St. John's Wort)	Lam.	1797	Perennial herb	Damp & shady areas around rocks	Middle East, Turkey, Cyprus
	H. montanum (Pale St. John's Wort)	L.	1755	Perennial herb	Woods, thickets, gravelly soils	Eurasia, Morocco
	H. reflexum	L.f.	1782	Shrub	Damp cliffs & walls, around springs & rocky streams	Canary Islands
Aethiopica	H. abilianum	N.Robson	1980	Subshrub	Among grass and low shrubs	Angola
	H. aethiopicum	Thunb.	1800	Perennial herb	Open grasslands, seasonal swamps, bare areas	Southern Africa
	H. aethiopicum subsp. aethiopicum
	H. aethiopicum subsp. sonderi	(Bredell) N.Robson
	H. afrum	Lam.	1797	Perennial herb	Marshes, streamsides, damp moors	Tunisia, Algeria
	H. conjungens	N.Robson	1958	Shrub/subshrub		Central Africa
	H. glandulosum (Malfurada del Monte)	Aiton	1789	Shrub		Canary Islands, Madeira
	H. kiboënse	Oliv.	1887	Shrub/Subshrub		Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania
Caprifolia	H. caprifolium	Boiss.	1838	Perennial herb		Western Spain
	H. coadunatum	Chr. Sm.	1825	Subshrub/Perennial herb		Canary Islands
	H. collenetteae	N.Robson	1993	Subshrub/Perennial herb		Saudi Arabia
	H. naudinianum	Coss. & Durieu	1855	Perennial herb	Near streamsides & waterfalls	Morocco, Algeria
	H. psilophytum	(Diels) Maire	1935	Perennial herb		Morocco, Algeria
	H. pubescens	Boiss.	1838	Perennial herb		Southern Iberia, North Africa
	H. scruglii	Bacch., Brullo & Salmeri	2010	Perennial herb		Sardinia
	H. sinaicum	Hochst. ex Boiss.	1867	Perennial herb		Egypt, Arabian Peninsula
	H. somaliense	N.Robson	1958	Perennial herb		Somalia
	H. tomentosum	L.	1753	Perennial herb		Western Mediterranean
Huber-Morathii	H. decaisneanum	Coss. & Daveau	1889	Perennial herb		Western Libya
	H. formosissimum	Takht.	1940	Perennial herb	Among limestone rocks	Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey
	H. huber-morathii	N.Robson	1967	Perennial herb	Among limestone rocks	Southwest Turkey
	H. minutum	P.H.Davis & Poulter	1954	Perennial herb		Southwest Turkey
	H. sechmenii	Ocak & O.Koyuncu	2009	Perennial herb	Among limestone rocks	Central Turkey
Hybrid	H. × joerstadii (H. glandulosum × H. reflexum)	Lid	1968	Intermediate Shrub		Canary Islands			^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5]
	H. pubescens × tomentosum					Morocco, Western Spain			^[6] ^[7] ^[8]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hypericum Tourn. ex L.. Plants of the World Online. 2018-02-05.
2. Web site: BioLib: Biological library. Zicha. Ondrej. www.biolib.cz. cs. 2018-01-25.
3. Book: Bulletin of the Natural History Museum. 2002. Botany Series.
4. Web site: Hypericum L. 2018-03-25. GBIF. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2018-04-22.
5. Book: Nurk, Nicolai. Phylogenetic analyses in St. John's wort (Hypericum): Inferring character evolution and historical biogeography. 2011. Berlin. 32, 110. Dissertation. 2018-04-22.
6. Web site: Nomenclature Hypericum online. hypericum.myspecies.info. en. 2018-01-25.
7. Robson. Norman. 1996. Studies in the genus Hypericum L. (Guttiferae) 6. Sections 20. Myriandra to 28. Elodes. Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Bot.. 26. 75–271. Hypericum MySpecies.
8. Web site: The International Plant Names Index – home page. Barker. Christine. ipni.org. 2018-09-16.