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Hypericum (St. John's worts)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #photos #macrophotos #refs #webs
Species Hypericum androsaemum L. (Tutsan) 15     2
Species Hypericum calycinum L. (Rose-of-sharon)       3
Species Hypericum cernuum (a garden St John's Wort)       2
Species Hypericum elatum (a garden St John's Wort)       2
Species Hypericum elodes L. (Marsh St. John's-wort) 2   1 2
Species Hypericum hirsutum L. (Hairy St. John’s-wort) 13     8
Species Hypericum humifusum L. (Trailing St. John’s-wort) 17 3   1
Species Hypericum kotschyanum (a St. John's-wort)       1
Species Hypericum linariifolium Vahl (Toadflax-leaved St. John's-wort)     1  
Species Hypericum maculatum Crantz (Imperforate St. John’s-wort)       7
Hybrid Hypericum maculatum x perforatum (H. x desetangsii) Lamotte (Des Etangs' St. John's-wort) 13 5   1
Species Hypericum montanum L. (Pale St. John’s-wort)       1
Species Hypericum patulum (a garden St John's Wort)       2
Species Hypericum perforatum L. (Perforate St. John’s-wort) 3 15   17
Species Hypericum pulchrum L. (Slender St. John’s-wort) 7 9   4
Species Hypericum tetrapterum Fries (Square-stalked St. John’s-wort)   9   11
Species Hypericum webbii (a St. John's-wort)       1

Suggested Literature

Hypericum may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Hypericum:

is grazed by mobile cased larva Cryptocephalus moraei - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
Photos may have adult Cryptocephalus fulvus - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos may have adult Cryptocephalus hypochaeridis - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
may have adult Cryptocephalus labiatus - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
flower (live) live flower is grazed by adult Cryptocephalus moraei - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
flower head (dried) dried flower head may have larva Chrysolina varians - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Restricted Cox, M.L., 2007
Bullock, J.A., 1992
Photos flower flower is grazed by adult Chrysolina hyperici - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf (live) live leaf is mined by larva Fomoria septembrella - a micro-moth (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae) UK/Ireland Robbins, R., 1990 [Some garden spp and several native ones. A narrow upper surface corridor, leading to a central blotch. Pupariates internally.]
leaf (live) live leaf is grazed by nocturnal adult Chrysolina varians - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf (live) live leaf is grazed by larva Chrysolina varians - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Restricted Cox, M.L., 2007
Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf (live) live leaf is grazed by adult Cryptocephalus moraei - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous, caeomoid aecium Melampsora hypericorum - Tutsan Rust (Uredinales: Melampsoraceae) UK/Ireland Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966 [but not on H. humifusum]
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous, subepidermal telium Melampsora hypericorum - Tutsan Rust (Uredinales: Melampsoraceae) UK/Ireland Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966 [but not on H. humifusum]
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf may shelter larva Chrysolina varians - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Restricted Cox, M.L., 2007
Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Chrysolina brunsvicensis - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Restricted Cox, M.L., 2007
Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf leaf is grazed by imago Chrysolina brunsvicensis - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
Bullock, J.A., 1992
Photos leaf leaf is grazed by larva Chrysolina hyperici - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Restricted Cox, M.L., 2007
Bullock, J.A., 1992
Photos leaf leaf is grazed by adult Chrysolina hyperici - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
Bullock, J.A., 1992
stem stem is grazed by larva Chrysolina brunsvicensis - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Restricted Cox, M.L., 2007
Bullock, J.A., 1992
Photos stem stem is grazed by larva Chrysolina hyperici - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Restricted Cox, M.L., 2007
Bullock, J.A., 1992

Hypericum may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

References

Bullock, J.A., 1992 Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations
Cox, M.L., 2007 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota
Robbins, R., 1990 A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the midlands
Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966 British Rust Fungi

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