Hypericum myricariifolium

Hypericum myricariifolium
Hypericum myricariifolium
Systematics
Rosids Eurosiden I Order : Malpighiales (Malpighiales) Family : St. John's wort family (Hypericaceae) Genre : St. John's herbs ( Hypericum ) Type : Hypericum myricariifolium
Scientific name
Hypericum myricariifolium
Hieron.

Hypericum myricariifolium is a plant species fromthe St. John's wort family . The species is endemic to Colombia , where it is popularly referred to as "Chite".

description

Detail of the flower and leaves

Hypericum myricariifolium is a shrub that reaches a height of between one and three meters. The trunk is erect and branches out diffuse further up. The branches hang like a pendulum at their ends. The leaf blade of the sessile and tight-fitting leaves is about 1.2-2 millimeters long and 0.8-1.2 millimeters wide. Their shape is canoe-shaped and oval, with the dry edges appearing slightly translucent like a membrane. The tip of the leaf is obtuse . The 3.6-4.8 millimeter long and 1.6-2.4 millimeter wide oval to elliptical sepals are also obtuse-angled and have a dry, mebranous, translucent edge. The petals measure 1.3-1.7 centimeters in length by 0.7-1 centimeters in width and are slightly oblique to obtuse angled at the tip. The ovary is three to four millimeters in size, with the stylus on top measuring five millimeters. The scar is head-shaped. The fruits reach sizes between six and seven centimeters. The flowering period extends from April to September, followed by fruit ripening from November to February.

distribution

The species is endemic to Colombia. In its habitat, the páramo , it occurs mostly in the company of Hypericum thuyoides , Diplostephium alveolatum and Senecio formosus . It grows at altitudes of around 3700 to 3800 meters.

Botanical history

The species was first described in 1895 by Georg Hans Emmo Wolfgang Hieronymus , the species epithet means something like panicle and refers to the leaf shape similar to Myricaria .

swell

• Pedraza Peñalosa, Luisa Paola: Las plantas con flores de los alrededores de la laguna de Chisacá p. 94.Bogotá 2000.

Individual evidence

Most of the information in this article comes from the sources given under Sources, and the following are also cited:

1. ↑ G. Hieronymus: Plantae Stuebelianae novae - quas descripsit adjuvantibus aliis auctoribus. In: Botanical Yearbooks for Systematics, Plant History and Plant Geography, 21: 321, 1895
2. ↑ See entry at IPNI

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