Hypericum umbraculoides

Hypericum umbraculoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Hypericaceae
Genus: Hypericum
Species: H. umbraculoides
Binomial name
Hypericum umbraculoides
N. Robson[1]

Hypericum umbraculoides is a deciduous shrub in the genus Hypericum. It is the sole species in the section Umbraculoides.[2]

Description

The species's stems are reddish and its bark is grey. Its flowers are narrow and long, with golden petals. Its growth rate and height is unknown.[3]

Distribution

Hypericum umbraculoides is known to be found only in Oaxaca in Mexico,[4] in arid to semiarid climates.[5]

References

  1. N.K.B. Robson (1985) In: Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot., 12(4): 318
  2. Hypericum MySpecies Taxonomy
  3. Studies in the genus Hypericum L. (Guttiferae): 3. Sections: 1. Campylosporus to: 6a. Umbraculoides
  4. JStor Plants
  5. GBIF Online


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