Family · Rosids
Hypericaceae
St John's wort
St. John's wort family: herbs, shrubs and trees with gland-dotted leaves, including medicinal St. John's wort.
- Accepted species
- 639accepted names · Kew WCVP
- Genera
- 6accepted genera · Kew WCVP
- Origin
- ≈48 MaPaleogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
- Centre of diversity
- Asia-Temperatemost native species · WGSRPD
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Plants you might know
- Hypericum (St. John's wort)
- Vismia
- Harungana
Genera
Hypericum533 spp.
Psorospermum49 spp.
Vismia46 spp.
Cratoxylum7 spp.
Harungana3 spp.
Eliea1 spp.
Where it grows
- Asia-Temperate232
- Southern America173
- Africa114
- Northern America82
- Europe74
- Asia-Tropical60
- Australasia4
- Pacific1
Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.
Related families
Hypericaceae sits in the order Malpighiales.
- EuphorbiaceaeSpurges, poinsettia, cassava, rubber6,587
- Phyllanthaceaeleaf-flowers2,106
- SalicaceaeWillows, poplars, aspen1,621
- MalpighiaceaeAcerola, barbados cherry1,496
- ViolaceaeViolets, pansies1,309
- PassifloraceaePassionflowers1,083
- ClusiaceaeMangosteen, St John's wort allies910
- OchnaceaeMickey Mouse plant646
- ChrysobalanaceaeCoco plum548
- Calophyllaceae438
- PodostemaceaeRiverweeds363
- LinaceaeFlax284
- ErythroxylaceaeCoca283
- Putranjivaceae224
- Dichapetalaceaepoison leaf210
- AchariaceaeChaulmoogra180
- RhizophoraceaeMangroves155
- Peraceae107
- Picrodendraceae98
- Humiriaceae67
- ElatinaceaeWaterworts59
- RafflesiaceaeCorpse flower (Rafflesia)50
- Bonnetiaceae38
- Trigoniaceae33