Species Hypericum aethiopicum
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Etymology of Hypericum:
Gk. hyper = above; eikon = a figure, icon, image. From the ancient practice of placing flowers above an image in the house to ward off evil spirits, celebrated at the midsummer festival of Walpurgisnacht, named after Saint Walpurga (c 710–777), which later became the feast of St John held in late June when they are in bloom, and thus took the name of St John’s wort.
Etymology of aethiopicum:
From the Latin aethiopicus = 'Ethiopia'; pertaining frequently to Africa in general, not just Ethiopia.
Scientific name:
Hypericum aethiopicum Thunb.
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Protologue:
Prodr. Pl. Cap. 2: 138 (1800)
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Year published:
1800
Perennial to 30 cm with terete or flattened stems from a woody rootstock. Leaves spreading, ovate, margins often revolute. Flowers 1--many in a cyme, gland-dotted, yellow. Sept.--Dec. Damp clay flats and slopes, KM, LB, SE (Riversdale to Zimbabwe).
Observations of Taxon
Hypericum aethiopicum subsp. sonderi
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Sasa Malan (David)
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Hypericum aethiopicum
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Auriol Batten (David)
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Hypericum aethiopicum subsp. sonderi
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Braam van Wyk and Sasa Malan (David)
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Hypericum aethiopicum
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Barbra Jeppe (David)
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Hypericum aethiopicum
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Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
14/01/2012 - 11:17am
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