Hypericum sampsonii
Hypericum sampsonii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Hypericaceae |
Genus: | Hypericum |
Section: | Hypericum sect. Sampsonia |
Species: | H. sampsonii
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Binomial name | |
Hypericum sampsonii | |
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Hypericum sampsonii is a species of flowering plant in the St. John's wort family, Hypericaceae.[3][4] It occurs in China, Taiwan, Japan, Myanmar, and Vietnam.[4] It is one of two species of Hypericum in the section Hypericum sect. Sampsonia.[3]
Description
Hypericum sampsonii is a perennial herb 20–80 cm (7.9–31.5 in) tall with perfoliate leaves. The thick, papery leaves are lanceolate to oblanceolate, 2–8 cm (0.8–3 in) long and 0.7–3.5 cm (0.3–1 in) across, with pale undersides and dense pale or black glandular dots. The flat-topped flowerhead has between 20 and 40 flowers, each flower 6–15 mm (0.2–0.6 in) in diameter with 5 bright yellow petals. Each petal is 4–13 mm (0.16–0.51 in) long and 1.4–7 mm (0.055–0.276 in) across with pale glandular streaks or dots on the surface and black glands along the edges. Each flower has 30–42
Taxonomy
H. sampsonii was described in 1865 by Henry Fletcher Hance in the Journal of Botany, British and Foreign.[1][5] It was named for its collector, "T. Sampson", who collected specimens in June 1865 along muddy riverbanks "subject to overflows" near "Lukpo, 100 miles west of Canton" in southern China.[5] The species was described as rare at that location.[5]
Several authors placed this species in the section Hypericum sect. Drosocarpium, though it is now segregated into H. sect. Sampsonia, along with Hypericum assamicum, based on the combination of perfoliate leaf pairs and vesicular-glandular capsule valves.[3]
Distribution and habitat
Hypericum sampsonii occurs in China,
Chemistry
Hypericum sampsonii has been studied for potential use in medicine, including the treatment of "hematemesis, enteritis, traumatic hemorrhage, swellings, and cancer".[6] It contains polycyclic polyprenylated acylphloroglucinols (PPAPs) including norsampsone.[6]
References
- ^ a b "Hypericum sampsonii". ipni.org. International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2018-11-02.
- ^ "Hypericum sampsonii". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanical Gardens Kew. Retrieved 2018-11-02.
- ^ a b c d "Hypericum sampsonii Descriptions". hypericum.myspecies.info. Retrieved 2018-11-02.
- ^ a b c d e f Li, Xi-Wen; Robson, Norman K. B. "Hypericum sampsonii". Flora of China. Vol. 13. Retrieved 2018-11-02 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
- ^ a b c "Descriptions of four new plants from southern China". Journal of Botany, British and Foreign. 3: 378–379. 1865. Retrieved 2018-11-06.
- ^ ISSN 2046-2069.