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Nomenclature
Hypericum beamanii N. Robson
Nomenclature
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Section: sect. BrathysSubsection: subsect. Spachium
Media
DIAGNOSTIC DESCRIPTION
Shrublet c. 0.28 m tall, with taproot, erect and bushy or somewhat diffuse; branches basal and lateral, strict or erect from decumbent to prostrate rooting base. Stems reddish-brown, 4-lined, ancipitous and densely gland-dotted when young, eventually 2-lined to subterete, cortex exfoliating in strips; internodes 3-8 mm long. Leaves sessile, spreading from base, longer than internodes, persistent, becoming deflexed and withering; lamina 8-18 x 1.3-3 mm, linear or narrowly elliptic to narrowly oblanceolate, margin slightly recurved, strongly undulate-denticulate, not cucullate, midrib slightly prominent beneath, smooth on both sides, slightly paler beneath, not glaucous, thinly chartaceous; apex acute to apiculate or obtuse, base narrowly cuneate to angustate, free; basal vein 1, with 1-3 pairs of ascending lateral branches, tertiary reticulation absent; laminar glands rather dense, not prominent. Inflorescence c. 5?-flowered, branching dichasial/ monochasial, with subsidiary branches from 1-2 nodes below; peduncle and pedicels 2-4 mm long; bracts and bracteoles linear. Flowers immature, in bud only. Sepals (immature?) 2.5-3.5 x 0.5-0.7 mm, subequal, narrowly oblong, acute; veins 3, unbranched; glands linear. Petals tinged red in bud.