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Nomenclature
Hypericum pseudoerectum N. Robson
Nomenclature
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Section: sect. HypericumSubsection: subsect. Erecta
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Synonyms: 2
DIAGNOSTIC DESCRIPTION
Perennial herb 0.33–0.38 m tall, erect from woody? base, with stems [solitary?] unbranched below inflorescence. Stems narrowly 2(4)-lined at first, soon terete, eglandular; internodes 18–35 mm, shorter than leaves. Leaves sessile; lamina 25–37 × 7–14 mm, lanceolate to narrowly oblong, paler beneath, chartaceous; apex rounded to apiculate-obtuse, margin plane, base cordate-amplexicaul; venation: 3 pairs of main laterals from lower quarter to half of midrib; tertiary reticulation dense, scarcely visible above; laminar glands pale to (mostly) reddish, punctiform, dense; intramarginal glands black, rather dense. Inflorescence 6–c. 30-flowered from 2–3 nodes, ± dense, often with branches from one node below, the whole pyramidal to subcorymbose; pedicels 2–3 mm; bracts reduced-foliar, bracteoles linear-lanceolate to linear. Flowers c. 15 mm in diam., stellate; buds cylindric-ellipsoid, rounded. Sepals 5, unequal to subequal, 4.2–4.5 × 1.2 mm, narrowly oblong to lanceolate, rounded to subacute, entire; veins 5, outer branched and sometimes anastomosing; laminar glands pale, shortly striiform; marginal glands black, spaced to irregular, distal and few (1–2). Petals 5, yellow, not tinged red?, 7–10 × 2.3 mm, 1.7–2.3 × sepals, broadly oblanceolate, rounded, entire; laminar glands pale, linear to striiform; marginal glands black, few (2–7), subapical. Stamens c. 40, ‘3’-fascicled, longest c. 6 mm, 0.8–0.9 × petals; anther gland black. Ovary 2–3 × c. 1–1.5 mm, ellipsoid; styles 3, free, divergent, 2.2–2.5 mm, about equalling ovary; stigmas narrow. Capsule (immature?) c. 7 × 3.5 mm, ellipsoid. Seeds not seen.