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Common Name: fourpetal St. Johnswort
 
Common Name: fourpetal St. Johnswort
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''H. tetrapetalum'' is a slender plant, usually with few branchings (FSU Herbarium). As its name implies, this species has a tetramerous calyx and corolla (FSU Herbarium).
  
 
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==Distribution==

Revision as of 13:44, 20 July 2015

Hypericum tetrapetalum
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Order: Theales
Family: Clusiaceae ⁄ Guttiferae
Genus: Hypericum
Species: H. tetrapetalum
Binomial name
Hypericum tetrapetalum
(L.) Crantz
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Natural range of Hypericum tetrapetalum from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Description

Common Name: fourpetal St. Johnswort

H. tetrapetalum is a slender plant, usually with few branchings (FSU Herbarium). As its name implies, this species has a tetramerous calyx and corolla (FSU Herbarium).

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

Phenology

Seed dispersal

Seed bank and germination

Fire ecology

Pollination

Mark Deyrup at Archbold Biological Station observed these Hymenoptera species on Hypericum tetrapetalum

Halictidae: Augochlorella aurata

Halictidae: Augochloropsis metallica

Halictidae: Lasioglossum coreopsis

Halictidae: Lasioglossum miniatulus

Megachilidae: Megachile brevis pseudobrevis

Use by animals

Deyrup observed these bees, Augochlorella aurata, Dialictzcs coreopsis, D. lniniatulusi on H. tetrapetalum.[1]

Diseases and parasites

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  1. Deyrup, M. J. E., and Beth Norden (2002). "The diversity and floral hosts of bees at the Archbold Biological Station, Florida (Hymenoptera: Apoidea)." Insecta mundi 16(1-3).