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St John's Wort

Hypericum perforatum L.

2006 Luigi Rignanese cc-by-nc

Hypericum perforatum (St John's Wort) is a species of perennial herb in the family Hypericaceae. They have a self-supporting growth form. They are native to Tunisia, Malta, Finland, Hungary, Croatia, Lithuania, Algeria, Uzbekistan, Czech Republic, United Kingdom, Syria, Australia, Denmark, Germany, Yugoslavia, Gibraltar, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Slovakia, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Ireland, Greece, Spain, Italy, Sweden, Morocco, Belgium, Turkmenistan, Pakistan, Poland, Iran, Armenia, Afghanistan, Sudan, Israel, India, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Albania, China, Georgia, Norway, Macedonia, Kyrgyzstan, Austria, Mongolia, Bulgaria, Portugal, Andorra, France, Russia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Cyprus, Estonia, The Netherlands, and Slovenia. They have simple, broad leaves. Flowers are visited by Eupeodes corollae, Sphaerophoria scripta, small skipper, and Common Eastern Bumblebee. Individuals can grow to 0.5 m.

URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0980073
Definition: Of plant duration, a plant whose life span extends over more than two growing seasons, c.f. annual, biennial, ephemeral, of flowering with respect to architecture, hapaxanthic, monocarpic, pleonanthic
Attribution: Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 12, July 2012. Glossary: http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/top/glossaryi_p.html#perennial

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URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0022142
Definition: whole plant herbaceous

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URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/self-supportingGrowthForm
Definition: an organism relying on its own supportive tissues rather than a climbing habit to achieve vertical growth

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/2464461

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URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PO_0020042
Definition: A leaf in which the lamina is undivided

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URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0002359
Definition: A quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's width being notably higher than its length.

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EOL has data for 33 attributes, including:

age at maturity
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/AgeAtMaturity
- Definition: Age at the first successful reproduction.
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early
- URI: http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C61589
- Definition: At or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events.
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has dispersal vector
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/HasDispersalVector
- Definition: which agent of biological dispersal moves a dispersal unit, or organism, away from its birth population to another location or population in which the individual will reproduce.
- Attribution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dispersal_vector
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anemochory
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/anemochory
- Definition: Seed dispersal by wind (with wind dispersal adaptations, such as pappus or wings).
- Attribution: http://www.uv.es/jgpausas/brot.htm
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geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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Vermont
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/5242283
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invasive in
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/InvasiveRange
- Definition: Information about the jurisdictions where the taxon is considered to be an invasive organism due to its negative impact on human welfare or ecosystems.
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United States
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/6252001
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native range includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/NativeRange
- Definition: Lists jurisdictions in which a given organism is a member of the undisturbed fauna or flora.
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India
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/1269750
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photosynthetic pathway
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/photosyntheticPathway
- Definition: the biochemical pathway a plant uses to gain carbon for growth and reproduction. Plants have evolved three photosynthetic pathways, each in response to distinct environmental conditions, resulting in differences in their ecological patterns of growth and distribution.
- Comment: https://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/the-ecology-of-photosynthetic-pathways-15785165
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c3 photosynthetic plant
- URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q286954
- Definition: one of three metabolic pathways for carbon fixation in photosynthesis, along with C4 and CAM. This process converts carbon dioxide and ribulose bisphosphate (RuBP, a 5-carbon sugar) into 3-phosphoglycerate through the following reaction:\r\n\r\nCO2 + H2O + RuBP → (2) 3-phosphoglycerate\r\n\r\nThis reaction occurs in all plants as the first step of the Calvin–Benson cycle.
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post-fire seedling emergence
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/PostFireSeedlingEmergence
- Definition: Seedling density per pre-fire mature individuals emerging during the first year after fire (seedlings/mature).
- Attribution: BROT trait database. Traits: units and categories (SeedlEmerg), http://www.uv.es/jgpausas/brot.htm
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yes
- URI: http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/SNOMEDCT/373066001
- Attribution: http://ihtsdo.org
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resprout ability after fire
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/RespFire
- Definition: Resprouting ability one year after being ca. 100% scorched or burned by fire.
- Attribution: BROT trait database. Traits: units and categories (RespFire), http://www.uv.es/jgpausas/brot.htm;
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none
- URI: http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/SNOMEDCT/260413007
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seed bank
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/SeedBank
- Definition: Location of persistent seed bank (longevity > 1 yr).
- Attribution: BROT trait database. Traits: units and categories (SeedBank), http://www.uv.es/jgpausas/brot.htm
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soil
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00001998
- Definition: Any material within 2 m from the Earth's surface that is in contact with the atmosphere, with the exclusion of living organisms, areas with continuous ice not covered by other material, and water bodies deeper than 2 m.
- Comment: Ontology Description: http://environmentontology.org/ Ontology Source: http://envo.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/src/envo/envo.owl
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trophic guild
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/TrophicGuild
- Definition: A group of species that exploit the same food resources, and/or use the same feeding or foraging methods. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guild_(ecology)
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photoautotroph
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ECOCORE_00000130
- Definition: An autotroph which is capable of transforming light into chemical energy.
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type specimen repository
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/TypeSpecimenRepository
- Definition: The institution that holds a type specimen for a given species. The recommended best practice is to use the identifier in a collections registry such as the Biodiversity Collections Index (http://www.biodiversitycollectionsindex.org/).
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Botanische Staatssammlung München
- URI: http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15637
- Definition: a gbif dataset
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used for
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Uses
- Definition: The uses of the organism or products derived from the organism.
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medicinal
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C142605
- Definition: substance or combination of substances that may be administered to human beings (or animals) for treating or preventing disease, or with the intent to make a medical diagnosis or to restore, correct or modify physiological functions.
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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of St John's wort. View this species on GBIF

2006 Luigi Rignanese cc-by-nc

St John's wort includes 5 children: