Hypericum sampsonii

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]

Hypericum sampsonii
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
Binomial name
Hypericum sampsonii
Synonyms[2]
  • Hypericum electrocarpum Maxim.
  • Hypericum esquirolii H.Lév.
  • Hypericum oshimaense R.Keller

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 stamens, 3 styles, and 3-parted capsules. The ovoid to pyramidal capsules reach 9 mm (0.35 in) in length and 5 mm (0.20 in) across with amber-colored vesicular glands scattered on the valves. The orange-brown seeds are approximately 1 mm (0.039 in) long. Hypericum sampsonii flowers between May and July and fruits between June and October.[4][3]

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, Taiwan, southern Japan, eastern Myanmar, and northern Vietnam.[4] In China, it is found in Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, and Sichuan.[4] It occurs in thickets, grassy and riparian areas, and disturbed places such as roadsides and cultivated edges, at 100–1,700 m (330–5,580 ft) above sea level.[4]

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
  1. "Hypericum sampsonii". ipni.org. International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2018-11-02.
  2. "Hypericum sampsonii". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanical Gardens Kew. Retrieved 2018-11-02.
  3. "Hypericum sampsonii Descriptions". hypericum.myspecies.info. Retrieved 2018-11-02.
  4. Li, Xi-Wen; Robson, Norman K. B. "Hypericum sampsonii". Flora of China. 13. Retrieved 2018-11-02 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  5. "Descriptions of four new plants from southern China". Journal of Botany, British and Foreign. 3: 378–379. 1865. Retrieved 2018-11-06.
  6. Tian, Wen-Jing; Qiu, Yu-Qin; Chen, Jun-Jie; Yao, Xiao-Jun; Wang, Guang-Hui; Dai, Yi; Chen, Hai-Feng; Yao, Xin-Sheng (2017). "Norsampsone E, an unprecedented decarbonyl polycyclic polyprenylated acylphloroglucinol with a homoadamantyl core from Hypericum sampsonii". RSC Advances. 7 (53): 33113–33119. doi:10.1039/C7RA05947G. ISSN 2046-2069.
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