Hypericum collenetteae

Hypericum collenetteae is a species of flowering plant of the St. John's wort family (Hypericaceae) that is found in Saudi Arabia.^[1][2]

Hypericum collenetteae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Hypericaceae
Genus:	Hypericum
Section:	Hypericum sect. Adenosepalum
Species:	H. collenetteae
Binomial name
Hypericum collenetteae N.Robson[1]

Taxonomy

Hypericum collenetteae was first described by Norman Robson in 1993. Robson spelt the specific epithet collenettiae. This is corrected to collenetteae in the International Plant Names Index entry.^[3] According to the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants, Article 60.8, a connecting i is not used in epithets formed from personal names ending with a vowel.^[4] Iris Sheila Collenette is noted for her work on the botany of Saudi Arabia,^[5][6] and collected the holotype of this species.^[2]

The placement of H. collenetteae within Hypericum can be summarized as follows:^[2]

Hypericum

Hypericum sect. Adenosepalum

subsect. Caprifolia

H. caprifolium – H. coadunatum – H. collenetteae – H. naudinianum – H. psilophytum – H. pubescens – H. scruglii – H. sinaicum – H. somaliense – H. tomentosum