Hypericeae
| Hypericeae Temporal range:
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| Hypericum perforatum L. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Hypericaceae |
| Tribe: | Hypericeae Choisy (1821) |
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Hypericeae is a tribe of the Hypericaceae family that contains the genus Hypericum. It was first described by Jacques Choisy, a Swiss botanist, in 1821 in the 32nd issue of Prodr. Monogr. Hypėric. It was also later described by Adolf Engler in 1895 in the Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam.