Triadenum | |
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Triadenum virginicum | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Hypericaceae |
Tribe: | Cratoxyleae |
Genus: |
Triadenum Raf. |
Type species | |
T. fraseri (Spach) Gleason
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Triadenum, known as marsh St. John's worts, [2] is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Hypericaceae. The genus is characterized by opposite, blunt-tipped leaves and pink flowers with 9 stamens. They are distributed in North America and eastern Asia.
Acceptance of this genus is varied. Kew's Plants of the World Online [3] and the Database of Vascular Plants of Canada (VASCAN) [4] treat it as a junior synonym of Hypericum and the Flora of North America [1] and Flora of China [5] treat it as separate. The situation arises from B. R. Ruhfel et al. (2011)'s genetic study describing Triadenum as subsumed under Hypericum and later genetic results disagreeing with this assessment. [6] Under Hypericum, the species are mostly treated as the section Hypericum sect. Elodea. [7]
Triadenum contains the following 6 species according to Flora of North America and Flora of China: [1] [5]