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Accepted name: 
Hypericum perforatum L. [Hypericaceae]
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alaf-e-chay Other Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
amber touch-and-heal Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
balsaan Other Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
balsana Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
bassan Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
bassant Other Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
bossant Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
chase-devil Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
chase-devil st john's wort Other Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
chhoti phulya Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
choikahak Other Med. Pl. in Tajikistan (Williams et al., 2012)
choli phulya Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
choywoxak Other Med. Pl. Use: Tajik & Afghan Pamirs (Kassam et al., 2010)
common st john's wort Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
common st johnswort Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
common st john’s wort Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
common st. john's wort Other Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
common st. john's wort herb Other Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
common st. john'swort herb Other Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
common st. johnswort Other Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
common st. john’s wort Other Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
corazoncillo Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
daruy-e simi Other Survey in Kohghiluyeh va Boyer Ahmad, Iran (Mosaddegh et al., 2012)
dava simi Other Survey in Kohghiluyeh va Boyer Ahmad, Iran (Mosaddegh et al., 2012)
daziotu Other Med. Pl. in Azerbaijan Republic (Ibadullayeva, 2020)
dendlu Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
devil's scourge Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
devil’s scourge Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
echtes johanniskraut Other Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
eisenblut Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
eola-weed Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
erba di san giovanni Other Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
flor de sao joao Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
frische johanniskraut-triebspitzen Other Pharmacopoeia Helvetica (Swissmedic, 2006)
fuga daemonum Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
goat weed Other Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
goat-weed Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
goatweed Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gol-e-rāyi Other Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
guan ye lian qiao Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
guanyejinsitao Other Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
gunesh Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hardhay Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
hartheu Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
hashishet alkalb Other Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011)
herba hyperici Other Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014)
WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
herba hyperici perforati Pharmaceutical Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
herbe de millepertuis Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
herbe à mille trous Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
herrgottsblut Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
heufaariqoon Other Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
hexenkraut Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
hierba de san juan Other Annexo III: Veg. Drugs in Registry of Meds, Argentina (2009)
WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
hierba de san juan, parte aérea Other Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)
hiperico Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
hipericon Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
hipérico Other Annexo III: Veg. Drugs in Registry of Meds, Argentina (2009)
Med. Fitoterápicos no Brasil (Carvalho et al., 2008)
hipérico, hierba Other Farmacopea Argentina, 8th edn. (2012)
houfarighoun Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
houfāriqoun Other Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
hyperforin Other Med. Pl. in Russia & C Asia (Mamedov et al., 2005)
hyperici herba Pharmaceutical E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
EMA Com. Monog. (est.): Hypericum perforatum, herb. (2008)
EMA Com. Monog. (trad.): Hypericum perforatum, herb. (2009)
European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
hyperici perforati herba Pharmaceutical Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
hyperici summitates cum floribus recentes Pharmaceutical Pharmacopoeia Helvetica (Swissmedic, 2006)
hypericum Other British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
hypericum extract Other WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
hypericum for homoeopathic preparations Other British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011)
British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
hypericum perforatum Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
hypericum perforatum ad praeparationes homoeopathicas Pharmaceutical European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
hypericum perforatum ad praeparationes homoeopathicas Pharmaceutical European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
iperico Other Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
jageteufel Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
johanneskruid Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
johannesoert Other WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
johannisblut Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
johanniskraut Other E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
john’s wort Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
jottannesort Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
kantarion Other Native Med. Pl. of Mt. Rtanj (Zlatković et al., 2014)
kizil-poicha Other Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
klamath weed Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
klamath-weed Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
klamathweed Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
konradskraut Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
kozonokcholuu sary chay chop Other Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
kraut Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
liebeskraut Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
lord god’s wonder plant Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
mannskraft Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
millepertuis Other Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
millepertuis perforé Other Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
novoimanin Other Med. Pl. in Russia & C Asia (Mamedov et al., 2005)
padlar Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pelicao Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
perforata Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
perforate st john’s wort Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
perforate st. john's wort Other Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
perforate st. john's-wort Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
pinillo de oro Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
pinillo deoro Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
quian-ceng lou Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
racecourseweed Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
rosin rose Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rosin-rose Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
san juanito Other Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
sarı kantaron Other Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
seiyouotogiri Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
shana chai Other Marketing of Med. Pl. of Utror-Gabral Valleys, Pakistan (Hamayun et al., 2003)
sheen chai Other Ethnobot. Relevance of Weed Flora, Pakistan (Khan et al., 2016)
Indig. Knwlg. of Med. Pl., Pakistan. (Khan et al., 2020)
shen chai Other Ethnobot. of Pl. Resources in Pakistan (Sher & Hussain, 2009)
shen chap Other Pl. of Shawar Valley, Pakistan (Hussain et al., 2006)
shin chai Other Ethnomed. of Marghazar Valley, Pakistan (Yousufzai et al., 2010)
shin chay Other Econ. & Ecolog. Important Pl. Commun., Pakistan (Sher & Al Yemeni, 2011)
Ethnobot. of Some Pl. Resources in Pakistan (Ali et al., 2011)
shin chey Other NTFPS in Swat, Pakistan (Latif et al., 2006)
sint janskruid Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
spathóhorto Other Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
st jan’s herbe de millepertuis Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
st jan’s kraut Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
st john's wort Other Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
st john’s wort Other Med. Pl. in Tajikistan (Williams et al., 2012)
WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
st john’s worth Other Food & Med. in Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015)
st. john's wart Other Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
st. john's wort Other British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011)
British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
EMA Com. Monog. (est.): Hypericum perforatum, herb. (2008)
EMA Com. Monog. (trad.): Hypericum perforatum, herb. (2009)
Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008)
U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
st. john's wort flowering top Other U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020)
st. john's wort quantified dry extract Other British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011)
st. john's-wort Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Med. Pl. Use: Tajik & Afghan Pamirs (Kassam et al., 2010)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
st. johns wort Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
st. johnswort Other Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
st. john´s wort Other Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
st. john‘s wort Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
st. john’s wort Other European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013)
st. john’s worth Other Herbal Sector of Serbia (Stevanovic, 2011)
tenturotou Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
teufelsflucht Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
tipton's weed Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tipton's-weed Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tiptonweed Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tüpfel-hartheu Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tüpfel-johanniskraut Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
tüpfelhartheu Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
valsamo Other Herbal Market of Cyprus (Karousou & Deirmentzoglou, 2011)
valsamochorto Other Herbal Market of Cyprus (Karousou & Deirmentzoglou, 2011)
valsamóhorto Other Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
vettai pakku Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
witches’s herb Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
yperikos Other Herbal Market of Cyprus (Karousou & Deirmentzoglou, 2011)
yperikón Other Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
zveroboj obyknovenny Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
zveroboy prodyryavlennyy Other Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
zwieroboij Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
äkta johannesört Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
βαλσαμόχορτο Other Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
σπαθόχορτο Other Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
υπερικόν Other Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
зверобой Other Food & Med. in Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015)
звіробій Other Food & Med. in Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015)
чойкањак Other Med. Pl. in Tajikistan (Williams et al., 2012)
حشيشة القلب Other Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011)
علف چای Other Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
هوفاريقون Other Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
گل راعی Other Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
千层楼 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
贯叶连翘 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)