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Accepted name: 
Hypericum perforatum L. [Hypericaceae]
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alaf-e-chay Other Trad. 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. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
bassan Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
bassant Other Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
binbirdelikotu Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
bossant Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
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 Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
common st johnswort Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
common st john’s wort Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 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 Pharmacop. of China (2010)
common st. john'swort herb Other Pharmacop. 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. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
cвeтaяннiк Other Wild Pl. for Food & Healing in Liubań, Belarus (Sõukand et al., 2017)
dalachoy Other Med. Pl. Chatkal Reserve, Uzbekistan (Egamberdieva et al., 2012)
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. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
devil's scourge Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
devil’s scourge Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
echtes johanniskraut Other Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
eisenblut Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
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. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
flor de sao joao Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
frische johanniskraut-triebspitzen Other Pharmacop. Helvetica (Swissmedic, 2006)
fuga daemonum Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
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 Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
guan ye lian qiao Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
guanyejinsitao Other Pharmacop. of China (2005)
Pharmacop. of China (2010)
Pharmacop. of China (2015)
gunesh Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hardhay Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
hartheu Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
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. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
herba hyperici perforati Pharmaceutical Pharmacop. of China (2005)
herbe de millepertuis Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
herbe à mille trous Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
herrgottsblut Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
heufaariqoon Other Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
hexenkraut Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
hierba amarilla Other MHT. 103 Especies Vegetales (Ministero de Salud, Chile, 2010)
hierba de san juan Other Annexo III: Veg. Drugs in Registry of Meds, Argentina (2009)
MHT. 103 Especies Vegetales (Ministero de Salud, Chile, 2010)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
hierba de san juan, parte aérea Other Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)
hiperico Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
hipericon Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
hipérico Other Annexo III: Veg. Drugs in Registry of Meds, Argentina (2009)
MHT. 103 Especies Vegetales (Ministero de Salud, Chile, 2010)
Med. Fitoterápicos no Brasil (Carvalho et al., 2008)
hipérico, hierba Other Farmacopea Argentina, 8th edn. (2012)
houfarighoun Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
houfāriqoun Other Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
hyperforin Other Med. Pl. in Russia & C Asia (Mamedov et al., 2004)
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 Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007)
European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
hyperici perforati herba Pharmaceutical Pharmacop. of China (2010)
Pharmacop. of China (2015)
hyperici summitates cum floribus recentes Pharmaceutical Pharmacop. Helvetica (Swissmedic, 2006)
hypericum Other British Pharmacop. 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 Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011)
British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007)
European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
hypericum perforatum Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
hypericum perforatum ad praeparationes homoeopathicas Pharmaceutical European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007)
hypericum perforatum ad praeparationes homoeopathicas Pharmaceutical European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
iperico Other Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
jageteufel Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
johanneskruid Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
johannesoert Other WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019)
WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
johannisblut Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
johanniskraut Other E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
john’s wort Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
jottannesort Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
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. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
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. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
kozonokcholuu sary chay chop Other Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
kraut Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
liebeskraut Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
lord god’s wonder plant Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
mannskraft Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
millepertuis Other Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019)
WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
millepertuis perforé Other Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
novoimanin Other Med. Pl. in Russia & C Asia (Mamedov et al., 2004)
padlar Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pelicao Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
perforata Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
perforate st john’s wort Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
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)
pericón Other MHT. 103 Especies Vegetales (Ministero de Salud, Chile, 2010)
pinillo de oro Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
pinillo deoro Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
quian-ceng lou Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
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. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
shana chai Other Med. Pl. of Utror-Gabral Valleys, Pakistan (Hamayun et al., 2003)
sheen chai Other Ethnobot. of Weed Flora, Swat, Pakistan (Khan et al., 2016)
Indig. Knwlg. of Med. Pl., Pakistan (Khan et al., 2020)
shen chai Other Ethnobot. of Pl. Resources, N 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 et al., 2011)
Ethnobot. of Pl. Resources in Swat, Pakistan (Ali et al., 2011)
Ethnopharm. Important Med. Pl., N Pakistan (Sher et al., 2010)
shin chey Other NTFPS in Swat, Pakistan (Latif et al., 2006)
sint janskruid Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
spathóhorto Other Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
st jan’s herbe de millepertuis Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
st jan’s kraut Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
st john's wort Other Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019)
WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
st john'swort Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
st john`s wort herb Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
st johns wort Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
st john’s wort Other Med. Pl. in Tajikistan (Williams et al., 2012)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
st john’s worth Other Food & Med., 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 Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011)
British Pharmacop. 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 Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
U.S. Pharmacop. USP 32 (2008)
U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019)
WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
st. john's wort flowering top Other U.S. Pharmacop. USP 43 (2020)
st. john's wort quantified dry extract Other British Pharmacop. 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 Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
U.S. Pharmacop. USP 37 (2013)
st. john’s worth Other Herbal Sector of Serbia (Stevanovic, 2011)
svietajannik Other Wild Pl. for Food & Healing in Liubań, Belarus (Sõukand et al., 2017)
tenturotou Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
teufelsflucht Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
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. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
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. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
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)
zvieraboj Other Wild Pl. for Food & Healing in Liubań, Belarus (Sõukand et al., 2017)
zwieroboij Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
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)
звepaбoй Other Wild Pl. for Food & Healing in Liubań, Belarus (Sõukand et al., 2017)
зверобой Other Food & Med., Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015)
звіробій Other Food & Med., 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 Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
هوفاريقون Other Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
گل راعی Other Trad. 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)