Editing Hypericum (section)

==Taxonomy==
{{Main|List of Hypericum species|List of Hypericum nothospecies}}
There are over 490 species in the genus.<ref name="hypericum online2"/> The name ''hypericum'' derives from {{lang|grc|ὑπέρεικος}} ''hypereikos'' (variants: {{lang|grc|ὑπέρεικον}} ''hypereikon'' and {{lang|grc|ὑπερικόν}} ''hyperikon''),<ref name="LSJ">{{LSJ|u(pe/reikos|ὑπέρεικος|ref}}.</ref> i.e. the Greek name for Hypericum crispum and Hypericum revolutum, itself possibly meaning "above pictures",<ref name=gledhill2008>{{cite book |first=David |last=Gledhill |title=The Names of Plants, 4th edition |url=https://archive.org/details/namesplants00gled_746 |url-access=limited |publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2008 |isbn=978-0-521-86645-3 |page=[https://archive.org/details/namesplants00gled_746/page/n217 208]}}</ref> for its use over shrines to repel evil spirits, though some have translated it as "above the heath".<ref name=gledhill2008 /><ref name=focr17>{{cite book |last1=Wilhelm |first1=Gerould |author-link1=Gerould Wilhelm |last2=Rericha |first2=Laura |author-link2=Laura Rericha |date=2017 |title=Flora of the Chicago Region: A Floristic and Ecological Synthesis |publisher=Indiana Academy of Sciences}}</ref>

===Sections===
''Hypericum'' is broken up into 36 sections, each with its own subsections and species. They include:
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*''[[Hypericum sect. Adenosepalum|Adenosepalum]]''
*''[[Hypericum sect. Adenotrias|Adenotrias]]''
*''[[Hypericum sect. Androsaemum|Androsaemum]]''
*''[[Hypericum sect. Arthrophyllum|Arthrophyllum]]''
*''[[Hypericum sect. Ascyreia|Ascyreia]]''
*''[[Hypericum sect. Brathys|Brathys]]''
*''[[Hypericum sect. Bupleuroides|Bupleuroides]]''
*''[[Hypericum sect. Campylopus|Campylopus]]''
*''[[Hypericum sect. Concinna|Concinna]]''
*''[[Hypericum sect. Coridium|Coridium]]''
*''[[Hypericum sect. Crossophyllum|Crossophyllum]]''
*''[[Hypericum sect. Drosocarpium|Drosocarpium]]''
*''[[Hypericum sect. Elodeoida|Elodeoida]]''
*''[[Hypericum sect. Graveolentia|Graveolentia]]''
*''[[Hypericum sect. Heterophylla|Heterophylla]]''
*''[[Hypericum sect. Hirtella|Hirtella]]''
*''[[Hypericum sect. Humifusoideum|Humifusoideum]]''
*''[[Hypericum sect. Hypericum|Hypericum]]''
*''[[Hypericum sect. Inodora|Inodora]]''
*''[[Hypericum sect. Monanthama|Monanthama]]''
*''[[Hypericum sect. Myriandra|Myriandra]]''
*''[[Hypericum sect. Oligostema|Oligostema]]''
*''[[Hypericum sect. Olympia|Olympia]]''
*''[[Hypericum sect. Origanifolia|Origanifolia]]''
*''[[Hypericum sect. Psorophytum|Psorophytum]]''
*''[[Hypericum sect. Roscyna|Roscyna]]''
*''[[Hypericum sect. Sampsonia|Sampsonia]]''
*''[[Hypericum sect. Santomasia|Santomasia]]''
*''[[Hypericum sect. Taeniocarpium|Taeniocarpium]]''
*''[[Hypericum sect. Takasagoya|Takasagoya]]''
*''[[Hypericum sect. Triadenoides|Triadenoides]]''
*''[[Hypericum sect. Trigynobrathys|Trigynobrathys]]''
*''[[Hypericum sect. Tripentas|Tripentas]]''
*''[[Hypericum sect. Umbraculoides|Umbraculoides]]''
*''[[Hypericum sect. Webbia|Webbia]]''
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