Editing Hypericum perforatum (section)

=== History ===
''Hypericum perforatum'' has been known and used since at least the first century. [[Pedanius Dioscorides]], an early [[Pharmacology|pharmacologist]], referred to either it or ''[[Hypericum empetrifolium|H. empetrifolium]]'' as ''akuron''.<ref name="Ernst" /> The species was first [[Species description|formally described]] by [[Carl Linnaeus]] in the second tome of ''[[Species Plantarum]]'' in 1753. In it, he gave the following brief description that would serve as the foundation for all subsequent identification of the species:<ref name="Species plantarum">{{Cite book |last1=Linné |first1=Carl |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.669 |title=Species plantarum |last2=Salvius |first2=Lars |date=1753 |publisher=Impensis Laurentii Salvii |location=Holmiae |pages=785|doi=10.5962/bhl.title.669 }}</ref>

{{Text and translation|{{Lang|la|HYPERICUM floribus trigynis, caule ancipiti, foliis obtusis pellucido-punctatis.}}|''Hypericum'' with flowers that have three [[pistil]]s, [[Glossary of botanical terms#ancipital|ancipital]] stems, and obtuse leaves with pointed dots.}}

Linnaeus also noted the species' habitat in the "meadows of Europe" and gave a short account of previous mentions of the plant.<ref name="Species plantarum" /> While Linnaeus' taxonomic [[Principle of priority|priority]] for this species is not in question, there are a number of [[Synonym (taxonomy)#Botany|botanical synonyms]] that were published in the early years of formal [[botanical nomenclature]]. Gaterau published {{Lang|fr|Description des plantes qui croissent aux environs de Montauban}} in 1789 which described and called the species ''Hypericum officinale'', a name now considered to be [[Nomen illegitimum|illegitimate]] under the principle of priority. Likewise, the name ''Hypericum officinarum'' by the botanist [[Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz]] in 1763 also postdated Linnaeus' 1753 naming and description and is considered invalid.<ref name="POWO" />