Hypericum chinense Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 2: 1184. 1759, nom. illeg.

["Habitat in China."] Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 2: 1107 (1763). RCN: 5772.

Replaced synonym of: Hypericum monogynum L. (1763) .

Lectotype (Robson in Taxon 39: 134. 1990): [icon] " Hypericum, floribus monogynis, staminibus corolla longioribus, calycibus coloratis caule fruticoso" in Miller, Fig. Pl. Gard. Dict. 2: 101, t. 151, f. 2. 1757. - Typotype: Herb. Miller (BM) .

Current name: Hypericum monogynum L. ( Clusiaceae).

Note: A later homonym of H. chinense Osbeck (1757), and hence illegitimate.