Hypericum holyi

{{Short description|Extinct species of flowering plant}} {{Speciesbox | fossil_range = {{Fossil range|23|5.3|Miocene}} | image = | extinct = yes | genus = Hypericum | species = holyi | authority = Friis }}

'''''Hypericum holyi''''' is an extinct species of the genus ''Hypericum'' that was present from the Lower Miocene to the Upper Miocene.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Meseguer|first=Andrea S.|last2=Sanmartín|first2=Isabel|date=2012-06-30|title=Paleobiology of the genus ''Hypericum'' (Hypericaceae): a survey of the fossil record and its palaeogeographic implications|journal=Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid|volume=69|issue=1|pages=97–106|doi=10.3989/ajbm.2306|issn=1988-3196|doi-access=free|hdl=10261/167029|hdl-access=free}}</ref> Fossil seeds of the species have been found in Central Europe in general and Central Jutland, Denmark, in particular.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Friis|first=Elise Marie|date=1985|title=Angiosperm Fruits and Seeds from the Middle Miocene of Jutland (Denmark)|url=https://www.royalacademy.dk/Publications/Low/369_Friis,%20Else%20Marie.pdf|journal=The Royal Danish Society of Sciences|volume=24|pages=|via=}}</ref>

== Taxonomy == While ''Hypericum holyi'' has sufficient identifying characteristics to place it within the genus ''Hypericum'', there is not enough surviving detail to assign it to any subdivisions within the genus.<ref name="Meseguer 2014">{{Cite journal |last1=Meseguer |first1=Andrea S. |last2=Lobo |first2=Jorge M. |last3=Ree |first3=Richard |last4=Beerling |first4=David J. |last5=Sanmartín |first5=Isabel |date=13 November 2014 |title=Integrating Fossils, Phylogenies, and Niche Models into Biogeography to Reveal Ancient Evolutionary History: The Case of Hypericum (Hypericaceae) |journal=Systematic Biology |volume=64 |issue=2 |pages=215–232 |doi=10.1093/sysbio/syu088 |issn=1076-836X |pmc=4380036 |pmid=25398444}}</ref>

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holyi Category:Miocene plants