Hypericum mysorense

Hypericum mysorense
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Hypericaceae
Genus:	Hypericum
Species:	H. mysorense
Binomial name
Hypericum mysorense B.Heyne

Hypericum mysorense is a species of flowering plant in the Hypericaceae family. It is primarily found at high elevations in the Western Ghats of India and the mountains of Sri Lanka,^[1] but was also reported from Socoro by Isaac Bayley Balfour in the 19th century.^[2] It was studied to improve understanding of endosperm formation in Hypericum,^[3] and the identification of a number of xanthone derivatives from this species contributed to the chemotaxonomic description of subfamily Hypericoideae.^[4][5]

Hypericum mysorense has been used to treat wounds as part of the Ayurvedic system of traditional medicine.^[6] Some research into the possibility of antiherpetic properties in H. mysorense extracts has been performed.^[7][8]

References

1. Meher-Homji VM. (1967). "Phytogeography of the South Indian Hill Stations". Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 94 (4): 230–242. doi:10.2307/2483901.
2. Balfour IB (1888). Botany of Socotra. Robert Grant & Son. p. lxvii.
3. Swamy BGL. (1946). "Endosperm in Hypericum mysorense Heyne". Annals of Botany 10 (2): 165–169.
4. Gunatilaka AAL, Balasubramaniam S, Kumar V. (1979). "2,3-Dimethoxyxanthone from Hypericum mysorense". Phytochemistry 18 (1): 182–182. doi:10.1016/S0031-9422(00)90946-4.
5. Gunatilaka AAL, De Silva AMYJ, Sotheeswaran S. (1982). "Minor xanthones of Hypericum mysorense". Phytochemistry 21 (7): 1751–1753. doi:10.1016/S0031-9422(82)85053-X.
6. Kumar B, Vijayakumar M, Govindarajan R, Pushpangadan P. (2007). "Ethnopharmacological approaches to wound healing—Exploring medicinal plants of India". Journal of Ethnopharmacology 114 (2): 103–113. doi:10.1016/j.jep.2007.08.010.
7. Vijayan P, Raghu C, Ashok G, Dhanaraj SA, Suresh B. (2004). "Antiviral activity of medicinal plants of Nilgiris" (PDF). Indian Journal of Medical Research 120 (1): 24–29.
8. Khan MTH, Ather A, Thompson KD, Gambari R. (2005). "Extracts and molecules from medicinal plants against herpes simplex viruses". Antiviral Research 67 (2): 107–119. doi:10.1016/j.antiviral.2005.05.002.