Below is a list of names in an actual revision.

The author has looked at the type specimens associated with these names and has decided that they all belong to the same species. All of the names were published validly and effectively. The names are: Hypericum hypericoides (L.) Crantz 1766 Ascyrum hypericoides L. 1753 A. crux-andreae v.angustifolium Nutt. -1818 A. linifolium Spach 1836 A.oblongifolium Spach 1836 A. montanum Raf. 1838 A. plumieri Bertol 1853 A. macrosepalum S. Brown 1912 A. hypericoides L. v. typicum Fern. 1936 A. hypericoides L. v. oblongifolium (Spach) Fern 1936 You can tell something about the research history of a taxon by just looking at the names and dates associated with the names. Linneaus was the first to work on this taxon, placing it in the genus Ascyrum and naming it Ascyrum hypericoides L. This was done in 1753 and Ascyrum hypericoides L. is the oldest legitimate name for this taxon. Crantz decided that it belonged in the genus Hypericum and gave it the name Hypericum hypericoides (L.) Crantz. This particular name tells us that the specific epithet hypericoides was first used by Linneaus but that Crantz moved it from another genus to Hypericum. Other workers named a number of different species and varieties at later dates and placed all of them in the genus Ascyrum. The most recent worker who worked on

this genus decided that this taxon belonged in the genus Hypericum and that all the types associated with all the other names were the same taxon as Hypericum hypericoides (L.) Crantz. Now some questions. 1. What is the type specimen for Hypericum hypericoides (L.) Crantz? 2. The oldest legitimate name for this taxon is Ascyrum hypericoides L. but that name is not being used. Why? 3. The name of the taxonomist who most recently worked on this group and decided that Hypericum hypericoides (L.) Crantz is the correct name does not appear anywhere in any of the names. Why? 4. Are there separate type specimens associated with all the other names that are listed above?