Summary Evidence is adduced that the ‘hypogynous bodies’ found in two unrelated sections of Hypericum are, at the same time, ‘new’ organs in Hypericum and yet homologous with sterile stamen facicles in other genera of the Guttiferae. Their reappearance is related to the development of specialised insect pollination.
No takes yet. Share an insight, caveat, or question.
N. K. B. Robson (1972) studied this question.