Biophytum is a genus of about 50 species of annual and perennial herbaceous plants in the family Oxalidaceae. It is found in tropical and subtropical areas worldwide.[1] The annual Biophytum sensitivum is a traditional medicine in Nepal.[2][3] Biophytum petersianum (also known as Biophytum umbraculum[4]) is a medicinal plant in Mali.[5]
Species include:
B. reinwardtii in Kerala, India Biophytum is a genus of about 50 species of annual and perennial herbaceous plants in the family Oxalidaceae. It is found in tropical and subtropical areas worldwide. The annual Biophytum sensitivum is a traditional medicine in Nepal. Biophytum petersianum (also known as Biophytum umbraculum) is a medicinal plant in Mali.
Species include:
Biophytum abyssinicum – Steud ex A.Rich. Biophytum adiantoides – Wight ex Edgew. & Hook.f. Biophytum aeschynomenifolia – Guillaumin Biophytum albiflorum – F.Muell. Biophytum albizzioides – Guillaumin Biophytum amazonicum – R.Knuth Biophytum antioquiense – Knuth Biophytum apodiscias – Edgew. & Hook.f. Biophytum bequaertii – De Wild. Biophytum bogoroense – De Wild. Biophytum bolivianum – R.Knuth Biophytum boussingaultii – Klotzsch ex R.Knuth Biophytum calophyllum – Guillaumin Biophytum candolleanum – Wight Biophytum cardonaei – Pittier Biophytum casiquiarense – Knuth Biophytum castum – R.Knuth Biophytum chocoense – Knuth Biophytum columbianum – Knuth Biophytum commersonii – Guillaumin Biophytum congestiflorum – Govind. Biophytum cowanii – T.Wendt Biophytum crassipes – Engl. Biophytum cumingianum – Edgew. & Hook.f. Biophytum cumingii – Klotzsch Biophytum dendroides – DC. Biophytum dormiens – Knuth Biophytum dusenii – Engl. ex R.Knuth Biophytum esquirolii – H.Lév. Biophytum falcifolium – Lourteig Biophytum ferrugineum – Rusby Biophytum forsythii – R.Knuth Biophytum foxii – Sprague Biophytum fruticosum – Blume Biophytum fruticosum var. papuanum – Veldkamp Biophytum globuliflorum – R.Knuth Biophytum gracile – R.Knuth Biophytum heinrichsae – R.Knuth Biophytum helenae – Buscal. & Muschl. Biophytum hermanni – Veldkamp Biophytum hildebrandtii – Guillaumin Biophytum homblei – De Wild. Biophytum huilense – Killip & Cuatrec. Biophytum incrassatum – Delhaye Biophytum insigne – Gamble Biophytum intermedium – Wight Biophytum jessenii – Knuth Biophytum juninense – R.Knuth Biophytum kaessneri – R.Knuth Biophytum kamerunense – Engl. & R.Knuth ex Engl. Biophytum kayae – Aymard & P.E.Berry Biophytum lindsaeifolium – Knuth Biophytum longibracteatum – Tadulingam & Cheriyan Jacob Biophytum longipedunculatum – Govind. Biophytum lourteigiae – Aymard & P.E.Berry Biophytum luetzelburgii – Suess. Biophytum macrorrhizum – R.E.Fr. Biophytum madurense – R.Knuth Biophytum mapirense – R.Knuth Biophytum microphyllum – Veldkamp Biophytum mimosoides – (A.St.-Hil.) Guillaumin Biophytum molle – Guillaumin Biophytum mucronatum – Lourteig Biophytum mutisii – R.Knuth Biophytum myriophyllum – R.Knuth Biophytum nervifolium – Thwaites Biophytum nudum – Edgew. & Hook.f. Biophytum nyikense – Exell Biophytum ottohuberi – Aymard & P.E.Berry Biophytum panamense – Lourteig Biophytum passargei – Knuth Biophytum pedicellatum – Delhaye Biophytum permultijugum – Suess. Biophytum perrieri – Guillaumin Biophytum peruvianum – R.Knuth Biophytum petersianum – Klotzsch Biophytum polyphyllum – Munro Biophytum poterioides – Edgew. ex Hook.f. Biophytum proliferum – Edgew. & Hook.f. Biophytum renifolium – Delhaye. Biophytum reinwardtii- kerala india Biophytum richardsae – Exell Biophytum ringoetii – De Wild. Biophytum rotundifolium – Delhaye Biophytum santanderense – R.Knuth Biophytum sensitivum – (L.) DC. Biophytum sesbanioides – Edgew. ex Hook.f. Biophytum sessile – Wall. Biophytum somnians – G.Don Biophytum soukupii – Lourteig Biophytum talbotii – R.Knuth Biophytum tessmannii – R.Knuth Biophytum thorelianum – Guillaumin Biophytum turianiense – Kabuye Biophytum umbraculum – Welw. Biophytum uzungwaensis – Frim.-Moll. Biophytum veldkampii – A.E.S.Khan, E.S.S.Kumar, S.Binu & Pushp. Biophytum verticillatum – Wight Biophytum zenkeri – Guillaumin Biophytum zunigae – C.Nelson
