3937.000 Biophytum
Description of the genus
Annual or perennial herbs. Leaves (in ours) in a single rosette at apex of stem, paripinnate, ± sensitive (i.e. the leaflets fold downwards when touched briskly). Leaflets opposite or subopposite. Flowers orange, yellow, white or pinkish in pseudumbels with bracts forming an involucre. Worldwide: 50 species in the tropics Zambia: 8 taxa. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| abyssinicum Steud. ex A. Rich. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| crassipes Engl. | N,W,C,E | Description, Image |
| helenae Buscal. & Muschl. | N,W | Description, Image |
| kassneri R. Knuth | N | Description, Image |
| macrorrhizum R.E.Fr. | N | |
| nyikense Exell [VU] | E | Description, Image |
| richardsiae Exell [VU] | N | |
| umbraculum Welw. | B,N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
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Flora of Burundi: BiophytumFlora of Caprivi: Biophytum
Flora of the DRC: Biophytum
Flora of Malawi: Biophytum
Flora of Mozambique: Biophytum
Flora of Rwanda: Biophytum
Flora of Zimbabwe: Biophytum
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): BiophytumBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Biophytum
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Biophytum
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Biophytum
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iNaturalist: Biophytum
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Biophytum
JSTOR Plant Science: Biophytum
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Biophytum
Plants of the World Online: Biophytum
Tropicos: Biophytum
Wikipedia: Biophytum