- Family: Oxalidaceae R.Br.
Biophytum DC.
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[FZ]
Oxalidaceae, A. W. Exell. Flora Zambesiaca 2:1. 1963
- Morphology General Habit
- Caulescent or acaulescent annual herbs or perennial herbs with woody rootstock.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves usually in rosettes at the apex of the stem or at ground-level on the rootstock, paripinnate (the abortive terminal leaflet represented by a bristle), ± sensitive, usually articulated just above the insertion; leaflets opposite or subopposite, very shortly petiolulate or subsessile.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers orange, yellow, white or pinkish, in pseudumbels with bracts forming an involucre.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Sepals 5, free, imbricate.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals 5, contorted, free at first but eventually coherent and falling off together in a mass.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 10, 5 longer and 5 shorter, all slightly connate at the base.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
- Ovary 5-locular, 5-lobed.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Capsule obovoid, subglobose, or ellipsoid, loculicidally dehiscent.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds usually tuberculate.
[FTEA]
Oxalidaceae, Christine H. S. Kabuye (East African Herbarium). Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1971
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual or perennial herbs, with a simple or branched stem, or stem very short and then plants with a thick woody rootstock
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves fascicled or almost whorled at the top of the stem or branches, paripinnate (the rhachis ending in a bristle), exhibiting a certain degree of sensitivity to touch; petiole swollen and articulated near the base; leaflets many, opposite or subopposite, subsessile or shortly petiolulate, obliquely rectangular or orbicular, unequal-sided
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers in pseudumbels, white, pink, yellow or orange; bracts small, persistent, forming an involucre at the base of the pedicels
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Sepals strongly parallel-veined, the inner ones in relation to the pseudumbel narrower than the outer
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals contorted in bud, becoming shortly adherent above the free base, falling off together in a bunch
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 10, 5 outer short and 5 inner long; filaments shortly connate or almost free at the base
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
- Ovary 5-lobed; styles notched or 2-fid at apex
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Capsule ovoid or oblong, dehiscing loculicidally, the valves finally spreading
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds tuberculate, rugose or ribbed.
Native to:
Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil North, Burkina, Burundi, Cabinda, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Hainan, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Panamá, Peru, Philippines, Queensland, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Venezuela, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
Trinidad-Tobago
- Biophytum abyssinicum Steud. ex A.Rich.
- Biophytum adiantoides Wight ex Edgew. & Hook.f.
- Biophytum aeschynomenifolia (O.Hoffm.) Guillaumin
- Biophytum agasthyamalayanum Jisha, E.S.S.Kumar, Decruse & Rajendrapr.
- Biophytum albizzioides (O.Hoffm.) Guillaumin
- Biophytum amazonicum R.Knuth
- Biophytum antioquiense Knuth
- Biophytum bolivianum R.Knuth
- Biophytum boussingaultii Klotzsch ex R.Knuth
- Biophytum calophyllum (Progel) Guillaumin
- Biophytum cardonaei Pittier
- Biophytum castum (Zucc.) G.Don
- Biophytum chocoense Knuth
- Biophytum columbianum Knuth
- Biophytum commersonii Guillaumin
- Biophytum congestiflorum Govind.
- Biophytum cowanii T.Wendt
- Biophytum crassipes Engl.
- Biophytum dendroides (Kunth) DC.
- Biophytum dormiens (Zucc.) G.Don
- Biophytum falcifolium Lourteig
- Biophytum forsythii R.Knuth
- Biophytum foxii Sprague
- Biophytum fruticosum Blume
- Biophytum globuliflorum R.Knuth
- Biophytum gracile R.Knuth
- Biophytum heinrichsae Knuth
- Biophytum helenae Buscal. & Muschl.
- Biophytum hermannii Veldkamp
- Biophytum hildebrandtii (O.Hoffm.) Guillaumin
- Biophytum huilense Killip & Cuatrec.
- Biophytum insigne Gamble
- Biophytum intermedium Wight
- Biophytum jessenii Knuth
- Biophytum juninense Knuth
- Biophytum kassneri R.Knuth
- Biophytum kayae Aymard & P.E.Berry
- Biophytum latifolium Durán-Esp. & Lorea-Hern.
- Biophytum lindsaeifolium (Hook.) Knuth
- Biophytum longibracteatum Tadul. & K.C.Jacob
- Biophytum longipedunculatum Govind.
- Biophytum lourteigiae Aymard & P.E.Berry
- Biophytum luetzelburgii Suess.
- Biophytum macropodum Baker
- Biophytum macrorrhizum R.E.Fr.
- Biophytum madurense R.Knuth
- Biophytum mapirense R.Knuth
- Biophytum microphyllum Veldkamp
- Biophytum mimosella (Baill.) Guillaumin
- Biophytum molle Guillaumin
- Biophytum mucronatum Lourteig
- Biophytum mutisii Knuth
- Biophytum myriophyllum R.Knuth
- Biophytum nervifolium Thwaites
- Biophytum nudum (Arn.) Wight
- Biophytum nyikense Exell
- Biophytum ottohuberi Aymard & P.E.Berry
- Biophytum panamense Lourteig
- Biophytum permultijugum Suess.
- Biophytum perrieri Guillaumin
- Biophytum peruvianum R.Knuth
- Biophytum polyphyllum Munro
- Biophytum proliferum (Arn.) Wight
- Biophytum puliyangudiense Rajakumar, Selvak., S.Murug. & Chellap.
- Biophytum reinwardtii (Zucc.) Klotzsch
- Biophytum renifolium Delhaye
- Biophytum richardsiae Exell
- Biophytum robustum Elliot ex Guillaumin
- Biophytum santanderense R.Knuth
- Biophytum sensitivum (L.) DC.
- Biophytum somnians (Zucc.) G.Don
- Biophytum soukupii Lourteig
- Biophytum talbotii (Baker f.) Hutch. & Dalziel
- Biophytum tessmannii R.Knuth
- Biophytum thorelianum Guillaumin
- Biophytum turianiense Kabuye
- Biophytum umbraculum Welw.
- Biophytum uzungwaensis Frimodt
- Biophytum veldkampii A.E.S.Khan, E.S.S.Kumar & Pushp.
- Biophytum zenkeri Guillaumin
- Biophytum zunigae C.Nelson
Biophytum DC. appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Prodr. 1: 689 (1824)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.
Literature
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- F.T.A. 1: 297, under Oxalis Linn.
- —R. Knuth in Engl. Pflanzenr. Oxalidac. 391–417 (1930)
Flora Zambesiaca
- Prodr. 1: 689 (1824).
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Prodr. 1: 689 (1824)
Flora Zambesiaca
Flora Zambesiaca
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
Flora of Tropical East Africa
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Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2021. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2021. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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Neotropikey
Milliken, W., Klitgard, B. and Baracat, A. (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics.
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