Biophytum

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Oxalidales

Familia: Oxalidaceae
Genus: Biophytum
Species: B. abyssinicum – B. adiantoides – B. aeschynomenifolia – B. albizzioides – B. amazonicum – B. antioquiense – B. bolivianum – B. boussingaultii – B. calophyllum – B. cardonaei – B. castum – B. chocoense – B. columbianum – B. commersonii – B. congestiflorum – B. cowanii – B. crassipes – B. dendroides – B. dormiens – B. falcifolium – B. forsythii – B. foxii – B. fruticosum – B. globuliflorum – B. gracile – B. heinrichsae – B. helenae – B. hermanni – B. huilense – B. insigne – B. intermedium – B. jessenii – B. juninense – B. kassneri – B. kayae – B. latifolium – B. lindsaeifolium – B. longibracteatum – B. longipedunculatum – B. lourteigiae – B. luetzelburgii – B. macrorrhizum – B. madurense – B. mapirense – B. microphyllum – B. mimosoides – B. molle – B. mucronatum – B. mutisii – B. myriophyllum – B. nervifolium – B. nudum – B. nyikense – B. ottohuberi – B. panamense – B. perrieri – B. peruvianum – B. polyphyllum – B. proliferum – B. puliyangudiense – B. reinwardtii – B. richardsiae – B. santanderense – B. sensitivum – B. somnians – B. soukupii – B. talbotii – B. tessmannii – B. thorelianum – B. turianiense – B. umbraculum – B. uzungwaense – B. veldkampii – B. zenkeri – B. zunigae
Name

Biophytum DC., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 1: 689. (1824)

Type species: Biophytum sensitivum (L.) DC., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 1: 690. (1824)

References

Candolle, A.P. de 1824. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis ... (DC.) 1: 689.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Biophytum in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Mar. 28. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2020. Biophytum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Mar. 28. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Biophytum. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 28 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Biophytum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Mar. 28.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Biophytum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

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:

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

References

"2. Biophytum Candolle". Flora of China.
Guruvayoorappan, C; Kuttan, G (Mar 2008), "Biophytum sensitivum (L.) DC inhibits tumor cell invasion and metastasis through a mechanism involving regulation of MMPs, prolyl hydroxylase, lysyl oxidase, nm23, ERK-1, ERK-2, STAT-1, and proinflammatory cytokine gene expression in metastatic lung tissue", Integrative Cancer Therapies, 7 (1): 42–50, doi:10.1177/1534735407313744, PMID 18292594
Puri, D (Nov 2001), "The insulinotropic activity of a Nepalese medicinal plant Biophytum sensitivum: preliminary experimental study", Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 78 (1): 89–93, doi:10.1016/S0378-8741(01)00306-3, ISSN 0378-8741, PMID 11585694
Lourteig, Alicia (1981), "Biophytum umbraculum (Oxalidaceae)", Brittonia, 33 (3): 451–452, doi:10.2307/2806436, JSTOR 2806436
Inngjerdingen, M; Inngjerdingen, Kt; Patel, Tr; Allen, S; Chen, X; Rolstad, B; Morris, Ga; Harding, Se; Michaelsen, Te; Diallo, D; Paulsen, Bs (Dec 2008), "Pectic polysaccharides from Biophytum petersianum Klotzsch, and their activation of macrophages and dendritic cells", Glycobiology, 18 (12): 1074–84, doi:10.1093/glycob/cwn090, PMID 18809620