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''Biophytum'' is a genus of about 50 species of annual and perennial
herbaceous plant
Herbaceous plants are vascular plants that have no persistent woody stems above ground. This broad category of plants includes many perennials, and nearly all annuals and biennials.
Definitions of "herb" and "herbaceous"
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s in the family
Oxalidaceae
The Oxalidaceae, or wood sorrel family, are a small family of five genera of herbaceous plants, shrubs and small trees, with the great majority of the 570 species in the genus ''Oxalis'' (wood sorrels). Members of this family typically have divid ...
. It is found in tropical and subtropical areas worldwide. The annual ''
Biophytum sensitivum
''Biophytum sensitivum'', also known as little tree plant, or Mukkootti (in Malayalam) is a species of plant in the genus '' Biophytum'' of the family Oxalidaceae. It is commonly found in Kerala, wet lands of Nepal, tropical India and in other S ...
'' is a traditional medicine in
Nepal
Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...
. ''
Biophytum petersianum'' (also known as ''Biophytum umbraculum'') is a medicinal plant in
Mali
Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi Maali, italics=no, ar, جمهورية مالي, Jumhūriyyāt Mālī is a landlocked country in West Africa. Mali ...
.
Species include:
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Biophytum abyssinicum
''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. ...
'' – Steud ex A.Rich.
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Biophytum adiantoides'' – Wight ex Edgew. & Hook.f.
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Biophytum aeschynomenifolia'' – Guillaumin
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Biophytum albiflorum'' – F.Muell.
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Biophytum albizzioides'' – Guillaumin
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Biophytum amazonicum'' – R.Knuth
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Biophytum antioquiense'' – Knuth
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Biophytum apodiscias'' – Edgew. & Hook.f.
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Biophytum bequaertii'' – De Wild.
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Biophytum bogoroense'' – De Wild.
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Biophytum bolivianum'' – R.Knuth
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Biophytum boussingaultii'' – Klotzsch ex R.Knuth
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Biophytum calophyllum'' – Guillaumin
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Biophytum candolleanum'' – Wight
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Biophytum cardonaei'' – Pittier
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Biophytum casiquiarense'' – Knuth
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Biophytum castum'' – R.Knuth
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Biophytum chocoense'' – Knuth
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Biophytum columbianum'' – Knuth
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Biophytum commersonii'' – Guillaumin
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Biophytum congestiflorum'' – Govind.
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Biophytum cowanii'' – T.Wendt
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Biophytum crassipes'' – Engl.
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Biophytum cumingianum'' – Edgew. & Hook.f.
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Biophytum cumingii'' – Klotzsch
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Biophytum dendroides'' – DC.
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Biophytum dormiens'' – Knuth
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Biophytum dusenii'' – Engl. ex R.Knuth
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Biophytum esquirolii'' – H.Lév.
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Biophytum falcifolium'' – Lourteig
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Biophytum ferrugineum'' – Rusby
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Biophytum forsythii'' – R.Knuth
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Biophytum foxii'' – Sprague
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Biophytum fruticosum'' – Blume
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''Biophytum fruticosum'' var. ''papuanum'' – Veldkamp
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Biophytum globuliflorum'' – R.Knuth
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Biophytum gracile'' – R.Knuth
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Biophytum heinrichsae'' – R.Knuth
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Biophytum helenae'' – Buscal. & Muschl.
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Biophytum hermanni'' – Veldkamp
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Biophytum hildebrandtii'' – Guillaumin
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Biophytum homblei'' – De Wild.
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Biophytum huilense'' – Killip & Cuatrec.
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Biophytum incrassatum'' – Delhaye
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Biophytum insigne'' – Gamble
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Biophytum intermedium'' – Wight
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Biophytum jessenii'' – Knuth
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Biophytum juninense'' – R.Knuth
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Biophytum kaessneri'' – R.Knuth
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Biophytum kamerunense'' – Engl. & R.Knuth ex Engl.
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Biophytum kayae'' – Aymard & P.E.Berry
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Biophytum lindsaeifolium'' – Knuth
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Biophytum longibracteatum'' – Tadulingam & Cheriyan Jacob
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Biophytum longipedunculatum'' – Govind.
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Biophytum lourteigiae'' – Aymard & P.E.Berry
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Biophytum luetzelburgii'' – Suess.
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Biophytum macrorrhizum'' – R.E.Fr.
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Biophytum madurense'' – R.Knuth
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Biophytum mapirense'' – R.Knuth
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Biophytum microphyllum'' – Veldkamp
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Biophytum mimosoides'' – (A.St.-Hil.) Guillaumin
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Biophytum molle'' – Guillaumin
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Biophytum mucronatum'' – Lourteig
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Biophytum mutisii'' – R.Knuth
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Biophytum myriophyllum'' – R.Knuth
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Biophytum nervifolium'' – Thwaites
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Biophytum nudum'' – Edgew. & Hook.f.
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Biophytum nyikense'' – Exell
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Biophytum ottohuberi'' – Aymard & P.E.Berry
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Biophytum panamense'' – Lourteig
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Biophytum passargei'' – Knuth
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Biophytum pedicellatum'' – Delhaye
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Biophytum permultijugum'' – Suess.
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Biophytum perrieri'' – Guillaumin
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Biophytum peruvianum'' – R.Knuth
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Biophytum petersianum'' – Klotzsch
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Biophytum polyphyllum'' – Munro
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Biophytum poterioides'' – Edgew. ex Hook.f.
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Biophytum proliferum'' – Edgew. & Hook.f.
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Biophytum renifolium'' – Delhaye.
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Biophytum reinwardtii''- kerala india
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Biophytum richardsae'' – Exell
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Biophytum ringoetii'' – De Wild.
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Biophytum rotundifolium'' – Delhaye
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Biophytum santanderense'' – R.Knuth
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Biophytum sensitivum
''Biophytum sensitivum'', also known as little tree plant, or Mukkootti (in Malayalam) is a species of plant in the genus '' Biophytum'' of the family Oxalidaceae. It is commonly found in Kerala, wet lands of Nepal, tropical India and in other S ...
'' – (L.) DC.
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Biophytum sesbanioides'' – Edgew. ex Hook.f.
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Biophytum sessile'' – Wall.
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Biophytum somnians'' – G.Don
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Biophytum soukupii'' – Lourteig
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Biophytum talbotii'' – R.Knuth
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Biophytum tessmannii'' – R.Knuth
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Biophytum thorelianum'' – Guillaumin
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Biophytum turianiense'' – Kabuye
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Biophytum umbraculum'' – Welw.
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Biophytum uzungwaensis'' – Frim.-Moll.
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Biophytum veldkampii'' – A.E.S.Khan, E.S.S.Kumar, S.Binu & Pushp.
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Biophytum verticillatum'' – Wight
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Biophytum zenkeri'' – Guillaumin
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Biophytum zunigae'' – C.Nelson
References
External links
Oxalidales genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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