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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 |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | Links to maps | FZ divisions | Content |
| abyssinicum Steud. ex A. Rich. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| umbraculum Welw. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Biophytum:
Flora of Mozambique: BiophytumePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Biophytum
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Biophytum
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Biophytum
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Biophytum
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Biophytum
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