3937.000 Biophytum DC.

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

Zimbabwe: 2 taxa.

Biophytum umbraculum

Links to taxa:     View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus

SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
abyssinicum Steud. ex A. Rich.N,W,C,E,SDescription, Image
umbraculum Welw.N,W,C,E,SDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Biophytum:

Our websites:

Flora of Burundi: Biophytum
Flora of Caprivi: Biophytum
Flora of the DRC: Biophytum
Flora of Malawi: Biophytum
Flora of Mozambique: Biophytum
Flora of Rwanda: Biophytum
Flora of Zambia: Biophytum

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Biophytum
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Biophytum
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Biophytum
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Biophytum
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
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

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Genus page: Biophytum.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=790, retrieved 10 December 2024

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