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

Malawi: 5 taxa.

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

Species	FZ divisions	Content
abyssinicum Steud. ex A. Rich.	C,S	Description, Image
crassipes Engl.	N,C	Description, Image
helenae Buscal. & Muschl.	N,S	Description, Image
nyikense Exell	N	Description, Image
umbraculum Welw.	C,S	Description, Image

Other sources of information about Biophytum:

Our websites:

Flora of Caprivi: Biophytum
Flora of Caprivi: cultivated Biophytum
Flora of Mozambique: Biophytum
Flora of Zambia: Biophytum
Flora of Zimbabwe: 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