Biophytum umbraculum Welw. |
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Family : OXALIDACEAE |
Protologue : Apont. 590 (1859) |
Information on the genus : Biophytum |
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Status
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Status for MA : | accepted (naturalised) |
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Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
=Oxalis petersiana (Klotzsch) C. Müller |
=Biophytum petersianum Klotzsch (1861) |
=Biophytum rotundifolium Delhaye (1952) |
=Oxalis sensitiva L. |
=Biophytum sensitivum (L.) DC. (1824) |
=Oxalis apodiscias Turcz. (1863) |
=Biophytum apodiscias (Turcz.) Edgew. & Hook. f. (1874) |
=Oxalis petersii Edgew. & Hook. f. (1874) |
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Ecology and distribution |
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Biology : |
Annual herb 10-40 cm tall, with simple slender erect stem ending ramose stems, to 22 cm high, arising from a rhizome. |
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Ecology : |
Widespread, frequent in humid regions of the forest-belt; Brachystegia woodland, open grassland, marsh edges; cliffs; often a weed of cultivated land on sandy soils; 0-2000 m alt. Madagascar, Mascarene, India, Sri Lanka, SE Asia, Malaya, New Guinea |
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Biol./Eco : |
Herb; distribution: Naturalised in Madagascar. |
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Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
- Boudet G. & J.P. Lebrun (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali. Etudes et Synthèses IEMVT 16
- Cat. Pl. Vasc. Burkina Faso:311 (2012)
- Darbyshire, I. Kordofami, M. & al. (2015). The plants of Sudan and South Sudan, An annoted checklist. Kew Publishing
- César J. & C. Chatelain (2019). Flore illustrée du Tchad. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de Genève, Coopération Suisse & Univ. N'Djaména
Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- Checklist Flow. Pl. Sub-Saharan Africa : 523 (2006).
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More info on : |
see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
see under chg |
see under The International Plant Name Index |
see under Catalogue de Madagascar |
see under African Plants - a Photo Guide |
see under Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden |
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