| 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 :
- Darbyshire, I. Kordofami, M. & al. (2015). The plants of Sudan and south Sudan, An annoted checklist. Kew Publishing
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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| Record n°57608 |
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