{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Biophytum sensitivum0.jpg |image_caption = ''Biophytum sensitivum'' |taxon = Biophytum |authority = DC. }} [[File:Biophytum reinwardtii at Kadavoor.jpg|thumb|230px|''B. reinwardtii'' in Kerala, India]]
'''''Biophytum''''' is a genus of about 50 species of annual and perennial herbaceous plants in the family Oxalidaceae. It is found in tropical and subtropical areas worldwide.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=103966 | title = 2. Biophytum Candolle | work = Flora of China }}</ref> The annual ''Biophytum sensitivum'' is a traditional medicine in Nepal.<ref>{{citation | pmid = 18292594 |date=Mar 2008 |author1=Guruvayoorappan, C |author2=Kuttan, G | title = Biophytum sensitivum (L.) DC inhibits tumor cell invasion and metastasis through a mechanism involving regulation of MMPs, prolyl hydroxylase, lysyl oxidase, nm23, ERK-1, ERK-2, STAT-1, and proinflammatory cytokine gene expression in metastatic lung tissue | volume = 7 | issue = 1 | pages = 42–50 | doi = 10.1177/1534735407313744 | journal = Integrative Cancer Therapies | doi-access = free }}</ref><ref>{{citation | pmid = 11585694 |date=Nov 2001 | author = Puri, D | title = The insulinotropic activity of a Nepalese medicinal plant Biophytum sensitivum: preliminary experimental study | volume = 78 | issue = 1 | pages = 89–93 | issn = 0378-8741 | journal = Journal of Ethnopharmacology | doi = 10.1016/S0378-8741(01)00306-3 }}</ref> ''Biophytum petersianum'' (also known as ''Biophytum umbraculum''<ref>{{citation | doi = 10.2307/2806436 | title = Biophytum umbraculum (Oxalidaceae) | year = 1981 | author = Lourteig, Alicia | journal = Brittonia | volume = 33 | pages = 451–452 | issue = 3 | jstor = 2806436 | bibcode = 1981Britt..33..451L }}</ref>) is a medicinal plant in Mali.<ref>{{citation | doi = 10.1093/glycob/cwn090 |date=Dec 2008 |author1=Inngjerdingen, M |author2=Inngjerdingen, Kt |author3=Patel, Tr |author4=Allen, S |author5=Chen, X |author6=Rolstad, B |author7=Morris, Ga |author8=Harding, Se |author9=Michaelsen, Te |author10=Diallo, D |author11=Paulsen, Bs | title = Pectic polysaccharides from Biophytum petersianum Klotzsch, and their activation of macrophages and dendritic cells | volume = 18 | issue = 12 | pages = 1074–84 | pmid = 18809620 | journal = Glycobiology |doi-access=free }}</ref>
Species include: {{Div col}} * ''Biophytum abyssinicum'' – Steud ex A.Rich. * ''Biophytum adiantoides'' – Wight ex Edgew. & Hook.f. * ''Biophytum aeschynomenifolia'' – Guillaumin * ''Biophytum albiflorum'' – F.Muell. * ''Biophytum albizzioides'' – Guillaumin * ''Biophytum amazonicum'' – R.Knuth * ''Biophytum antioquiense'' – Knuth * ''Biophytum apodiscias'' – Edgew. & Hook.f. * ''Biophytum bequaertii'' – De Wild. * ''Biophytum bogoroense'' – De Wild. * ''Biophytum bolivianum'' – R.Knuth * ''Biophytum boussingaultii'' – Klotzsch ex R.Knuth * ''Biophytum calophyllum'' – Guillaumin * ''Biophytum candolleanum'' – Wight * ''Biophytum cardonaei'' – Pittier * ''Biophytum casiquiarense'' – Knuth * ''Biophytum castum'' – R.Knuth * ''Biophytum chocoense'' – Knuth * ''Biophytum columbianum'' – Knuth * ''Biophytum commersonii'' – Guillaumin * ''Biophytum congestiflorum'' – Govind. * ''Biophytum cowanii'' – T.Wendt * ''Biophytum crassipes'' – Engl. * ''Biophytum cumingianum'' – Edgew. & Hook.f. * ''Biophytum cumingii'' – Klotzsch * ''Biophytum dendroides'' – DC. * ''Biophytum dormiens'' – Knuth * ''Biophytum dusenii'' – Engl. ex R.Knuth * ''Biophytum esquirolii'' – H.Lév. * ''Biophytum falcifolium'' – Lourteig * ''Biophytum ferrugineum'' – Rusby * ''Biophytum forsythii'' – R.Knuth * ''Biophytum foxii'' – Sprague * ''Biophytum fruticosum'' – Blume ** ''Biophytum fruticosum'' var. ''papuanum'' – Veldkamp * ''Biophytum globuliflorum'' – R.Knuth * ''Biophytum gracile'' – R.Knuth * ''Biophytum heinrichsae'' – R.Knuth * ''Biophytum helenae'' – Buscal. & Muschl. * ''Biophytum hermanni'' – Veldkamp * ''Biophytum hildebrandtii'' – Guillaumin * ''Biophytum homblei'' – De Wild. * ''Biophytum huilense'' – Killip & Cuatrec. * ''Biophytum incrassatum'' – Delhaye * ''Biophytum insigne'' – Gamble * ''Biophytum intermedium'' – Wight * ''Biophytum jessenii'' – Knuth * ''Biophytum juninense'' – R.Knuth * ''Biophytum kaessneri'' – R.Knuth * ''Biophytum kamerunense'' – Engl. & R.Knuth ex Engl. * ''Biophytum kayae'' – Aymard & P.E.Berry * ''Biophytum lindsaeifolium'' – Knuth * ''Biophytum longibracteatum'' – Tadulingam & Cheriyan Jacob * ''Biophytum longipedunculatum'' – Govind. * ''Biophytum lourteigiae'' – Aymard & P.E.Berry * ''Biophytum luetzelburgii'' – Suess. * ''Biophytum macrorrhizum'' – R.E.Fr. * ''Biophytum madurense'' – R.Knuth * ''Biophytum mapirense'' – R.Knuth * ''Biophytum microphyllum'' – Veldkamp * ''Biophytum mimosoides'' – (A.St.-Hil.) Guillaumin * ''Biophytum molle'' – Guillaumin * ''Biophytum mucronatum'' – Lourteig * ''Biophytum mutisii'' – R.Knuth * ''Biophytum myriophyllum'' – R.Knuth * ''Biophytum nervifolium'' – Thwaites * ''Biophytum nudum'' – Edgew. & Hook.f. * ''Biophytum nyikense'' – Exell * ''Biophytum ottohuberi'' – Aymard & P.E.Berry * ''Biophytum panamense'' – Lourteig * ''Biophytum passargei'' – Knuth * ''Biophytum pedicellatum'' – Delhaye * ''Biophytum permultijugum'' – Suess. * ''Biophytum perrieri'' – Guillaumin * ''Biophytum peruvianum'' – R.Knuth * ''Biophytum petersianum'' – Klotzsch * ''Biophytum polyphyllum'' – Munro * ''Biophytum poterioides'' – Edgew. ex Hook.f. * ''Biophytum proliferum'' – Edgew. & Hook.f. * ''Biophytum renifolium'' – Delhaye. * ''Biophytum reinwardtii''- kerala india * ''Biophytum richardsae'' – Exell * ''Biophytum ringoetii'' – De Wild. * ''Biophytum rotundifolium'' – Delhaye * ''Biophytum santanderense'' – R.Knuth * ''Biophytum sensitivum'' – (L.) DC. * ''Biophytum sesbanioides'' – Edgew. ex Hook.f. * ''Biophytum sessile'' – Wall. * ''Biophytum somnians'' – G.Don * ''Biophytum soukupii'' – Lourteig * ''Biophytum talbotii'' – R.Knuth * ''Biophytum tessmannii'' – R.Knuth * ''Biophytum thorelianum'' – Guillaumin * ''Biophytum turianiense'' – Kabuye * ''Biophytum umbraculum'' – Welw. * ''Biophytum uzungwaensis'' – Frim.-Moll. * ''Biophytum veldkampii'' – A.E.S.Khan, E.S.S.Kumar, S.Binu & Pushp. * ''Biophytum verticillatum'' – Wight * ''Biophytum zenkeri'' – Guillaumin * ''Biophytum zunigae'' – C.Nelson {{Div col end}}
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