# Biophytum

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{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
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|image = Biophytum sensitivum0.jpg
|image_caption = ''[Biophytum sensitivum](/source/Biophytum_sensitivum)''
|taxon = Biophytum
|authority = DC.
}}
[[File:Biophytum reinwardtii at Kadavoor.jpg|thumb|230px|''B. reinwardtii'' in [Kerala](/source/Kerala), [India](/source/India)]]

'''''Biophytum''''' is a genus of about 50 species of annual and perennial [herbaceous plant](/source/herbaceous_plant)s in the family [Oxalidaceae](/source/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](/source/Biophytum_sensitivum)'' is a traditional medicine in [Nepal](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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:
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* ''[Biophytum abyssinicum](/source/Biophytum_abyssinicum)'' – Steud ex A.Rich.
* ''[Biophytum adiantoides](/source/Biophytum_adiantoides)'' – Wight ex Edgew. & Hook.f.
* ''[Biophytum aeschynomenifolia](/source/Biophytum_aeschynomenifolia)'' – Guillaumin
* ''[Biophytum albiflorum](/source/Biophytum_albiflorum)'' – F.Muell.
* ''[Biophytum albizzioides](/source/Biophytum_albizzioides)'' – Guillaumin
* ''[Biophytum amazonicum](/source/Biophytum_amazonicum)'' – R.Knuth
* ''[Biophytum antioquiense](/source/Biophytum_antioquiense)'' – Knuth
* ''[Biophytum apodiscias](/source/Biophytum_apodiscias)'' – Edgew. & Hook.f.
* ''[Biophytum bequaertii](/source/Biophytum_bequaertii)'' – De Wild.
* ''[Biophytum bogoroense](/source/Biophytum_bogoroense)'' – De Wild.
* ''[Biophytum bolivianum](/source/Biophytum_bolivianum)'' – R.Knuth
* ''[Biophytum boussingaultii](/source/Biophytum_boussingaultii)'' – Klotzsch ex R.Knuth
* ''[Biophytum calophyllum](/source/Biophytum_calophyllum)'' – Guillaumin
* ''[Biophytum candolleanum](/source/Biophytum_candolleanum)'' – Wight
* ''[Biophytum cardonaei](/source/Biophytum_cardonaei)'' – Pittier
* ''[Biophytum casiquiarense](/source/Biophytum_casiquiarense)'' – Knuth
* ''[Biophytum castum](/source/Biophytum_castum)'' – R.Knuth
* ''[Biophytum chocoense](/source/Biophytum_chocoense)'' – Knuth
* ''[Biophytum columbianum](/source/Biophytum_columbianum)'' – Knuth
* ''[Biophytum commersonii](/source/Biophytum_commersonii)'' – Guillaumin
* ''[Biophytum congestiflorum](/source/Biophytum_congestiflorum)'' – Govind.
* ''[Biophytum cowanii](/source/Biophytum_cowanii)'' – T.Wendt
* ''[Biophytum crassipes](/source/Biophytum_crassipes)'' – Engl.
* ''[Biophytum cumingianum](/source/Biophytum_cumingianum)'' – Edgew. & Hook.f.
* ''[Biophytum cumingii](/source/Biophytum_cumingii)'' – Klotzsch
* ''[Biophytum dendroides](/source/Biophytum_dendroides)'' – DC.
* ''[Biophytum dormiens](/source/Biophytum_dormiens)'' – Knuth
* ''[Biophytum dusenii](/source/Biophytum_dusenii)'' – Engl. ex R.Knuth
* ''[Biophytum esquirolii](/source/Biophytum_esquirolii)'' – H.Lév.
* ''[Biophytum falcifolium](/source/Biophytum_falcifolium)'' – Lourteig
* ''[Biophytum ferrugineum](/source/Biophytum_ferrugineum)'' – Rusby
* ''[Biophytum forsythii](/source/Biophytum_forsythii)'' – R.Knuth
* ''[Biophytum foxii](/source/Biophytum_foxii)'' – Sprague
* ''[Biophytum fruticosum](/source/Biophytum_fruticosum)'' – Blume
** [''Biophytum fruticosum'' var. ''papuanum''](/source/Biophytum_fruticosum_var._papuanum) – Veldkamp
* ''[Biophytum globuliflorum](/source/Biophytum_globuliflorum)'' – R.Knuth
* ''[Biophytum gracile](/source/Biophytum_gracile)'' – R.Knuth
* ''[Biophytum heinrichsae](/source/Biophytum_heinrichsae)'' – R.Knuth
* ''[Biophytum helenae](/source/Biophytum_helenae)'' – Buscal. & Muschl.
* ''[Biophytum hermanni](/source/Biophytum_hermanni)'' – Veldkamp
* ''[Biophytum hildebrandtii](/source/Biophytum_hildebrandtii)'' – Guillaumin
* ''[Biophytum homblei](/source/Biophytum_homblei)'' – De Wild.
* ''[Biophytum huilense](/source/Biophytum_huilense)'' – Killip & Cuatrec.
* ''[Biophytum incrassatum](/source/Biophytum_incrassatum)'' – Delhaye
* ''[Biophytum insigne](/source/Biophytum_insigne)'' – Gamble
* ''[Biophytum intermedium](/source/Biophytum_intermedium)'' – Wight
* ''[Biophytum jessenii](/source/Biophytum_jessenii)'' – Knuth
* ''[Biophytum juninense](/source/Biophytum_juninense)'' – R.Knuth
* ''[Biophytum kaessneri](/source/Biophytum_kaessneri)'' – R.Knuth
* ''[Biophytum kamerunense](/source/Biophytum_kamerunense)'' – Engl. & R.Knuth ex Engl.
* ''[Biophytum kayae](/source/Biophytum_kayae)'' – Aymard & P.E.Berry
* ''[Biophytum lindsaeifolium](/source/Biophytum_lindsaeifolium)'' – Knuth
* ''[Biophytum longibracteatum](/source/Biophytum_longibracteatum)'' – Tadulingam & Cheriyan Jacob
* ''[Biophytum longipedunculatum](/source/Biophytum_longipedunculatum)'' – Govind.
* ''[Biophytum lourteigiae](/source/Biophytum_lourteigiae)'' – Aymard & P.E.Berry
* ''[Biophytum luetzelburgii](/source/Biophytum_luetzelburgii)'' – Suess.
* ''[Biophytum macrorrhizum](/source/Biophytum_macrorrhizum)'' – R.E.Fr.
* ''[Biophytum madurense](/source/Biophytum_madurense)'' – R.Knuth
* ''[Biophytum mapirense](/source/Biophytum_mapirense)'' – R.Knuth
* ''[Biophytum microphyllum](/source/Biophytum_microphyllum)'' – Veldkamp
* ''[Biophytum mimosoides](/source/Biophytum_mimosoides)'' – (A.St.-Hil.) Guillaumin
* ''[Biophytum molle](/source/Biophytum_molle)'' – Guillaumin
* ''[Biophytum mucronatum](/source/Biophytum_mucronatum)'' – Lourteig
* ''[Biophytum mutisii](/source/Biophytum_mutisii)'' – R.Knuth
* ''[Biophytum myriophyllum](/source/Biophytum_myriophyllum)'' – R.Knuth
* ''[Biophytum nervifolium](/source/Biophytum_nervifolium)'' – Thwaites
* ''[Biophytum nudum](/source/Biophytum_nudum)'' – Edgew. & Hook.f.
* ''[Biophytum nyikense](/source/Biophytum_nyikense)'' – Exell
* ''[Biophytum ottohuberi](/source/Biophytum_ottohuberi)'' – Aymard & P.E.Berry
* ''[Biophytum panamense](/source/Biophytum_panamense)'' – Lourteig
* ''[Biophytum passargei](/source/Biophytum_passargei)'' – Knuth
* ''[Biophytum pedicellatum](/source/Biophytum_pedicellatum)'' – Delhaye
* ''[Biophytum permultijugum](/source/Biophytum_permultijugum)'' – Suess.
* ''[Biophytum perrieri](/source/Biophytum_perrieri)'' – Guillaumin
* ''[Biophytum peruvianum](/source/Biophytum_peruvianum)'' – R.Knuth
* ''[Biophytum petersianum](/source/Biophytum_petersianum)'' – Klotzsch
* ''[Biophytum polyphyllum](/source/Biophytum_polyphyllum)'' – Munro
* ''[Biophytum poterioides](/source/Biophytum_poterioides)'' – Edgew. ex Hook.f.
* ''[Biophytum proliferum](/source/Biophytum_proliferum)'' – Edgew. & Hook.f.
* ''[Biophytum renifolium](/source/Biophytum_renifolium)'' – Delhaye.
* ''[Biophytum reinwardtii](/source/Biophytum_reinwardtii)''- kerala india 
* ''[Biophytum richardsae](/source/Biophytum_richardsae)'' – Exell
* ''[Biophytum ringoetii](/source/Biophytum_ringoetii)'' – De Wild.
* ''[Biophytum rotundifolium](/source/Biophytum_rotundifolium)'' – Delhaye
* ''[Biophytum santanderense](/source/Biophytum_santanderense)'' – R.Knuth
* ''[Biophytum sensitivum](/source/Biophytum_sensitivum)'' – (L.) DC.
* ''[Biophytum sesbanioides](/source/Biophytum_sesbanioides)'' – Edgew. ex Hook.f.
* ''[Biophytum sessile](/source/Biophytum_sessile)'' – Wall.
* ''[Biophytum somnians](/source/Biophytum_somnians)'' – G.Don
* ''[Biophytum soukupii](/source/Biophytum_soukupii)'' – Lourteig
* ''[Biophytum talbotii](/source/Biophytum_talbotii)'' – R.Knuth
* ''[Biophytum tessmannii](/source/Biophytum_tessmannii)'' – R.Knuth
* ''[Biophytum thorelianum](/source/Biophytum_thorelianum)'' – Guillaumin
* ''[Biophytum turianiense](/source/Biophytum_turianiense)'' – [Kabuye](/source/Christine_H._Sophie_Kabuye)
* ''[Biophytum umbraculum](/source/Biophytum_umbraculum)'' – Welw.
* ''[Biophytum uzungwaensis](/source/Biophytum_uzungwaensis)'' – Frim.-Moll.
* ''[Biophytum veldkampii](/source/Biophytum_veldkampii)'' – A.E.S.Khan, E.S.S.Kumar, S.Binu & Pushp.
* ''[Biophytum verticillatum](/source/Biophytum_verticillatum)'' – Wight
* ''[Biophytum zenkeri](/source/Biophytum_zenkeri)'' – Guillaumin
* ''[Biophytum zunigae](/source/Biophytum_zunigae)'' – C.Nelson
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==References==
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