Biophytum

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.[1] The annual Biophytum sensitivum is a traditional medicine in Nepal.[2][3] Biophytum petersianum (also known as Biophytum umbraculum[4]) is a medicinal plant in Mali.[5]

Biophytum
Biophytum sensitivum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Oxalidales
Family: Oxalidaceae
Genus: Biophytum
DC.
B. reinwardtii in Kerala, India

Species include:

  • 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
  • B. petersianum – Klotzsch
  • Biophytum polyphyllum – Munro
  • Biophytum poterioides – Edgew. ex Hook.f.
  • Biophytum proliferum – Edgew. & Hook.f.
  • Biophytum renifolium – Delhaye.
  • Biophytum reinwardtii
  • Biophytum richardsae – Exell
  • Biophytum ringoetii – De Wild.
  • Biophytum rotundifolium – Delhaye
  • Biophytum santanderense – R.Knuth
  • B. 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

References
  1. "2. Biophytum Candolle". Flora of China.
  2. Guruvayoorappan, C; Kuttan, G (Mar 2008), "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", Integrative Cancer Therapies, 7 (1): 42–50, doi:10.1177/1534735407313744, PMID 18292594
  3. Puri, D (Nov 2001), "The insulinotropic activity of a Nepalese medicinal plant Biophytum sensitivum: preliminary experimental study", Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 78 (1): 89–93, doi:10.1016/S0378-8741(01)00306-3, ISSN 0378-8741, PMID 11585694
  4. Lourteig, Alicia (1981), "Biophytum umbraculum (Oxalidaceae)", Brittonia, 33 (3): 451–452, doi:10.2307/2806436, JSTOR 2806436
  5. Inngjerdingen, M; Inngjerdingen, Kt; Patel, Tr; Allen, S; Chen, X; Rolstad, B; Morris, Ga; Harding, Se; Michaelsen, Te; Diallo, D; Paulsen, Bs (Dec 2008), "Pectic polysaccharides from Biophytum petersianum Klotzsch, and their activation of macrophages and dendritic cells", Glycobiology, 18 (12): 1074–84, doi:10.1093/glycob/cwn090, PMID 18809620


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