{"id":1269253,"date":"2011-02-10T10:41:53","date_gmt":"2011-02-10T10:41:53","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-24T18:54:43","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T13:24:43","slug":"biophytum-poterioides","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/biophytum-poterioides\/","title":{"rendered":"Biophytum poterioides"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Biophytum poterioides<\/i> Edgew. ex Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 437 1872<\/i>. (syn: Biophytum sensitivum<\/em>: sensu Mathew)\u00a0<\/div>\n
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Biophytum – indiantreepix | Google Groups<\/a><\/font>\u00a0: 2 posts by 2 authors. <\/div>\n
Kindly see a rare Biophytum<\/i> from Kerala<\/font>. I think this represents Biophytum poterioides<\/i><\/p>\n
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elementary question about Oxalidaceae<\/a> : 1 image. 4 posts by 3 authors.<\/p>\n
I have an elementary question about the family Oxalidaceae<\/i>. I am following the posts of the members and the contributions by all are really fantastic. I read somewhere that the leaves of some plants in this family close when we touch them. Is it true of all the plants in this family or only some?<\/u><\/p>\n
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This is applicable to Biophytum<\/i> only.<\/font> It is so called because of this nature ‘Bio’ means life and ‘phyton’ means plant ie the plant is sensitive to touch. <\/font>It was intially thought that only one species is sensitive to touch B. sensitivum. <\/i>This was the reason why Carl Linnaeaus named all his received specimens around the world as B. sensitivum. Later we came to know that almost all unbranched species of Biophytum<\/i> are sensitive to touch. They never close their leaflets as that of our common touch me not plant Mimosa pudica<\/i>. <\/div>\n
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See the attached Photograph of Biophytum poterioides<\/i> showing normal and closed leaves!!<\/p>\n
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Biophytum for identification 100214MK FEB01<\/a> :\u00a0\u00a0Attachments (5).\u00a0\u00a07 posts by 4 authors.<\/div>\n
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Please help me in identifying this sensitive herb Is is Biophytum<\/i> sp.? <\/div>\n
The plant is 10 cm across and 7 cm high.<\/font><\/div>\n
Habitat: roadside, fallow land<\/font><\/div>\n
Date: 08 Dec 2013; after rains<\/font><\/div>\n
Location: Tirunelveli dist, .100 m asl<\/font><\/p>\n
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Your plant is Biophytum poterioides<\/i> Edgew. ex Hook.f.<\/p>\n

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Is this the same sp? Photographed in a dry tank bed<\/font> in Koonthakulam bird Sanctuary, Thirunelveli dt, Tn.<\/font><\/div>\n

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Yes it is the same species: B. poterioides<\/i><\/p>\n

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Identification of Biophytum sp.<\/a> : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (<\/font>4<\/font>)<\/font><\/div>\n
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Pl. help me to identify the attached Biophytum<\/i> sp. Found in Radhapuram, Tirunelveli Dist, Tamilnadu on 30-11-15<\/font><\/p>\n
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Biophytum poterioides<\/i><\/p>\n

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09082017BHAR1<\/a> : 10 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (1<\/font>)<\/font> <\/div>\n
Herb found over the rice fields <\/font>(Plant with flower) in Kanchipuram district<\/font><\/div>\n
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Biophytum<\/i> sp.<\/p>\n

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Biophytum<\/i> sp.<\/p>\n

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May be: Biophytum poterioides. <\/i>It resembles:
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Biophytum reinwardtii<\/i><\/p>\n
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As per efI site it does not match with colors.\u00a0 Mine is with rose color. But reinwardtii<\/i> is in yellow.\u00a0<\/div>\n

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Fwd: Biophytum poterioides Edgew. ex Hook.f.<\/a> : 4 posts by 1 author.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Catalogue of Life<\/font><\/a> and <\/font>POWO<\/font><\/a> gives Biophytum poterioides<\/em> Edgew. ex Hook.fil. as syn. of Biophytum sensitivum <\/strong>(L.) DC. <\/font><\/div>\n
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Also, may I get the keys of different species in India.<\/p>\n

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Biophytum poteroides<\/em> is a distinct\u00a0 species from B. sensitivum<\/em>. I have reinstated the species (B.poterioides<\/em>) recently and I will send you the paper or you can google it.<\/font>\u00a0<\/div>\n
The key for Indian species are yet to be created as there are still more mysteries to be unravelled.\u00a0 I am working\u00a0on it one by one.\u00a0 Once I complete it I will\u00a0send it to you.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Thanks a lot, …<\/div>\n
I got the paper at <\/font>Reinstatement and lectotypification of Biophytum poterioides<\/font><\/a> – 2019-(Abstract: Biophytum poterioides<\/em> (Oxalidaceae<\/em>), an enigmatic species, erroneously has been considered as synonymous with B. nervifolium Thwaites in recent treatments. Upon examining the types and other related specimens we prefer to treat it as an independent species. The name is reinstated and aA lectotype is designated here)<\/font>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Biophytum poterioides Edgew. ex Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 437 1872. (syn: Biophytum sensitivum: sensu Mathew)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Biophytum – indiantreepix | Google Groups\u00a0: 2 posts by 2 authors. Kindly see a rare Biophytum from Kerala. I think this represents Biophytum poterioides Wow, had never seen this , thanks for…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[6301],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1269253","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-biophytum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1269253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1269253"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1269253\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1269253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1269253"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1269253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}