{"id":1269792,"date":"2011-02-10T10:39:37","date_gmt":"2011-02-10T10:39:37","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-24T18:54:43","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T13:24:43","slug":"biophytum-nervifolium","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/biophytum-nervifolium\/","title":{"rendered":"Biophytum nervifolium"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<table class=\"sites-layout-name-one-column sites-layout-hbox\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"sites-layout-tile sites-tile-name-content-1\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div><i>Biophytum nervifolium<\/i> Thw., <i>Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 64 1858<\/i>. (syn: <em>Biophytum sensitivum<\/em> var. <i>nervifolium<\/i> (Thw.) Edgew. & Hook.fil.);<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><b>Little Tree Plant, Sensitive plant, Sikerpud \u2022 <\/b>Hindi<b>: \u0932\u091c\u093e\u0932\u0942 Lajalu \u2022 <\/b>Marathi<b>: \u091d\u0930\u0947\u0930\u093e Jharera, \u0932\u093e\u091c\u0935\u0902\u0924\u0940 Lajvanti \u2022 <\/b>Tamil<b>: Tintanali \u2022 <\/b>Malayalam<b>: \u0d2e\u0d41\u0d15\u0d4d\u0d15\u0d41\u0d1f\u0d4d\u0d1f\u0d40 Mukkutti \u2022 <\/b>Telugu<b>: Pulicenta \u2022 <\/b>Bengali<b>: \u099d\u09b2\u09c8 Jhalai \u2022 <\/b>Sanskrit<b>: \u092a\u0902\u0915\u094d\u0924\u093f\u092a\u0924\u094d\u0930 Panktipatra, \u091d\u0941\u0932\u094d\u0932\u093f\u092a\u0941\u0937\u094d\u092a Jhullipuspa;<\/b><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #1f497d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"color: #444444;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Flower pedicels are always longer than sepals in <i>B. reinwardtii<\/i><\/span>, <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">but the pedicel is always half or less as long as the sepals in <i><b>B. nervifolium<\/b><\/i>. Further the nervation is more clear and strong in <i>B. nervifolium.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">One may be surprised and shocked if I say <i>Biophytum sensitivum<\/i> (L.) DC. is not available in India.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><i>Biophytum sensitivum<\/i> has the sepals more or less equal to the petals<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">whereas in <i>B.nervifolium<\/i> it is just half a way up to the petals <span style=\"color: #444444;\">(Ref.<\/span> <span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"color: #404040; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/#!topic\/indiantreepix\/DjpYvZsE20k\/discussion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">eflorofindia thread 1<\/a>)<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Santosh ji has done a lot of research on this genus and his conclusions should be more authentic than The Plant List. It is convenient for us that we place all our specimens of<i> B. sensivitum<\/i> (from India) under <i>B. nervifolium;<\/i> <\/span><span style=\"color: #444444;\">(Ref. <a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/?hl=en&fromgroups#!topic\/indiantreepix\/wCmyff5Yzxw\">efloraofindia thread 2<\/a>)<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><i>Biophytum sensitivum<\/i> (L.) DC. is not occurring in India.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">It has been said to be reported from India, Sri Lanka, Africa and S E Asian countries.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">But recent studies shows that the Indian so called <i>B. sensitivum<\/i> consists of at least five different species <i>B. nervifolium, B. veldkampii, B. poterioides, B. longibracteatum, B. nervifolium<\/i> var <i>assamicum<\/i> (previously known as<i> B. sensistivum<\/i> var <i>assamicum<\/i>) and the true <i>B. sensistivum<\/i> is not recorded from India.\u00a0T<\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">he species previously called <i>B. sensitivum<\/i> from Sri Lanka is <i>B. hermani<\/i> (but I think this also represents <i>B. reinwardtii<\/i>) and the African one is called <i>B. helenae<\/i>. More studies are needed to unravel the mysteries.<\/span>\u00a0(Ref. <a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/?hl=en&fromgroups#!topic\/indiantreepix\/upHITJ5tB1M\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">efloraofindia thread 3<\/a>)<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSC05074-9.JPG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSC05074-9.JPG\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSC05074-9.JPG\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSC05072.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSC05072.JPG\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSC05073.JPG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSC05073.JPG\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSC05073.JPG\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/#!topic\/indiantreepix\/DjpYvZsE20k\/discussion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Request for species ID – DKV 111009 DKV 2:<\/a>\u00a0 3 images.<br \/>\nRequest for Species Id<br \/>\nPlant observed growing <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">wild<\/span>.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Mhow Dist Indore, Madhya Pradesh<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>This could be <span style=\"color: #003399;\"><i><span style=\"color: #444444;\">Biophytum<\/span> <span style=\"color: #444444;\">sensitivum<\/span><\/i><\/span> (<span style=\"color: #444444;\"><i>Oxalidaceae<\/i><\/span> family).<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>This is nothing but <i>Biophytum nervifolium<\/i> not <i>Biophytum sensitivum<\/i> (L.) DC.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Can u add a point on how to distinguish between the two?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><i>Biophytum sensitivum<\/i> has the sepals more or less equal to the petals<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">whereas in <i>B.nervifolium<\/i> it is just half a way up to the petals. <\/span>This is one of the easily distinguishable character between these two.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Thanks so much. Very clear now<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div><span style=\"color: #6fa8dc;\">APNI gives <i>Biophytum nervifolium<\/i> Thwaites (not available in ITIS 2009 check list as well as in GRIN) as syn. of <i>Biophytum sensitivum<\/i> as per link:<br \/>\n<\/span><a style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ipni.org\/ipni\/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=371958-1&back_page=%2Fipni%2FeditSimplePlantNameSearch.do%3Ffind_wholeName%3DBiophytum%2Bnervifolium%26output_format%3Dnormal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"color: #6fa8dc;\">http:\/\/www.ipni.org\/ipni\/<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #6fa8dc; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">How to go about it in such cases?<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<div><span style=\"color: #6fa8dc;\">Further to complicate the matter, Sh. T.Pullaih book (2006) gives <i>Biophytum sensitivum<\/i> DC. (not available in ITIS 2009 check list as well as in GRIN) as syn. of <i>Biophytum nervifolium<\/i> Thwaites:<br \/>\n<\/span><a style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\" href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=bestQ93DNRcC&pg=RA1-PA320&lpg=RA1-PA320&dq=Biophytum+nervifolium&source=bl&ots=LZb5QfkEmb&sig=CczOkI1tOTKu1wN9_GunGCxT8k8&hl=en&ei=FQD3SoK_MMzIkAW19cCgAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAgQ6AEwADgU#v=onepage&q=Biophytum%20nervifolium&f=false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #6fa8dc;\">http:\/\/books.google.com\/books<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<div><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">One may be surprised and shocked if I say <i>Biophytum sensitivum<\/i> (L.) DC. is not available in India.<\/span><span style=\"color: #6fa8dc;\"> Carl Linneaus proposed this originally as <i>Oxalis sensitiva<\/i> and later transferred to <i>Biophytum<\/i> as <i>B. sensitivum<\/i>. <i>Biophytum sensitivum<\/i> has its sepals more or less equal to its petals in legth whereas <\/span><span style=\"color: #6fa8dc;\"><i>B. nervifolium<\/i> has its sepals reach only half a way upto the petals.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #a64d79;\"><i>B. nervifolium<\/i> is originally from Sri Lanka and also distributed in India.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #6fa8dc; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">The taxonomy of <\/span><i style=\"color: #6fa8dc; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">B.sensitivum<\/i><span style=\"color: #6fa8dc; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\"> is a highly complex one and I have been working on this family for 8 years and one of my recent article communicated will explain the taxonomic complexicity of <\/span><i style=\"color: #6fa8dc; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">B. sensitivum<\/i><span style=\"color: #6fa8dc; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\"> in India. In short, <\/span><i style=\"color: #6fa8dc; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">B. sensitivum<\/i><span style=\"color: #6fa8dc; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\"> is not occur in India and this complex is having <\/span><i style=\"color: #6fa8dc; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">B. veldkampii, B nervifolium, B.poterioides<\/i><span style=\"color: #6fa8dc; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\"><span style=\"color: #6fa8dc; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">, etc as species.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<table style=\"border-width: 1px; border-color: #888888; border-collapse: collapse; height: 148px;\" border=\"1\" width=\"580\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 629px; height: 155px;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left; display: block;\">\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/arpita03sep12_DSCN1433.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/arpita03sep12_DSCN1433.jpg\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/arpita03sep12_DSCN1433.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/arpita03sep12_DSCN1436.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/arpita03sep12_DSCN1436.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/arpita03sep12_DSCN1437.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/arpita03sep12_DSCN1437.jpg\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/arpita03sep12_DSCN1437.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/?hl=en&fromgroups#!topic\/indiantreepix\/wCmyff5Yzxw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Balsaminaceae, Geraniaceae and Oxalidaceae Week : sk01 : Biophytum sensitivum (L.) DC.:<\/a> 4 images.<br \/>\nThis is the same plant as in my earlier upload (<a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/d\/topic\/indiantreepix\/t1IQFomezck\/discussion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">efi thread<\/span><\/a>) and it is <i>Biophytum sensitivum<\/i> (L.) DC., recorded <span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">on 03-09-12<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">at Konnagarh, Hooghly.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>This is not <i>Biophytum sensistivum<\/i>, It is<i> B. nervifolium<\/i><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Thanks … Perhaps now some one has to show the typical <i>B. sensivitum<\/i>. By the way what is your opinion about two uploads at Flowers of India Website as<i> B. reinwardtii<\/i> and <i>B. sensivitum<\/i>?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>There is a <i>Biophytum nervifolium<\/i> Thwaites, which is synonym of <i>Biophytum sensitivum<\/i> (L.) DC. – <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theplantlist.org\/tpl\/record\/kew-2676169\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">http:\/\/www.theplantlist.org\/tpl\/record\/kew-2676169<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div>There is a <i>Biophytum sensitivum<\/i> var. <i>nervifolium<\/i> (Thwaites) Edgew. & Hook.f., which is, again, synonym of – Biophytum sensitivum (L.) DC. – <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theplantlist.org\/tpl\/record\/kew-2676197\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">http:\/\/www.theplantlist.org\/tpl\/record\/kew-2676197<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/ia600202.us.archive.org\/BookReader\/BookReaderImages.php?id=floraofbritishin01hookrich&itemPath=%2F17%2Fitems%2Ffloraofbritishin01hookrich&server=ia600202.us.archive.org&page=n450_w1150.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">F. B. I. i. 437.<\/span><\/a> :-<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><i>B. sensitivum<\/i> DC. – Petals usually twice as long as the sepals, yellow (sometimes purple?)<\/li>\n<li><i>B. sensitivum<\/i> var. <i>nervifolia<\/i> – purple petals and shining ….<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<p>A little while ago i read the discussion at – <a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/d\/topic\/indiantreepix\/DjpYvZsE20k\/discussion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">efi thread<\/span><\/a>, which i missed earlier.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Thanks a lot … for digging out this important thread<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Santosh ji has done a lot of research on this genus and his conclusions should be more authentic than The Plant List. It is convenient for us that we place all our specimens of<\/span><i style=\"color: #ff0000; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\"> B. sensivitum<\/i><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\"> (from India) under <\/span><i style=\"color: #ff0000; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">B. nervifolium.<\/i><\/p>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>The flowers were recorded <a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/d\/topic\/indiantreepix\/upHITJ5tB1M\/discussion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">hours before 11 am<\/span><\/a>, as the owner+recorder confirms.<\/div>\n<div>She also confirms, as i telephoned her a little while ago, that the flowers get closed in the late morning. Moreover, the leaves are sensitive.<\/div>\n<div>But i cannot prove the above because i saw the flowers and fruits well after 11 am, when my colleague handed over me a small poly-pouch.<\/div>\n<div>In noway, merely by stating the above fact, it is an effort to convince that this is a <i>Biophytum sensitivum<\/i> (L.) DC.<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #6fa8dc;\">A digital herbarium of <i>Oxalis sensitiva<\/i> can be found at – <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linnean-online.org\/4266\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"color: #6fa8dc;\">http:\/\/www.linnean-online.org\/4266\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #6fa8dc;\"> that has a zoomable image, which clearly shows that petals are noticeably longer than the sepals (contrary to the claim, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/#!topic\/indiantreepix\/DjpYvZsE20k\/discussion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #6fa8dc;\">“Carl Linneaus proposed this originally as Oxalis sensitiva and later transferred to Biophytum as B. sensitivum. Biophytum sensitivum has its sepals more or less equal to its petals…..”<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #6fa8dc;\"><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.33px; background-color: #ffffff;\">)<\/span>.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #6fa8dc;\">Other links are :-<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/apps.kew.org\/efloras\/namedetail.do?flora=fz&taxon=1197&nameid=2907\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"color: #6fa8dc;\">http:\/\/apps.kew.org\/efloras\/namedetail.do?flora=fz&taxon=1197&nameid=2907<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.luomus.fi\/english\/botany\/linne\/spe.php?spe=h1495255&id=45\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"color: #6fa8dc;\">http:\/\/www.luomus.fi\/english\/botany\/linne\/spe.php?spe=h1495255&id=45<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.efloras.org\/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200012374\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"color: #6fa8dc;\">http:\/\/www.efloras.org\/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200012374<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #6fa8dc;\">Thank you,<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div><span style=\"color: #6fa8dc;\">Thank you for your good efforts!<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #6fa8dc;\">In Linnaean herbarium there are three specimens bearing the numbers 600.37, 600.38 and 600.39. All are having the labelas as<i> B. sensitivum<\/i>. Dr J F Veldkamp had identified it as follows: <\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #6fa8dc;\">1. Specimen 600.37 is <i>B. hermani<\/i> Veldkamp<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #6fa8dc;\">2. Specimen 600.38 is <i>B. sensitivum<\/i> (L.) DC.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #6fa8dc;\">3. Specimen 600.39 is <i>B. nervifolium<\/i> Thw.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #6fa8dc;\">Kindly read the following article, which will tell you the real story about <i>B. sensitivum.<\/i><\/span><span style=\"color: #6fa8dc; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Veldkamp J F 1971. Notes on <\/span><i style=\"color: #6fa8dc; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Biophytum<\/i><span style=\"color: #6fa8dc; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\"> (<\/span><i style=\"color: #6fa8dc; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Oxalidaceae<\/i><span style=\"color: #6fa8dc; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">) of the old world. Taxon 38: 110-116.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Good morning Sir and thank you for explaining confusions over Linnaean herbarium.<\/p>\n<div>In one side i have so many sources suggesting that this plant is <i>B. sensitivum<\/i>, on the opposite side i find, as you have explained in this thread, there is only Veldkamp.<\/div>\n<div>A preview page (of Veldkamp) is available at – <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jstor.org\/discover\/10.2307\/1220908?uid=3738256&uid=2&uid=4&sid=21101773873831\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">http:\/\/www.jstor.org\/discover\/10.2307\/<\/span><\/a>. But, i fail to understand anything (described on that page).<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<table style=\"border-width: 1px; border-color: #888888; border-collapse: collapse;\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 655px; height: 310px;\">\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/arpita03sep12_DSCN1435.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/arpita03sep12_DSCN1435.jpg\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/arpita03sep12_DSCN1435.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/arpita03sep12_DSCN1436-9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/arpita03sep12_DSCN1436-9.jpg\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/arpita03sep12_DSCN1436-9.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/arpita03sep12_DSCN1433-0.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/arpita03sep12_DSCN1433-0.jpg\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/arpita03sep12_DSCN1433-0.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/arpita03sep12_DSCN1432.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/arpita03sep12_DSCN1432.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/arpita03sep12_DSCN1429.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/arpita03sep12_DSCN1429.jpg\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/arpita03sep12_DSCN1429.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/?hl=en&fromgroups#!topic\/indiantreepix\/t1IQFomezck\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biophytum sp. from Hooghly 11\/10\/12 sk2:<\/a><\/p>\n<div>I searched <i>Biophytum sensitivum<\/i> (L.) DC. in group posts and in other websites and found a couple of keys –<\/div>\n<div>\n<ol>\n<li>“…. <span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.33px;\">The main difference is <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">sepals are more or less equal to petals in <i>B.sensitivum<\/i><\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">whereas in <i>B. nervifolium<\/i> sepals are half the length of petals<\/span>…..” and “….. <\/span><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.33px;\"><i>Biophtyum reinwardtii<\/i> was a nightmare for me. This species often having a long and slender stem in shady habitat but in open place it is stem less with rosette of leaves apparetly seems to be a different species……” = <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/d\/topic\/indiantreepix\/GPVHqpxMxXo\/discussion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.33px;\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">efi thread<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li>: …. <span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.33px;\">This is not <i>Biophytum sensitivum<\/i> (L.) DC. This is <i>B. reinwardtii<\/i>. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><i>Biophytum sensitivum<\/i> has pedicels 1\/3 of the calyx length<\/span>. ” = <a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/d\/topic\/indiantreepix\/U0TJHuKQZ14\/discussion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">https:\/\/groups.google.com\/d\/topic\/indiantreepix\/U0TJHuKQZ14\/discussion<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>“… This species is similar to <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><i>Biophytum reinwardtii<\/i> (Zuccarini) Klotzsch of Bhutan, India (W Himalaya), Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, and Thailand, which differs in the longer pedicels (5-7 mm) and capsules, which are longer than sepals..<\/span>.” = FoC = <a href=\"http:\/\/www.efloras.org\/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200012374\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">http:\/\/www.efloras.org\/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200012374<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><i>Biophytum sensitivum<\/i> in FoI = <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flowersofindia.net\/catalog\/slides\/Little%20Tree%20Plant.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">http:\/\/www.flowersofindia.Little%20Tree%20Plant.html<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><i>Biophytum reinwardtii<\/i> in FoI = <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flowersofindia.net\/catalog\/slides\/Reinwardt's%20Tree%20Plant.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">http:\/\/www.flowersofindia.Reinwardt’s%20Tree%20Plant.html<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><i>Biophytum sensitivum<\/i> in eFI = <a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/d\/topic\/bodhi-nighantu\/wufx94XZKHs\/discussion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">efi thread<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li>another site = <a href=\"http:\/\/mukkutti-biophytumsensitivum.blogspot.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">http:\/\/mukkutti-biophytumsensitivum.blogspot.in\/<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li>from Japan = <a href=\"http:\/\/www.botanic.jp\/plants-aa\/osafuu.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">http:\/\/www.botanic.jp\/plants-aa\/osafuu.htm<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<div>Species : <i>Biophytum sensitivum<\/i> (L.) DC. ?<\/div>\n<div>Habit & Habitat : <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">wild herb grew in the garden of my colleague,<\/span> …<\/div>\n<div>Date : 3-Sept-2012<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Place : <\/span><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Konnagar (Hooghly)<\/span><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Taken as <i>Biophytum nervifolium<\/i> Thw., <i>Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 64 1858<\/i> as per discusion in <a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/?hl=en&fromgroups#!topic\/indiantreepix\/wCmyff5Yzxw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">another thread<\/span><\/a>;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>I think this is (and <a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/?hl=en&fromgroups=#!topic\/indiantreepix\/wCmyff5Yzxw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">efi thread<\/span><\/a>) <b>NOT<\/b> <i>Biophytum nervifolium<\/i> Thwaites, because the species in this thread differs from following herbarium-<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/apps.kew.org\/herbcat\/getImage.do?imageBarcode=K000693344\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">http:\/\/apps.kew.org\/herbcat\/getImage.do?imageBarcode=K000693344<\/span><\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/apps.kew.org\/herbcat\/detailsQuery.do?barcode=K000693344\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">http:\/\/apps.kew.org\/herbcat\/detailsQuery.do?barcode=K000693344<\/span><\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><i>Biophytum nervifolium<\/i> should have, “…. nerves few strong and waved beneath” –<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ia600603.us.archive.org\/BookReader\/BookReaderImages.php?id=mobot21753000004365&itemPath=%2F2%2Fitems%2Fmobot21753000004365&server=ia600603.us.archive.org&page=n487_w1150.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">http:\/\/ia600603.us.archive.org\/BookReader\/<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>I think this plant qualifies the description of FoC, besides “Bengal Plants”, “Flora of British India”, “Flora Indica”, – <a href=\"http:\/\/www.efloras.org\/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200012374\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">http:\/\/www.efloras.org\/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200012374<\/span><\/a>.<\/div>\n<div>Also – <a href=\"http:\/\/apps.kew.org\/efloras\/namedetail.do?flora=fz&taxon=1197&nameid=2907\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">http:\/\/apps.kew.org\/efloras\/namedetail.do?flora=fz&taxon=1197&nameid=2907<\/span><\/a>.<\/div>\n<div>This is <i>Biophytum sensitivum<\/i> DC. of the “Bengal Plants” whatever be its current status and however one plays some botanical jargon using the terms like “holotype”, “lectotype”, “typotype” or “neotype”!<\/div>\n<div>Even if it is <i>Biophytum nervifolium<\/i> Thwaites, as you seem to be more comfortable with, it is <i>Biophytum sensitivum<\/i> (L.) DC. as per The Plant List – <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theplantlist.org\/tpl\/record\/kew-2676169\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">http:\/\/www.theplantlist.org\/tpl\/record\/kew-2676169<\/span><\/a>.<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">When we, in this group, are always consulting KEW, GRIN, FoC, FoP and other efloras to identify all other plants submitted to our group why should this case be an exception?<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Taxonomic identity is subjective and may vary as per person’s view. If someone thinking that he should follow on certain concept and he has the freedom to do so. Somebody having a broad species concept accommodating all variabilities of a taxon and the others are not. That doesnt meant that all concepts are wrong. If one has to get identified his specimen, he can use only the available monographs or floras. We will be waiting for a better one in near future.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Thank you very much Sir for elaborating on taxonomic views. I understand your view. But, it cannot be put in the same bracket along with <i>Phyllanthus niruri<\/i>, i am afraid.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/?hl=en&fromgroups#!topic\/indiantreepix\/upHITJ5tB1M\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What is Biophytum sensitivum in India<\/a> :<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><i>Biophytum sensitivum<\/i> (L.) DC. is not occurring in India.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">It has been said to be reported from India, Sri Lanka, Africa and S E Asian countries.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">But recent studies shows that the Indian so called <i>B. sensitivum<\/i> consists of at least five different species <i>B. nervifolium, B. veldkampii, B. poterioides, B. longibracteatum, B. nervifolium<\/i> var <i>assamicum<\/i> (previously known as<i> B. sensistivum<\/i> var <i>assamicum<\/i>) and the true <i>B. sensistivum<\/i> is not recorded from India.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The species previously called <i>B. sensitivum<\/i> from Sri Lanka is <i>B. hermani<\/i> (but I think this also represents <i>B. reinwardtii<\/i>) and the African one is called <i>B. helenae<\/i>. More studies are needed to unravel the mysteries.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>One must understand that after 11 am nobody can get a well opened flower of <i>Biophytum<\/i> so that we have to start our research a little early in the morning. Always we should have a living collection that help us to understand the species in its real sense. These are some of my personal experiences. We need to discuss this issue in the coming episodes.<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div>\n<p>Thanks … for this detailed explanation<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div>Thanks … for the eye-opener! Its hard to believe that <i>B. sensitivum<\/i> is not occurring in India… as we have so far been thinking it is the commonest species of the genus in India. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">This story seems to be similar to that of <i>Phyllanthus niruri<\/i>… now we learn, after several decades, that it is not present in India.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Thanks once again for the valuable notes. Is the work published? If yes, please share or tell us about it.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">And this eye-opener also reminded me of<\/span> … <a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/attachments\/aps06141.pdf- target-\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">The myth of \u201cminima\u201d and \u201cmaxima\u201d, the species of Physalis in the Indian Subcontinent<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Thanks to all. I am now preparing the mss for publication<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/_MG_9106s.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/_MG_9106s.jpg\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/_MG_9106s.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Biophytum2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Biophytum2.jpg\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Biophytum2.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/?hl=en&fromgroups#!topic\/indiantreepix\/i0W8miodt0E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Balsaminaceae, Geraniaceae and Oxalidaceae Week: Oxalidaceae :: Biophytum sp. for ID. 07\/03\/2013 SMP1<\/a> : 2 images. 2 posts by 1 author.<br \/>\n<i>Biophytum<b> <\/b><\/i>sp. for ID.<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Observed this <\/span><i style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Biophytum<\/i><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\"> species <\/span><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">near Pune in Aug 2012<\/span><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">. <\/span><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Growing wild.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Not still clear about the differentiating features so taking this shortcut route for ID<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Seems to be<i> B. nervifolium<\/i><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Thanks for the ID<i><b> <\/b>B. nervifolium<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<table style=\"border-width: 1px; border-color: #888888; border-collapse: collapse;\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 372px; height: 211px;\">\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Biophytum%20sens.JPG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Biophytum%20sens.JPG\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Biophytum%20sens.JPG\" width=\"144\" height=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Biophytum%20sens1.JPG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Biophytum%20sens1.JPG\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Biophytum%20sens1.JPG\" width=\"200\" height=\"153\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/#!topic\/indiantreepix\/RR47EP7HIG8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biophytum sensitivum (L.) DC SN 25<\/a> :\u00a0\u00a03 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2).<br \/>\n<i style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Biophytum sensitivum<\/i><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\"> (L.) DC\u00a0(<\/span><i style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">B. candolleanum<\/i><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\"> Wt.),<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">herb in the shola margin<\/span><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">, <\/span><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Nilgiri hills, Tamilnadu<\/span><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The plant is <i>Biopytum sensitivum<\/i><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div>Thanks, …,\u00a0Some relevant feedback from other threads:<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">One may be surprised and shocked if I say <i>Biophytum sensitivum<\/i> (L.) DC. is not available in India.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><i>Biophytum sensitivum<\/i> has the sepals more or less equal to the petals<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">whereas in <i>B.nervifolium<\/i> it is just half a way up to the petals <span style=\"color: #444444;\">(Ref.<\/span> <span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"color: #404040; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/#!topic\/indiantreepix\/DjpYvZsE20k\/discussion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">eflorofindia thread 1<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Santosh ji has done a lot of research on this genus and his conclusions should be more authentic than The Plant List. It is convenient for us that we place all our specimens of<i> B. sensivitum<\/i> (from India) under <i>B. nervifolium;<\/i> <\/span><span style=\"color: #444444;\">(Ref. <a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/?hl=en&fromgroups#!topic\/indiantreepix\/wCmyff5Yzxw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">efloraofindia thread 2<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><i>Biophytum sensitivum<\/i> (L.) DC. is not occurring in India.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">It has been said to be reported from India, Sri Lanka, Africa and S E Asian countries.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">But recent studies shows that the Indian so called <i>B. sensitivum<\/i> consists of at least five different species <i>B. nervifolium, B. veldkampii, B. poterioides, B. longibracteatum, B. nervifolium<\/i> var <i>assamicum<\/i> (previously known as<i> B. sensistivum<\/i> var <i>assamicum<\/i>) and the true <i>B. sensistivum<\/i> is not recorded from India.\u00a0T<\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">he species previously called <i>B. sensitivum<\/i> from Sri Lanka is <i>B. hermani<\/i> (but I think this also represents <i>B. reinwardtii<\/i>) and the African one is called <i>B. helenae<\/i>. More studies are needed to unravel the mysteries.<\/span>\u00a0(Ref. <a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/?hl=en&fromgroups#!topic\/indiantreepix\/upHITJ5tB1M\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">efloraofindia thread 3<\/span><\/a>)<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<table style=\"border-width: 1px; border-color: #888888; border-collapse: collapse;\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 660px; height: 155px;\">\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/buds-6.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/buds-6.jpg\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/buds-6.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/plant-6.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/plant-6.jpg\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/plant-6.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/flower-9-4.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/flower-9-4.jpg\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/flower-9-4.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/#!topic\/indiantreepix\/sUMM0xR6TyE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ID Request 171014SG<\/a> : 5 posts by 5 authors. Attachments <span style=\"color: #666666;\">(3)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Please help identify this<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"> herb, spreading 9-12\u201d.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\"> \u00a0Photo taken<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"> on 17Oct14 at Mohol, Maharashtra.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><i>Biophytum<\/i> sp.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Botanical name: <i>Biophytum sensitivum<\/i>,\u00a0 a herb.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"color: #262626; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><i>Biophytum sensitivum<\/i> (L.) DC. is not occurring in India.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">It has been said to be reported from India, Sri Lanka, Africa and S E Asian countries.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">But recent studies shows that the Indian so called <i>B. sensitivum<\/i> consists of at least five different species <i>B. nervifolium, B. veldkampii, B. poterioides, B. longibracteatum, B. nervifolium<\/i> var <i>assamicum<\/i> (previously known as<i> B. sensistivum<\/i> var <i>assamicum<\/i>) and the true <i>B. sensistivum<\/i> is not recorded from India.\u00a0T<\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">he species previously called <i>B. sensitivum<\/i> from Sri Lanka is <i>B. hermani<\/i> (but I think this also represents <i>B. reinwardtii<\/i>) and the African one is called <i>B. helenae<\/i>. More studies are needed to unravel the mysteries.<\/span>\u00a0(Ref. <a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/?hl=en&fromgroups#!topic\/indiantreepix\/upHITJ5tB1M\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">efloraofindia thread 3<\/span><\/a>)\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>This is <i>Biophytum nervifolium<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<table style=\"border-width: 1px; border-color: #888888; border-collapse: collapse;\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 641px; height: 137px;\">\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSC_0002.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSC_0002.jpg\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSC_0002.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"132\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSC_0001-2-9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSC_0001-2-9.jpg\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSC_0001-2-9.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"132\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSC_0003.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSC_0003.jpg\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSC_0003.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"132\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/#!topic\/indiantreepix\/njk68VK_KzI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ANDEC55 Which Biophytum sp.? (Please provide a key for the various Biophytum sp.)<\/a> : 9 posts by 4 authors.\u00a0Attachments (4).<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Thrissur, Kerala<br \/>\nNovember 2014<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"color: #262626; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"\/species\/m---z\/o\/oxalidaceae\/biophytum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Biophytum<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"color: #262626; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #444444;\">species in eFloraofindia (with details\/ keys from published papers\/ regional floras\/ FRLHT\/ FOI\/ Biotik\/ efloras\/ books etc., where ever available)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<p><i>Biophytum sensitivum<\/i> (L.) DC. (= <i style=\"font-style: italic;\">B.<\/i><i> <\/i><i style=\"font-style: italic;\">candolleanum<\/i><i> <\/i>Wight<i> , <\/i><i>Biophytum<\/i> <i>sensitivum<\/i> var. <i>candolleanum<\/i> Edgew. & Hook.f.)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Attaching the keys to <i>Biophytum<\/i> species from Flora of India. Attachments (1)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The plant uploaded seems to be <i>Biophytum sensitivum<\/i><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Santosh ji has done a lot of research on this genus and his conclusions should be more authentic than The Plant List. It is convenient for us that we place all our specimens of<i> B. sensivitum<\/i> (from India) under <i>B. nervifolium;<\/i> <\/span><span style=\"color: #444444;\">(Ref. <a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/?hl=en&fromgroups#!topic\/indiantreepix\/wCmyff5Yzxw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">efloraofindia thread 2<\/span><\/a>)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/#!topic\/indiantreepix\/2jsKPn7AKiI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biophytum sensitivum in FOI<\/a> : 1 post by 1 author.<br \/>\n<a style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersofindia.net%2Fcatalog%2Fslides%2FLittle%2520Tree%2520Plant.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNEclyejrOgwXjQPthOoEzip_njWAw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"color: #1155cc;\">Biophytum sensitivum in FOI<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">\u00a0should be <\/span><a style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fsites.google.com%2Fsite%2Fefloraofindia%2Fspecies%2Fm---z%2Fo%2Foxalidaceae%2Fbiophytum%2Fbiophytum-nervifolium&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNGCUcsicJvDRFPFuH8OSzH7lnVceA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"color: #1155cc;\"><i>Biophytum nervifolium<\/i><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">\u00a0as per details herein by Santhosh ji.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<table style=\"border-width: 1px; border-color: #888888; border-collapse: collapse;\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 443px; height: 155px;\">\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSCN1602%20-%20Low%20Res.JPG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSCN1602%20-%20Low%20Res.JPG\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSCN1602%20-%20Low%20Res.JPG\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSCN1601%20-%20Low%20Res.JPG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSCN1601%20-%20Low%20Res.JPG\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSCN1601%20-%20Low%20Res.JPG\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/#!topic\/indiantreepix\/aWDneU8aQ_M\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">040619AB3 ID<\/a> : 8 posts by 3 authors. Attachments <span style=\"color: #666666;\">(2)<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Identification, please.<\/div>\n<div>The leaves of the plant would stoop after touching, similar to <i>Mimosa pudica<\/i>. But the leaves were much larger than <i>M. pudica.<br \/>\n<\/i><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\">Date\/Time- November 4, 2017; 09:22 AM<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"color: #444444; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- <span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Eastern Melghat; 21\u00b017.483′ N, 77\u00b022.530′ E<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\">Habitat- Garden\/ Urban\/ Wild\/ Type- <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Wild<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\">Plant Habit- Tree\/ Shrub\/ Climber\/ Herb-\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Herb<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\">Height\/Length- <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">2\u2019 Height<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<p><i>Biophytum sensitivum<br \/>\n<\/i><i>Oxalidaceae<\/i>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>May be <a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"\/species\/m---z\/o\/oxalidaceae\/biophytum\/biophytum-nervifolium\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\"><i>Biophytum nervifolium<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0& not <i>Biophytum sensitivum<\/i> as per details herein.<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>Is <i>B. nervifolium <\/i>a different species or is it synonym of <i>B. sensitivum <\/i>(<i>B. sensitivum\u00a0<\/i>var <i>nervifolium<\/i>) as some other sites seem to suggest?<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>Pl. read details at the\u00a0top of the page at <a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fsites.google.com%2Fsite%2Fefloraofindia%2Fspecies%2Fm---z%2Fo%2Foxalidaceae%2Fbiophytum%2Fbiophytum-nervifolium&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNGCUcsicJvDRFPFuH8OSzH7lnVceA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\"><i>Biophytum nervifolium<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0in red and blue.<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>Thank you for redirecting me to the species page.<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<table style=\"border-width: 1px; border-color: #888888; border-collapse: collapse;\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 501px; height: 430px;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">Images by tspkumar<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2-Biccodu_touch%20sensitive_20150604_110147%20-2-.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2-Biccodu_touch%20sensitive_20150604_110147%20-2-.jpg\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2-Biccodu_touch%20sensitive_20150604_110147%20-2-.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/5-Biccodu_touch%20sensitive_20150604_110147%20-5-.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/5-Biccodu_touch%20sensitive_20150604_110147%20-5-.jpg\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/5-Biccodu_touch%20sensitive_20150604_110147%20-5-.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/3-Biccodu_touch%20sensitive_20150604_110147%20-6-.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/3-Biccodu_touch%20sensitive_20150604_110147%20-6-.jpg\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/3-Biccodu_touch%20sensitive_20150604_110147%20-6-.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1-Biccodu_touch%20sensitive_20150604_110147%20-7-.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1-Biccodu_touch%20sensitive_20150604_110147%20-7-.jpg\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1-Biccodu_touch%20sensitive_20150604_110147%20-7-.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/6-Biccodu_touch%20sensitive_20150604_110147%20-4-.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/6-Biccodu_touch%20sensitive_20150604_110147%20-4-.jpg\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/6-Biccodu_touch%20sensitive_20150604_110147%20-4-.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/4-Biccodu_touch%20sensitive_20150604_110147%20-10-.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/4-Biccodu_touch%20sensitive_20150604_110147%20-10-.jpg\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/4-Biccodu_touch%20sensitive_20150604_110147%20-10-.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/#!topic\/indiantreepix\/sL5I68pC7hY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">64-TSP-ID-12MAY2016-3:Herb @ Belur for ID.<\/span><\/a> : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments <span style=\"color: #666666;\">(6)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #444444;\">Kindly identify this plant.. Appears that it is touch sensitive…!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Habit: Herb<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Habitat: Wild, Roadside, under a tree<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Sighting: Belur, Karnataka, about 900 msl<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #444444;\"><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Date: 04-06-2015<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><i>Biophytum sensitivum<\/i> of <i>oxalidaceae<\/i><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div>Thanks, …, for the Id as <i>Biophytum sensitivum<\/i>.<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Pl.\u00a0check <\/span><a dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fsites.google.com%2Fsite%2Fefloraofindia%2Fspecies%2Fm---z%2Fo%2Foxalidaceae%2Fbiophytum%2Fbiophytum-nervifolium&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNGCUcsicJvDRFPFuH8OSzH7lnVceA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\"><i>Biophytum nervifolium<\/i><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">\u00a0with Santosh ji’s feedback at top in red & blue as Biophytum sensitivum is not found in India as per his latest research.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ohh thats great … new info for me !!!<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<div>\n<table style=\"border-width: 1px; border-color: #888888; border-collapse: collapse;\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 655px; height: 205px;\">\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/FB_IMG_1572238002076.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/FB_IMG_1572238002076.jpg\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/FB_IMG_1572238002076.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/FB_IMG_1572238005564.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/FB_IMG_1572238005564.jpg\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/FB_IMG_1572238005564.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/FB_IMG_1572238017917.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/FB_IMG_1572238017917.jpg\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/FB_IMG_1572238017917.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/FB_IMG_1572238014688.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/FB_IMG_1572238014688.jpg\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/FB_IMG_1572238014688.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/#!topic\/indiantreepix\/1bsEOHUnBYo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Need id of this small plant from Morena, M.P<\/a> : 11 posts by 4 authors. Attachments <span style=\"color: #666666;\">(4<\/span><span style=\"color: #666666;\">)<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Need id of this small plant <span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">from Morena, M.P<br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">25 October 19<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><i>Biophytum reinwardtii<\/i>. Pedicel very small<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div>Supposed to be rheophytic, so how about this plants’s habitat pictures?<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Going by keys at <a href=\"\/species\/m---z\/o\/oxalidaceae\/biophytum\/biophytum-reinwardtii\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\"><i>Biophytum reinwardtii<\/i><\/span><\/a>, should it not be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fsites.google.com%2Fsite%2Fefloraofindia%2Fspecies%2Fm---z%2Fo%2Foxalidaceae%2Fbiophytum%2Fbiophytum-nervifolium&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNGCUcsicJvDRFPFuH8OSzH7lnVceA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\"><i>Biophytum nervifolium<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>My guess go to <i>B.nervifolium<\/i> only<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<p>My mistake.\u00a0Sorry for that.\u00a0Small pedicel = <i>B. nervifolium<\/i><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/g\/indiantreepix\/c\/nn7lpnXv-3w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ID help: little yellow flower<\/a>: 1 image.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Bhopal; <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">black soil;<\/span> 19\/11\/2021<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Biophytum sensitivum<\/em> (Linnaeus) Candolle ??<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>I concur with …<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>I think\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/species\/m---z\/o\/oxalidaceae\/biophytum\/biophytum-nervifolium\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&q=https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/species\/m---z\/o\/oxalidaceae\/biophytum\/biophytum-nervifolium&source=gmail&ust=1638338692784000&usg=AFQjCNGJMZ0I7J168-hy9XikmHPFHWz2vg\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><i>Biophytum nervifolium<\/i>\u00a0Thw.<\/span><\/a>\u00a0as per images and\u00a0<b>keys<\/b>\u00a0herein.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/g\/indiantreepix\/c\/Q-6ZocauxDw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oxalidaceae: Biophytum sensitivum (L.) DC.<\/a>: 1 high res. image.<br \/>\nsynonyms: <em>Oxalis sensitiva<\/em> L., <em>Biophytum poterioides<\/em> Edgew. ex Hook.fil.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">location\/date: Tropical Forest Research Institute, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, October 1994<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>I think it should be\u00a0<b>Biophytum nervifolium\u00a0<\/b>Thw., Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 64 1858. (syn:\u00a0<i>Biophytum sensitivum<\/i>\u00a0var.<i>\u00a0nervifolium\u00a0<\/i>(Thw.) Edgew. & Hook.fil.) (as per differences between the species mentioned herein):<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/2011\/02\/10\/biophytum-nervifolium\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en-IN&q=https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/2011\/02\/10\/biophytum-nervifolium\/&source=gmail&ust=1707911900103000&usg=AOvVaw1oyFIJgHfcqosfRJQQETad\">https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/2011\/02\/10\/biophytum-nervifolium\/<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>I think you are right !<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in\/herbsheet.php?id=6964&cat=7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en-IN&q=http:\/\/flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in\/herbsheet.php?id%3D6964%26cat%3D7&source=gmail&ust=1707911900106000&usg=AOvVaw1BkEbPNH-qjiP2vhKdovt9\">http:\/\/flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in\/herbsheet.php?id=6964&cat=7<\/a>\u00a0!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/g\/indiantreepix\/c\/jY2GiI6DHjU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wildflower ID<\/a>: 1 high res. image.<br \/>\nNeed help with this plant ID.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Bhopal.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">07\/02\/2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div><em>Biophytum sensitivum<\/em> ?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>It is (as per keys herein):<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/2011\/02\/10\/biophytum-nervifolium\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en-IN&q=https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/2011\/02\/10\/biophytum-nervifolium\/&source=gmail&ust=1710842546316000&usg=AOvVaw3vi_9ieyE6p1bpHyOowiFD\">https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/2011\/02\/10\/biophytum-nervifolium\/<\/a><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; vertical-align: top;\"><span style=\"color: #404040; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\">References:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; vertical-align: top;\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"color: #404040; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/#!topic\/indiantreepix\/DjpYvZsE20k\/discussion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,sans-serif;\">eflorofindia thread 1<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: arial,sans-serif;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/?hl=en&fromgroups#!topic\/indiantreepix\/wCmyff5Yzxw\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: small;\">efloraofindia thread 2<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: arial,sans-serif;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/?hl=en&fromgroups#!topic\/indiantreepix\/upHITJ5tB1M\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: small;\">efloraofindia thread 3<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: arial,sans-serif;\">\u00a0 <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theplantlist.org\/tpl\/record\/kew-2676169\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,sans-serif;\">The Plant List<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: arial,sans-serif;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; vertical-align: top;\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"color: #404040; font-size: 9.5pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.co.in\/books?id=YZ2I_LzgDp8C&pg=PA96&lpg=PA96&dq=Biophytum+nervifolium&source=bl&ots=pKvbmXtiwc&sig=8chOAkP-VhyPnhEsOzKF0Lkqz60&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Rys8Ufb9DcrLrQfFiIHADA&ved=0CFEQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=Biophytum%20nervifolium&f=false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,sans-serif;\">Medicinal Plants in Andhra Pradesh, India By T. Pullaiah<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: arial,sans-serif;\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; vertical-align: top;\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"color: #404040; font-size: 9.5pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.co.in\/books?id=pSXidQZupHYC&pg=PA202&dq=biophytum+nervifolium&hl=en&sa=X&ei=uSs8UdyiKIvxrQepm4C4Aw&ved=0CEIQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=biophytum%20nervifolium&f=false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,sans-serif;\">Flora of Eastern Ghats: Hill Ranges of South East India, Volume 1 By Thamminen Pullaiah, D. Muralidhar Rao, K. Sri Ramamurthy (keys & Description)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; vertical-align: top;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.co.in\/books?id=1kHNgLyXbJUC&pg=PA83&lpg=PA83&dq=Biophytum+nervifolium&source=bl&ots=CbyRpCb8tQ&sig=y9yKkRo96PyvG5tqB8TpnWQ5gTs&hl=en&sa=X&ei=5yo8Uc32I4fRrQeduoHoAg&ved=0CE4Q6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=Biophytum%20nervifolium&f=false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,sans-serif;\">Flora Of Guntur District: Andhra Pradesh, India By T. Pullaiah (Description)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biophytum nervifolium Thw., Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 64 1858. (syn: Biophytum sensitivum var. nervifolium (Thw.) Edgew. & Hook.fil.); . Little Tree Plant, Sensitive plant, Sikerpud \u2022 Hindi: \u0932\u091c\u093e\u0932\u0942 Lajalu \u2022 Marathi: \u091d\u0930\u0947\u0930\u093e Jharera, \u0932\u093e\u091c\u0935\u0902\u0924\u0940 Lajvanti \u2022 Tamil: Tintanali \u2022 Malayalam: \u0d2e\u0d41\u0d15\u0d4d\u0d15\u0d41\u0d1f\u0d4d\u0d1f\u0d40 Mukkutti \u2022 Telugu: Pulicenta \u2022 Bengali: \u099d\u09b2\u09c8 Jhalai \u2022 Sanskrit:…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[6301],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1269792","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\/1269792","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1269792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1269792\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1269792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1269792"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1269792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}