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Biophytum petersianum Klotzsch [family OXALIDACEAE]
Date Updated: 5 February 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 1, Part 1,
Names
Biophytum petersianum Klotzsch [family OXALIDACEAE], in Peters Naturwiss.Reis. Mossamb. Bot. 81, t. 15 (1861).
Oxalis apodoscias Turcz. [family OXALIDACEAE], (1863)
Biophytum apodoscias (Turcz.) Edgew. & Hook. f. [family OXALIDACEAE], (1874); F.W.T.A., ed1, 1: 140; ChevBot98
Oxalis sessilis Buch.-Ham. ex Baill. [family OXALIDACEAE], (1886)
Biophytum sessile R. Knuth [family OXALIDACEAE], l.c406 (1930)
Oxalis sensitiva [family OXALIDACEAE], of F.T.A1: 297, partly, not of Linn.
Information
Stems slender, short or up to 1 ft. high; leaves (as in other species) in a terminal crown, sensitive to weather and to touch; flowers yellow, orange or red.A common weed.
Habitat
A common weed
Range
Widespread in tropical and subtropical Africa and Asia
Distribution
Sen. Bondou Heudelot 149!Fr. Sud. Bamako (Jan.)Fr. G. Kouroussa (Aug.)S. L. Bumbuna (Oct.) Thomas 3833! Kambia (Dec.) Deighton 852! Makump, N.P. (Aug.) Deighton 1377!Iv. C. fide Chev. l.c.G. C. Kumawo, Ashanti (June) Chipp 466!Togo fide Knuth l.c.N. Nig. Nupe Barter 728! Naraguta (June) Lely 277!S. Nig. Lagos (Nov.) Dawodu 34! Millen 14! Abeokuta Irving!Br. Cam. Cameroons R. (Jan.) Mann 936! Buea (Jan., Apr.) Maitland 1290!
Distribution (external)
New Guinea
Date Updated: 5 February 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 1, Part 1,
Names
Biophytum petersianum Klotzsch [family OXALIDACEAE], in Peters Naturwiss.Reis. Mossamb. Bot. 81, t. 15 (1861).
Oxalis apodoscias Turcz. [family OXALIDACEAE], (1863)
Biophytum apodoscias (Turcz.) Edgew. & Hook. f. [family OXALIDACEAE], (1874); F.W.T.A., ed1, 1: 140; ChevBot98
Oxalis sessilis Buch.-Ham. ex Baill. [family OXALIDACEAE], (1886)
Biophytum sessile R. Knuth [family OXALIDACEAE], l.c406 (1930)
Oxalis sensitiva [family OXALIDACEAE], of F.T.A1: 297, partly, not of Linn.
Information
Stems slender, short or up to 1 ft. high; leaves (as in other species) in a terminal crown, sensitive to weather and to touch; flowers yellow, orange or red.A common weed.
Habitat
A common weed
Range
Widespread in tropical and subtropical Africa and Asia
Distribution
Sen. Bondou Heudelot 149!Fr. Sud. Bamako (Jan.)Fr. G. Kouroussa (Aug.)S. L. Bumbuna (Oct.) Thomas 3833! Kambia (Dec.) Deighton 852! Makump, N.P. (Aug.) Deighton 1377!Iv. C. fide Chev. l.c.G. C. Kumawo, Ashanti (June) Chipp 466!Togo fide Knuth l.c.N. Nig. Nupe Barter 728! Naraguta (June) Lely 277!S. Nig. Lagos (Nov.) Dawodu 34! Millen 14! Abeokuta Irving!Br. Cam. Cameroons R. (Jan.) Mann 936! Buea (Jan., Apr.) Maitland 1290!
Distribution (external)
New Guinea
Date Updated: 5 February 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 1, Part 1,
Names
Biophytum petersianum Klotzsch [family OXALIDACEAE], in Peters Naturwiss.Reis. Mossamb. Bot. 81, t. 15 (1861).
Oxalis apodoscias Turcz. [family OXALIDACEAE], (1863)
Biophytum apodoscias (Turcz.) Edgew. & Hook. f. [family OXALIDACEAE], (1874); F.W.T.A., ed1, 1: 140; ChevBot98
Oxalis sessilis Buch.-Ham. ex Baill. [family OXALIDACEAE], (1886)
Biophytum sessile R. Knuth [family OXALIDACEAE], l.c406 (1930)
Oxalis sensitiva [family OXALIDACEAE], of F.T.A1: 297, partly, not of Linn.
Information
Stems slender, short or up to 1 ft. high; leaves (as in other species) in a terminal crown, sensitive to weather and to touch; flowers yellow, orange or red.A common weed.
Habitat
A common weed
Range
Widespread in tropical and subtropical Africa and Asia
Distribution
Sen. Bondou Heudelot 149!Fr. Sud. Bamako (Jan.)Fr. G. Kouroussa (Aug.)S. L. Bumbuna (Oct.) Thomas 3833! Kambia (Dec.) Deighton 852! Makump, N.P. (Aug.) Deighton 1377!Iv. C. fide Chev. l.c.G. C. Kumawo, Ashanti (June) Chipp 466!Togo fide Knuth l.c.N. Nig. Nupe Barter 728! Naraguta (June) Lely 277!S. Nig. Lagos (Nov.) Dawodu 34! Millen 14! Abeokuta Irving!Br. Cam. Cameroons R. (Jan.) Mann 936! Buea (Jan., Apr.) Maitland 1290!
Distribution (external)
New Guinea
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