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Biophytum richardsiae Exell

Species

Angiosperms > Oxalidales > Oxalidaceae > Biophytum

Characteristics

Leaves up to 16 cm. long; leaflets 8–16-jugate, almost sessile, 5–11 × 2·5–7 mm., oblong to broadly oblong or more rarely somewhat ovate-oblong or obovate-oblong, apex rounded, base truncate, sparsely ciliate otherwise glabrous, with 5–7 pairs of lateral nerves; rhachis pubescent to pilose.
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Flowers dull pink with slender pilose pedicels up to 8 mm. long, in 10–16-flowered pseudumbels; peduncle up to 18 cm. long, pilose.
Acaulescent perennial herb up to 20 cm. in height with an unbranched hairy thickened woody rootstock.
Sepals 6–6·5 × 1·5–1·8 mm., reddish, narrowly elliptic, 5–7-nerved, pubescent.
Stamens with 5 longer ones 4·5 mm. long and 5 shorter ones 2·5 mm. long.
Seeds 0·8 × 0·6–0·7 mm., brown, subglobose to ellipsoid, tuberculate.
Ovary 5-lobed; styles 1·9 mm. long, almost glabrous.
Capsule 3 × 2·5 mm., broadly ellipsoid.
Petals c. 8 mm. long, glabrous.
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Distribution

Biophytum richardsiae world distribution map, present in Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:663049-1
WFO ID wfo-0000565525
COL ID LV9X
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Synonyms

Biophytum richardsiae
WorldFloraDB 2024