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As classified in WFO snapshot

June 2025

latest classification for this taxon

genus

Biophytum DC.

This genus name was first published in Prodr. 1: 689 (1824)

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000004652.

Literature

Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 1: 689. 1824 [mid Jan 1824]

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Biophytum:

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Biophytum bogoroensis	De Wild.	Pl. Bequaert. 2: 51 1923	—	wfo-0001247896
Biophytum calophyllum	Progel	–	—	wfo-0001089340
Biophytum globuliferum	R.Knuth	Pflanzenr. 130(Heft 95): 403	—	wfo-0001089341
Biophytum somnians	(Zucc.) R.Knuth	Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 7: 317. 1919		wfo-0001089568