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Oxalis
Oxalis /ˈɒksəlɪs/ (American English) or /ɒksˈɑːlɪs/ (British English) is a large genus of flowering plants in the wood-sorrel family Oxalidaceae comprising about 570 species. The genus occurs throughout most of the world, except for the polar areas; species diversity is particularly rich in tropical Brazil, Mexico and South Africa.
12 branches of this group, most-observed first
European wood-sorrel
speciesOxalis acetosella
mountain woodsorrel
speciesOxalis montana
Redwood Sorrel
speciesOxalis smalliana
Oregon woodsorrel
speciesOxalis oregana
Oxalis griffithii
speciesOxalis griffithii
snowdrop woodsorrel
speciesOxalis magellanica
trilliumleaf woodsorrel
speciesOxalis trilliifolia
Oxalis obtriangulata
speciesOxalis obtriangulata
Oxalis nipponica
speciesOxalis nipponica
Oxalis leucolepis
speciesOxalis leucolepis
Oxalis shibeishanensis
speciesOxalis shibeishanensis
Dimidiatae
subsectionDimidiatae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Famine Relief Herbal
Zhu Su · 1406 · p.65
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.498
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.496
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.388
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.387
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.617
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.618
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.659
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.659
Compendium of Materia Medica
李時珍 · 1596 · p.111
The Dutch Herbarium or Herbal
Petrus Nylandt · 1670 · p.100
Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx — Moninckx Atlas, vol. 1 (1686)
Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx · 1687 · p.30
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1023136.