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palmate-leaved Oxalis
Oxalis
Oxalis /ˈɒksəlɪs/ 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.
32 branches of this group, most-observed first

Common Yellow Woodsorrels
sectionCorniculatae

scaly-bulbed Oxalis
sectionIonoxalis

Oxalis
sectionOxalis

Cernuae
sectionCernuae

Articulatae
sectionArticulatae

Oppositae
sectionOppositae

Angustatae
sectionAngustatae
Foveolatae
sectionFoveolatae

Lotoideae
sectionLotoideae

Crassulae
sectionCrassulae

Carnosae
sectionCarnosae
Sagittatae
sectionSagittatae
Latifoliolatae
sectionLatifoliolatae

Alpinae
sectionAlpinae

Depcock Sorrels
complexOxalis depressa-pocockiae

Palmatifoliae
sectionPalmatifoliae

Giganteae
sectionGiganteae

Roseae
sectionRoseae

Herrerae
sectionHerrerae

Algoa Sorrel
speciesOxalis algoensis

Ripariae
sectionRipariae
Stictophyllae
sectionStictophyllae

Oneleaf Sorrel
speciesOxalis monophylla

Campanulatae
sectionCampanulatae

Section Caesiae
sectionCaesiae

Ortgieseae
sectionOrtgieseae

Rhombifoliae
sectionRhombifoliae

Neocaledonicae
sectionNeocaledonicae

Myriophyllum
sectionMyriophyllum

Oxalis platylepis
speciesOxalis platylepis

Oxalis macrorrhiza
speciesOxalis macrorrhiza
Pseudobulbosae
sectionPseudobulbosae
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 864989.