Oxalis flava

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• Description
• Taxonomy
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• Notes

Interesting Facts

Description

Family Oxalidaceae

The Oxalidaceae are herbs, shrubs , or rarely trees comprising 7 or 8 genera and about 800 species. The leaves are alternate and pinnately or palmately compound or rarely simple by suppression of leaflets ; stipules are absent. The flowers are bisexual and actinomorphic . The perianth consists of a calyx of 5 distinct sepals and a corolla of 5 distinct or sometimes basally connate petals. The stamens are basally connate and obdiplostemonous , that is, of two series with the outer series opposite the petals; occasionally 5 stamens are reduced to staminodes. The gynoecium consists of a single compound pistil of 5 carpels, 5 distinct styles, and a superior ovary with 5 locules, each containing one or more axile ovules. The fruit is a loculicidal, sometimes explosively dehiscent capsule or berry. -- Gerald Carr

Genus Oxalis

Mostly bulbous herbs with acidic juice. Aerial stem reduced, creeping or rhizomatous . Leaves digitately compound , showing sleep movements. Flowers regular. Stamens monadelphous at the base ; filaments 5 long and 5 short, alternating with one another. Ovary 5 locular with one or more ovules in each locule. Often heterostylous (in some European species) . Fruit capsular . Seeds with an elastic testa.

A large genus with about 800 species. Mostly found in North and South America, South Africa and fairly well represented in Europe and Asia.[1]

Taxonomy

Notes

Publishing author : L. Publication : Species Plantarum 1753 (1 May 1753)

An accepted name in the RHS Horticultural Database.

Similar Species

Members of the genus Oxalis

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 113 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

O. adenophylla (Chilean Wood Sorrel) · O. albicans (Radishroot Woodsorrel) · O. albicans albicans (Radishroot Woodsorrel) · O. albicans californica (Radishroot Woodsorrel) · O. albicans pilosa (Radishroot Woodsorrel) · O. albicans subsp. californica (California Woodsorrel) · O. albicans subsp. pilosa (Radishroot Woodsorrel) · O. alpina (Alpine Woodsorrel) · O. articulata (Jointed Woodsorrel) · O. articulata rubra (Jointed Woodsorrel) · O. barrelieri (Barrelier's Woodsorrel) · O. bowiei (Bowie Woodsorrel) · O. caerulea (Blue Woodsorrel) · O. corniculata ('ihi) · O. corniculata corniculata (Creeping Woodsorrel) · O. corniculata var. microphylla (Creeping Lady´s-Sorrel) · O. corniculata var. pilosiuscula (Creeping Lady´s-Sorrel) · O. corniculata var. preissiana (Creeping Lady´s-Sorrel) · O. corniculata var. pubescens (Creeping Lady´s-Sorrel) · O. corniculata var. pygmaea (Creeping Lady´s-Sorrel) · O. corniculata var. radicosa (Creeping Lady´s-Sorrel) · O. corniculata var. repens (Creeping Lady´s-Sorrel) · O. corniculata var. serpens (Creeping Lady´s-Sorrel) · O. corniculata var. stricta (Creeping Lady´s-Sorrel) · O. corniculata 'Rubra' (Creeping Wood Sorrel) · O. corymbosa 'Aureo-Reticulata' (Gold Veined Oxalis) · O. crassipes (Pink Wood Sorrel) · O. crassipes 'Alba' (White Oxalis) · O. crassipes 'Rosea' (Pink Wood Sorrel) · O. debilis (Pink Wood Sorrel) · O. debilis corymbosa (Pink Woodsorrel) · O. debilis var. corymbosa (Pink Woodsorrel) · O. decaphylla (Gray's Woodsorrel) · O. depressa (Oxalis) · O. dichondrifolia (Agrito) · O. dillenii filipes (Dillen's Oxalis) · O. drummondii (Drummond Woodsorrel) · O. eggersii (Eggers' Woodsorrel) · O. enneaphylla 'Minutifolia' (Oxalis) · O. enneaphylla 'Patagonia' (Oxalis) · O. frutescens (Shrubby Oxalis) · O. frutescens angustifolia (Shrubby Oxalis) · O. frutescens subsp. angustifolia (Shrubby Woodsorrel) · O. gigantea (Giant Oxalis) · O. grandis (Great Yellow Wood-Sorrel) · O. hedysaroides Kunth 'Rubra' (Fire Fern) · O. hirsutissima (Hairy Oxalis) · O. hirta (Trailing Oxalis) · O. illinoensis (Illinois Woodsorrel) · O. incarnata (Crimson Woodsorrel) · O. intermedia (West Indian Woodsorrel) · O. lasiandra (Palm Tree Oxalis) · O. latifolia (Broad-Leaf Woodsorrel) · O. lobata (Oxalis) · O. luteola 'Maculata' (South African Oxalis) · O. macrocarpa (Sorrel) · O. magellanica (Oxalis) · O. magellanica 'Nelson' (Oxalis) · O. malloloba (Rough-Snouted Gurnard) · O. melanostricta 'Ken Aslet' (Oxalis) · O. montana (Green Snob) · O. nelsonii (Sorrel) · O. oregana (Oregon Wood-Sorrel) · O. ortgiesii (Fishtail Oxalis) · O. peduncularis (Tree Oxalis) · O. pes-caprae (African Woodsorrel) · O. priceae (Price's Yellow Wood Sorrel) · O. priceae colorea (Tufted Yellow Woodsorrel) · O. priceae texana (Tufted Yellow Woodsorrel) · O. priceae subsp. colorea (Tufted Yellow Woodsorrel) · O. priceae subsp. texana (Texas Woodsorrel) · O. purpurea (Purple Woodsorrel) · O. purpurea 'Garnet' (Oxalis) · O. purpurea 'Grand Duchess' (Oxalis) · O. radicosa (Dwarf Woodsorrel) · O. regnelli (Red Leaf) · O. regnellii (False Shamrock) · O. regnellii 'Alba' (False Shamrock) · O. regnellii'Atropurpurea' (Purple Oxalis) · O. regnellii 'Irish Mist' (False Shamrock) · O. regnellii 'Triangularis' (False Shamrock) · O. rosea (Sorrel) · O. rubra (Oxalis Rubra) · O. rugeliana (Coamo) · O. siliquosa 'Copper Glow' (Copper Velvet Shamrock) · O. siliquosa 'Copper Tones' (Copper Velvet Shamrock) · O. siliquosa 'Sunset Velvet' (Copper Velvet Shamrock) · O. spiralis (Spiral Sorrel) · O. spiralis vulcanicola (Volcanic Sorrel) · O. spiralis 'Aureus' (Spiral Sorrel) · O. stricta (Common Yellow Oxalis) · O. stricta var. bushii (Upright Yellow-Sorrel) · O. stricta var. europaea (Upright Yellow-Sorrel) · O. stricta var. viridiflora (Upright Yellow-Sorrel) · O. suksdorfii (Suksdorf Woodsorrel) · O. tetraphylla (Good Luck Plant) · O. tetraphylla 'Iron Cross' (Iron Cross Good Luck Plant) · O. texana texana (Texas Woodsorrel) · O. triangularis Burgundy Wine = 'JR Oxburwi' (Shamrock [burgundy Wine]) · O. triangularis 'Dorothy Chao' (False Shamrock)

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Further Reading

• A manual of poisonous plants, chiefly of eastern North America, with brief notes on economic and medicinal plants, and numerous illustrations, Cedar Rapids, Ia., The Torch Press, 1911. url .
• A manual of poisonous plants: chiefly of eastern North America, with brief notes on economic and medicinal plants, and numerous illustrations / by L. H. Pammel. 1911 Cedar Rapids, Ia.: The Torch Press, 1910-11. url p. 580.
• Annual report of the Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture of the State of Michigan. .. Lansing: The Board, 1862- url p. 144, p. 56.
• Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geo by L.H. Bailey assisted by Wilhelm Miller, PH. D., associate editor, and many expert cultivators and botanists. Illustrated with nearly three thousand engravings and one hundred and forty-five full-pa New York, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1906. url p. 1183.
• Field, forest, and garden botany, a simple introduction to the common plants of the United States east of the Mississippi, both wild and cultivated. New York, Ivison, Phinney, Blakeman, 1869. url p. 78.
• Garden and forest; a journal of horticulture, landscape art and forestry. New York: The Garden and forest publishing co., 1888-97. url p. 524.
• Gray's school and field book of botany, consisting of "Lessons in botany, " and "Field, forest, and garden botany, " bound in one volume / by Asa Gray... New York: American Book co., [1887] url p. 78.
• Practical floriculture, a guide to the successful cultivation of florists' plants, for the amateur and professional florist. New York, Judd[1869] url p. 128.
• Practical floriculture; a guide to the successful cultivation of florists' plants, for the amateur and professional florist. New York, Orange Judd company, 1879. url p. 159.
• The Garden: an illustrated weekly journal of gardening in all its branches. London: [s.n., url p. 194.
• The Gardener's monthly and horticultural advertiser. Philadelphia [Pa.: s.n.1859-1875] url p. 117.
• Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia (Incorporated). Adelaide: W.C. Rigby, 1912-1937. url p. 121, p. 129, p. 495.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed March 27, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 04, 2007:

• Australian National Herbarium
• , Australian National Herbarium

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5975126
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13813691
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:374919-1
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 374919-1
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1356153

Footnotes

1. "Oxalis". in Flora of Pakistan . Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]

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