Oxalidaceae

Oxalis L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 433 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Cosmopolitan.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Bahamas, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Burundi, Buryatiya, California, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cayman Is., Central European Rus, Chatham Is., Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Corse, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Falkland Is., Fiji, Finland, Florida, France, Free State, French Guiana, Føroyar, Galápagos, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Juan Fernández Is., Kamchatka, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., KwaZulu-Natal, Labrador, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Louisiana, Madagascar, Maine, Malawi, Manchuria, Manitoba, Marquesas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norfolk Is., North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russi, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Northwest European R, Norway, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Puerto Rico, Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Rwanda, Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, South Australia, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russi, Southwest Caribbean, Spain, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turks-Caicos Is., Tuva, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Utah, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vermont, Victoria, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Western Australia, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Afghanistan, Andaman Is., Ascension, Azores, Baleares, Bangladesh, Benin, Bermuda, Borneo, Burkina, Cambodia, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Central African Repu, Chad, Christmas I., Comoros, Congo, Cook Is., Crozet Is., Cyprus, Desventurados Is., Djibouti, East Aegean Is., Easter Is., Egypt, Gabon, Ghana, Gilbert Is., Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, Hainan, Hawaii, India, Iran, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Kerguelen, Kermadec Is., Kirgizstan, Kriti, Krym, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Liberia, Libya, Madeira, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Mauritius, Montana, Morocco, Nauru, Nicobar Is., Niue, Ogasawara-shoto, Oman, Palestine, Pitcairn Is., Qinghai, Rodrigues, Réunion, Samoa, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Selvagens, Seychelles, Sicilia, Sierra Leone, Sinai, Society Is., Socotra, Solomon Is., Somalia, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, St.Helena, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Tadzhikistan, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Tristan da Cunha, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Tunisia, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Yemen

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1968). Flora Europaea 2: 1-469. Cambridge University Press.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 1: 295.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 198 (1754).
  • Sp. Pl. 1: 433 (1753)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Shevtsov, V. (2022). Personal Communication on South European Russia. 1.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin & G. Moggi [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 198 (1754)
  • Sp. Pl.: 433 (1753)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Rico, L. [1584], Bolivia K000295196 No
Rico, L. [1589], Bolivia K000295201 No
Rico, L. [1611], Bolivia K000295230 No
Spruce, R. [5457], Ecuador K000202252 Yes
Souza, V.C. [5445], Brazil K001198526 Yes
Harley, R.M. [5127], Brazil K001198528 Yes
Harley, R.M. [15246], Brazil K001198530 Yes
Burchell [7631], Brazil K001198535 Yes
Heringer, E.P. [14206], Brazil K001198539 Yes
Harley, R.M. [56518], Brazil K001198544 Yes
Harley, R.M. [56491], Brazil K001198545 Yes
Inácio, E. [213], Brazil K001198555 Yes
Fevereiro, V.P.B. [M/372], Brazil K001198553 Yes
Rico, L. [1569], Bolivia K000295181 No
Harley, R.M. [16483], Brazil K001198522 Yes
Guedes, M.L. [PCD 5203], Brazil K001198520 Yes
s.coll. [345], Brazil K001198564 Yes
Hatschbach, G. [65113], Brazil K001198527 Yes
Tschá, M.C. [716], Brazil K001198559 Yes
Rico, L. [1591], Bolivia K000295203 No
Harley, R.M. [55873], Brazil K001198562 Yes
Rico, L. [1586], Bolivia K000295198 No
Smith, D. [37], Brazil K001198546 Yes
Rico, L. [1355b], Bolivia K000295495 No
Harley, R.M. [55746], Brazil K001198517 Yes
Souza, V.C. [CFCR 13927], Brazil K001198548 Yes
Harley, R.M. [55746], Brazil K001198518 Yes
Simon, M.F. [1803], Brazil K001198540 Yes
Ratter, J.A. [6489], Brazil K001198547 Yes
Sakuragui, C.M. [CFCR 15222], Brazil K001198552 Yes
Simon, M.F. [1790], Brazil K001198541 Yes
Lucas, E.J. [534], Brazil K001198561 Yes
s.coll. [557], Ecuador K001198565 Yes
Dahl, A. [613], Cameroon K000436148 No
Souza, V.C. [5511], Brazil K001198549 Yes
Souza, V.C. [5256], Brazil K001198529 Yes
Miers [3117], Brazil K001198563 Yes
Agrá, M.F. [722], Brazil K001198554 Yes
Zappi, D. [462], Brazil K001198536 Yes
Coradin, L. [6041], Brazil K001198532 Yes
Pearson, H.P.N. [13], Brazil K001198534 Yes
Pirani, J.R. [1912], Brazil K001198538 Yes
Souza, V.C. [5519], Brazil K001198521 Yes
Gasson, P. [6025], Brazil K001198531 Yes
Brooks, R.R. [401], Brazil K001198542 Yes
Coradin, L. [6579], Brazil K001198519 Yes
Brooks, R.R. [TMEX 662], Brazil K001198543 Yes
Harley, R.M. [54826], Brazil K001198524 Yes
Harley, R.M. [16175], Brazil K001198525 Yes
Rico, L. [1442], Bolivia K000295330 No
Rosa, N.A. [3826], Brazil K001198533 Yes
Silva, L.F. [67], Brazil K001198557 Yes
Souza, E.B. [104], Brazil K001198558 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.], Brazil K001198566 Yes
Lucas, E.J. [909], Brazil K001198537 Yes
Harley, R.M. [21305], Brazil K001198523 Yes
Rico, L. [1615], Bolivia K000295234 No
Giulietti, A.M. [13722], Brazil K001198550 Yes
Giulietti, A.M. [CFCR 13722], Brazil K001198551 Yes
Silva, L.F. [170], Brazil K001198560 Yes
Giulietti, A.M. [3305], Brazil K001198516 Yes
Silva, L.F. [187], Brazil K001198556 Yes
Rico, L. [1426], Bolivia K000295416 No

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Neotropikey

    • Milliken, W., Klitgard, B. and Baracat, A. (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0