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Internal ID UUID643ff742dea45729299511
Scientific name Oxalis frutescens
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. : 435 (1753)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Oxalis psilotricha Turcz. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 31(I): 427 (1858)
Oxalis plumieri Jacq. Oxalis : 23 (1794)
Oxalis nodulosa Pittier Trab. Mus. Comercial Venezuela 313. 1930 from Bol. Minist. R. R. E. E. no. 7, July, 1930
Oxalis pentantha Jacq. Oxalis : 21 (1794)
Oxalis tephrodes Turcz. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 31(I): 427 (1858)
Oxalis avilensis Pittier Trab. Mus. Comercial Venezuela 310. 1930 from Bol. Minist. R. R. E. E. no. 7, July, 1930
Oxalis coarctata R.Knuth Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 7: 291 (1919)
Oxalis jahnii Pittier Trab. Mus. Comercial Venezuela 7: 312 (1930)
Oxalis mairaryensis R.Knuth Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 7: 289 (1919)
Oxalis distans A.St.-Hil. Fl. Bras. Merid. 1: 115 (1825)
Oxalis fasciculata Turcz. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 32(I): 272 (1859)
Oxalis frutescens subsp. pentantha (Jacq.) Lourteig Phytologia 29: 463 (1975 publ. 1974)
Oxalis frutescens var. margaritensis R.Knuth Pflanzenr. , IV, 130: 74 (1930)
Oxalis pentantha var. humboldtii DC. Prodr. 1: 690 (1824)
Lotoxalis psilotricha Rose Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 10: 116 (1906)
Lotoxalis pentantha Rose Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 10: 116 (1906)
Lotoxalis frutescens Small N. Amer. Fl. 25: 47 (1907)
Lotoxalis fasciculata Rose Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 10: 115 (1906)
Lotoxalis tephrodes Rose Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 10: 116 (1906)
Acetosella bahiensis Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 92 (1891)
Acetosella diffusa Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 92 (1891)
Acetosella distans Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 92 (1891)
Acetosella fasciculata Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 92 (1891)
Acetosella frutescens Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 92 (1891)
Acetosella pentantha Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 90 (1891)
Acetosella pilosissima Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 93 (1891)
Acetosella psilotricha Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 92 (1891)
Acetosella schomburgkiana Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 93 (1891)
Acetosella tephrodes Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 92 (1891)
Oxalis glaucifolia R.Knuth Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 7: 290 (1919)
Oxalis pilosissima Turcz. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 31(I): 427 (1858)
Oxalis sublignosa R.Knuth Pflanzenr. , IV, 130: 95 (1930)
Oxalis coccinea Woodson & Schery Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 28: 431 (1941)
Oxalis glabrata R.Knuth Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 7: 292 (1919)
Lotoxalis glabrata Rose Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 10: 115 (1906)
Oxalis guatemalensis R.Knuth Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 29: 214 (1931)
Oxalis bahiensis Progel
Oxalis chacoensis R.Knuth Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 138 (1926)
Oxalis diffusa Pohl
Oxalis herzogii R.Knuth Meded. Rijks-Herb. 27: 63 (1915)
Oxalis hispida Zucc. Denkschr. Königl. Akad. Wiss. München 9: 170 (1823-1824 publ. 1825)
Oxalis descolei R.Knuth Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 48: 1 (1940)
Oxalis harmsiana R.Knuth Pflanzenr. , IV, 130: 431 (1930)
Oxalis charaguensis R.Knuth Meded. Rijks-Herb. 27: 62 (1915)
Oxalis camporum Brandegee Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 4: 377 (1913)
Oxalis schomburgkiana Progel Fl. Bras. 12(2): 500 (1877)
Oxalis cruzeirensis R.Knuth Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 138 (1926)
Oxalis leptophylla G.Don Gen. Hist. 1: 756. 1831 [early Aug 1831]
Oxalis frutescens var. cicatricosa R.Knuth Pflanzenr. , IV, 130: 73 (1930)
Oxalis neaei var. glabrata Baker Refug. Bot. 5: t. 292 (1871)
Oxalis schomburgkiana var. leiocarpa Progel Fl. Bras. 12(2): 500 (1877)

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Language Common/alternative name
English shrubby woodsorrel
English shrubby wood-sorrel
Chinese 灌木酢浆草

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Oxalis frutescens subsp. angustifolia (Kunth) Lourteig Phytologia 29: 463 (1975 publ. 1974)
Oxalis frutescens subsp. borjensis (Kunth) Lourteig Phytologia 29: 463 (1975 publ. 1974)
Oxalis frutescens subsp. frutescens Unknown

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  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Central
      • Mexico Gulf
      • Mexico Northeast
      • Mexico Northwest
      • Mexico Southeast
      • Mexico Southwest
    • South-central U.S.A.
      • New Mexico
      • Texas
  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil North
      • Brazil Northeast
      • Brazil Southeast
      • Brazil West-central
    • Caribbean
      • Southwest Caribbean
      • Trinidad-Tobago
      • Venezuelan Antilles
      • Windward Islands
    • Central America
      • Belize
      • Costa Rica
      • El Salvador
      • Guatemala
      • Honduras
      • Nicaragua
      • Panamá
    • Northern South America
      • French Guiana
      • Guyana
      • Suriname
      • Venezuela
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast
      • Argentina Northwest
      • Paraguay
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia
      • Colombia
      • Ecuador

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000389987
USDA Plants OXFR
Tropicos 23701178
INPN 630281
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:374932-1
The Plant List kew-2399885
Open Tree Of Life 3902468
NCBI Taxonomy 1312753
Nature Serve 2.156828
IPNI 374932-1
iNaturalist 165990
GBIF 2891719
EPPO OXAFR
EOL 582455
Wikipedia Oxalis_frutescens

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