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Oxalis purpurea

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Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
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Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
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Internal ID UUID643ff6fa93d99259173903
Scientific name Oxalis purpurea
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. : 433 (1753)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Oxalis sanguinea Jacq. Oxalis : 64 (1794)
Oxalis rigidula Jacq. Oxalis : 96 (1794)
Oxalis suggillata Jacq. Oxalis : 98 (1794)
Oxalis speciosa Eckl. & Zeyh. Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. 90 1835
Oxalis speciosa Jacq. Oxalis 97 1794
Oxalis venusta Lowe Man. Fl. Madeira 1: 595 (1868)
Oxalis breviscapa Eckl. & Zeyh. Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. 91 1835
Oxalis breviscapa Jacq. Oxalis 95 1794
Oxalis aemula Schltr. ex R.Knuth Pflanzenr. , IV, 130: 347 (1930)
Oxalis arthrophylla Turcz. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 31(I): 433 (1858)
Oxalis laevigata Willd. Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol. , Suppl.: 26 (1814)
Oxalis laburnifolia Jacq. Oxalis : 63 (1794)
Oxalis laxula Eckl. & Zeyh. Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. 90 1835
Oxalis laxula Jacq. Oxalis 94 1794
Oxalis humilis Thunb. Prodr. Pl. Cap. : 190 (1800)
Acetosella breviscapa Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 91 (1891)
Acetosella laburnifolia Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 91 (1891)
Acetosella purpurea Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 90 (1891)
Acetosella stictophylla Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 91 (1891)
Acetosella variabilis Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 91 (1891)
Oxalis reptatrix Jacq. Oxalis : 33 (1794)
Oxalis strictophylla Sond. Fl. Cap. 1: 335 (1860)
Oxalis variabilis Jacq. Oxalis : 89 (1794)
Oxalis grandiflora Jacq. Oxalis : 91 (1794)
Oxalis inscripta E.Mey. Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Docum. (Drège) 103, nomen.
Oxalis decipiens Schltr. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 27: 154 (1899)
Oxalis laburnifolia var. latifolia T.M.Salter J. S. African Bot. 14: 14 (1948)
Oxalis variabilis var. nana Sond. Fl. Cap. 1: 331 (1860)
Oxalis mutabilis var. purpurea DC. Cat. Pl. Horti Monsp. : 47, 129 (1813)
Oxalis mutabilis var. breviscapa DC. Cat. Pl. Horti Monsp. : 47, 129 (1813)
Oxalis mutabilis var. alba DC. Cat. Pl. Horti Monsp. : 47, 129 (1813)
Oxalis mutabilis var. laxula (Jacq.) DC. Cat. Pl. Horti Monsp. : 47 (1813)
Oxalis variabilis var. rubra Jacq. Oxalis : 90 (1794)
Oxalis amoena Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton : 321 (1796)
Oxalis mutabilis DC. Cat. Pl. Horti Monsp. : 129 (1813)

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Language Common/alternative name
English purple woodsorrel
Afrikaans bobbejaansuring
Japanese フヨウカタバミ
Punjab افریقی تن پتی
Thai ดอกผีเสื้อ
Thai ต้นผีเสื้อ
Thai ผีเสื้อ (พรรณไม้)
Thai ผีเสื้อราตรี
Chinese 芙蓉酢浆草

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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  • Africa
    • Macaronesia
      • Azores
      • Canary Islands
      • Madeira
    • Northern Africa
      • Algeria
      • Morocco
    • Southern Africa
      • Cape Provinces
      • Northern Provinces
      • Swaziland
  • Europe
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Bulgaria
      • Sicilia
    • Southwestern Europe
      • Corse
      • Portugal
      • Spain

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000386705
USDA Plants OXPU2
Tropicos 50133707
INPN 111913
Flora of Italy 2802
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:375321-1
The Plant List kew-2393574
Missouri Botanical Garden 291935
Open Tree Of Life 755577
Observations.org 140388
NCBI Taxonomy 245262
Nature Serve 2.133799
IPNI 375321-1
iNaturalist 78301
GBIF 2891764
Freebase /m/09gdgrf
EPPO OXAPU
EOL 592337
Elurikkus 6057
Calflora (Californian flora) 6017
USDA GRIN 447145
Wikipedia Oxalis_purpurea
CMAUP NPO14521

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Scientific Literature Top

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Managing an Invasive Weed Species, Parthenium hysterophorus, with Suppressive Plant Species in Australian Grasslands Belgeri A, Bajwa AA, Shabbir A, Navie S, Vivian-Smith G, Adkins S Plants (Basel) 16-Nov-2020
PMCID:PMC7696314
doi:10.3390/plants9111587
PMID:33207701
Environmental pressures on stomatal size may drive plant genome size evolution: evidence from a natural experiment with Cape geophytes Veselý P, Šmarda P, Bureš P, Stirton C, Muasya AM, Mucina L, Horová L, Veselá K, Šilerová A, Šmerda J, Knápek O Ann Bot 31-May-2020
PMCID:PMC7380457
doi:10.1093/aob/mcaa095
PMID:32474609
Ploidy frequencies in plants with ploidy heterogeneity: fitting a general gametic model to empirical population data Suda J, Herben T Proc Biol Sci 22-Jan-2013
PMCID:PMC3574409
doi:10.1098/rspb.2012.2387
PMID:23193129

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Fatty Acyls / Fatty acids and conjugates / Long-chain fatty acids
Stearic Acid 5281 Click to see 284.50 unknown via CMAUP database
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Stigmastanes and derivatives
(3S,8R,9R,10R,13R,14R,17R)-17-[(2R,5R)-5-ethyl-6-methylheptan-2-yl]-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-ol 11870456 Click to see CCC(CCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CC=C4C3(CCC(C4)O)C)C)C(C)C 414.70 unknown via CMAUP database
> Organic oxygen compounds / Organooxygen compounds / Alcohols and polyols / Cyclitols and derivatives / Quinic acids and derivatives
(1S,3R,4R,5R)-3-(3-(3,4-Dihydroxyphenyl)Prop-2-Enoyloxy)-1,4,5-Trihydroxycyclohexane-1-Carboxylic Acid 9476 Click to see 354.31 unknown via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavones / Flavonols
Kaempferol 5280863 Click to see 286.24 unknown via CMAUP database
Quercetin 5280343 Click to see 302.23 unknown via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavonoid glycosides / Flavonoid O-glycosides / Flavonoid-3-O-glycosides
[(2S,3R,4S,5R,6S)-6-[(2S,3R,4S,5R,6R)-2-[5,7-dihydroxy-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-4-oxochromen-3-yl]oxy-4,5-dihydroxy-6-[[(2R,3R,4R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxymethyl]oxan-3-yl]oxy-4,5-dihydroxy-2-methyloxan-3-yl] acetate 10700439 Click to see 782.70 unknown via CMAUP database
Astragalin 5282102 Click to see C1=CC(=CC=C1C2=C(C(=O)C3=C(C=C(C=C3O2)O)O)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O)O 448.40 unknown via CMAUP database
Clitorin 11592917 Click to see 740.70 unknown via CMAUP database
Isoquercetin 5280804 Click to see 464.40 unknown via CMAUP database
Kaempferol 3-O-galactoside 5282149 Click to see 448.40 unknown via CMAUP database
Kaempferol-3-O-Rutinoside 5318767 Click to see 594.50 unknown via CMAUP database
Rutin 5280805 Click to see 610.50 unknown via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Isoflavonoids / O-methylated isoflavonoids / 4-O-methylated isoflavonoids
(3S)-vestitone 44446897 Click to see COC1=CC(=C(C=C1)C2COC3=C(C2=O)C=CC(=C3)O)O 286.28 unknown via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Isoflavonoids / O-methylated isoflavonoids / 4-O-methylated isoflavonoids / 4-O-methylisoflavones
Formononetin 5280378 Click to see 268.26 unknown via CMAUP database

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