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Internal ID UUID643ff703679bd279752345
Scientific name Oxalis spiralis
Authority G.Don
First published in Gen. Hist. 1: 755 (1831)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Oxalis pubescens Kunth Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 5: 240. 1821
Oxalis knuthii Pittier Supl. Pl. Usual. Venez. 79 (1939), nomen subnudum.
Oxalis glandulosa (R.Knuth) Pittier Trab. Mus. Comercial Venezuela 7: 311. 1930 from Bol. Minist. R. R. E. E. no. 7, July 1930
Oxalis pubescens var. glandulosa R.Knuth Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 7: 298 (1919)
Xanthoxalis spiralis (G.Don) Holub Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 8: 176 (1973)
Acetosella pubescens Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 93 (1891)
Oxalis saulierei R.Knuth Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 7: 298 (1919)
Oxalis spiralis var. glandulosa (R.Knuth) J.F.Macbr. Candollea 6: 9. 1934

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Language Common/alternative name
English spiral sorrel
Arabic أقصليس حلزوني
Chinese 螺旋酢浆草

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Oxalis spiralis subsp. membranifolia (R.Knuth) Lourteig Bradea 7: 267 (2000)
Oxalis spiralis subsp. spiralis Unknown
Oxalis spiralis subsp. trichophora Lourteig Bradea 7: 270 (2000)

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  • Southern America
    • Central America
      • Costa Rica
    • Northern South America
      • Venezuela
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina Northwest
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia
      • Colombia
      • Ecuador
      • Peru

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000387098
USDA Plants OXSP5
Tropicos 23700386
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:178480-2
The Plant List kew-2394359
Open Tree Of Life 858893
NCBI Taxonomy 53812
IPNI 178480-2
iNaturalist 460574
GBIF 7156841
Freebase /m/03w9pzl
Wikipedia Oxalis_spiralis

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