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Oxalis corniculata
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species of plant
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*Oxalis corniculata* L. is a species of perennial, herbaceous plant within the family Oxalidaceae. It belongs to the genus *Oxalis* and is classified under the order Oxalidales or Geraniales, depending on the taxonomic source. The species is part of the class Magnoliopsida and the phylum Tracheophyta. Common names for this plant include creeping woodsorrel, wood sorrel, and amrul.
The taxon has a recorded range that includes China, Beijing, Shanghai, and Fujian. It is described as common in pastures and urban areas. The plant serves various uses, including as a vegetable, medicinal plant, drink, and fodder. Its habitat includes solutional caves.
Records of *Oxalis corniculata* exist in institutions such as the University of Alberta Museums, UTEP, CHAS, NMMNHS, and INECOL. Occurrence data has been documented in countries including Canada, the United States, Taiwan, Puerto Rico, and Argentina. The species is currently accepted in taxonomic databases.
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Species
wood sorrel
Oxalis corniculata
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderOxalidales
- FamilyOxalidaceae
Común en potreros y áreas urbanas.
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 9,356
- With media
- 6,433
- Family
- Oxalidaceae
- Collections
- UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS, UTEP, CHAS, NMMNHS, INECOL, ENCB-IPN
- Recorded in
- Canada, United States, Taiwan, Puerto Rico, Argentina, Malaysia, Mexico
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Subclass of
- herbaceous plant
- Parent taxon
- Oxalis
- Image
- Oxalis corniculata - Museo Tazzetti Herbarium 98-2024.tif
- Has use
- fodder
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- taxon name
- Oxalis corniculata
- Commons category
- Oxalis corniculata
- taxon common name
- rogata zajčja deteljica
- Commons gallery
- Oxalis corniculata
- taxon range
- Gabon
- habitat
- solutional cave
- short name
- O. corniculata
- Flora of the Hawaiian Islands URL
- naturalhistory2.si.edu/botany/hawaiianflora/speciesdescr.cfm?genus=Oxalis&species=corniculata
- taxon author citation
- L.
- external data available at URL
- www.gbif.org/dataset/31dc1507-a6e1-4233-a8df-c7a78596a7e4
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Encyclopedic overview
Purple leaved variety. Oxalis corniculata, the creeping woodsorrel, procumbent yellow sorrel or sleeping beauty, is a somewhat delicate-appearing, low-growing herbaceous plant in the family Oxalidaceae.
Oxalis corniculata is a small creeping type of woodsorrel that tends to grow well in moist climates. It resembles the common yellow woodsorrel, Oxalis stricta.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oxalis corniculata” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.