Characteristics
Dicots
Oxalis corniculata L.
COMMON YELLOW WOODSORREL; CREEPING WOODSORREL
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This species concept encompasses entities that can be recognized as distinct species, i.e. O. dillenii (rhizomatous and sometimes taproot-like, stems 2-8, densely strigose to strigillose, erect to prostrate, sometimes rooting at nodes, flowers 1-8 in cymes), O. florida (stoloniferous, stems usually single, subglabrous to moderately strigose or pilose-villous, erect to rarely decumbent, rarely rooting at nodes, flowers 1-6 in cymes), O. stricta (rhizomatous, stems 1-3, villous, erect to decumbent, rarely rooting at nodes, flowers 1-15 in cymes), and O. corniculata s.str. (taprooted, stems several, sparsely strigose to villous, repent, rooting at nodes and stolon-like, flowers 1-6 in cymes) (see Nesom 2009). These entities appear to be variably interfertile (Lovett Doust et al. 1985). Ploidy levels are quite diverse in the group (Vaio et al. 2013). Based on ITS data, samples identifed as O. dillenii and O. stricta from Austria and a sample of O. fontana from Korea formed a clade sister to a clade of samples of O. corniculata from across the world (Vaio et al. 2013).
Native UPL (NWPL)
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Classification
OXALIDALES
Oxalis corniculata L. - COMMON YELLOW WOODSORREL; CREEPING WOODSORREL
Citation
OXALIS CORNICULATA Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 435. 1753.
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ITALY: Without data (lectotype: LINN 600.31). Lectotypified by G. Eiten, Taxon 4: 101. 1955.
Species Distribution Map

Based on vouchered plant specimens from wild populations. Cultivated occurrences are not mapped. Click on a county to display its name.

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County
County - Species Present
Source
County
Herbaria
Literature Citation (If Applicable)
Alachua
USF
 
Baker
USF
 
Bay
USF
 
Bradford
FLAS
 
Brevard
USF
 
Broward
USF
 
Calhoun
USF
 
Charlotte
USF
 
Citrus
USF
 
Clay
USF
 
Synonyms
Synonym
Full Citation
Basionym
Type
Acetosella albicans
Acetosella albicans (Kunth) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 92. 1891.
BASIONYM: Oxalis albicans Kunth 1822.
 
Acetosella corniculata
Acetosella corniculata (Linnaeus) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 90. 1891.
BASIONYM: Oxalis corniculata Linnaeus 1753.
 
Acetosella corniculata var. subglabra
Acetosella corniculata (Linnaeus) Kuntze, var. subglabra Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 90. 1891, nom. inadmiss.
BASIONYM: Acetosella corniculata (Linnaeus) Kuntze 1891; Oxalis corniculata Linnaeus 1753.
 
Acetosella corniculata var. villosa
Acetosella corniculata (Linnaeus) Kuntze, var. villosa (Marschall von Bieberstein) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 90. 1891.
BASIONYM: Oxalis villosa Marschall von Bieberstein 1808.
 
Acetosella fontana
Acetosella fontana (Bunge) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 91. 1891.
BASIONYM: Oxalis fontana Bunge 1833.
 
Acetosella herpestica
Acetosella herpestica (Schlechtendal) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 92. 1891.
BASIONYM: Oxalis herpestica Schlechtendal 1856.
 
Acetosella simulans
Acetosella simulans (Baker) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 91. 1891.
BASIONYM: Oxalis simulans Baker 1883.
 
Acetosella stricta
Acetosella stricta (Linnaeus) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 91. 1891.
BASIONYM: Oxalis stricta Linnaeus 1753.
 
Acetosella verticillata
Acetosella verticillata (Moçiño & Sessé y Lacasta ex de Candolle) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 92. 1891.
BASIONYM: Oxalis verticillata Moçiño & Sessé y Lacasta ex de Candolle 1824.
 
Acetosella wrightii
Acetosella wrightii (A. Gray) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 92. 1891.
BASIONYM: Oxalis wrightii A. Gray 1852.
 
Specimens and Distribution

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Plant Photos
Oxalis corniculata - 31
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Oxalis corniculata - 32
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Oxalis corniculata - 85
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Oxalis corniculata - 85
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Oxalis corniculata - 139
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Oxalis corniculata - 139
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Oxalis corniculata - 159
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Oxalis corniculata - 159
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Oxalis corniculata - 159
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Oxalis corniculata - 200
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Oxalis corniculata - 200
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Oxalis corniculata - 205
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Oxalis corniculata - 258
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Oxalis corniculata - 270
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