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Taxon:
Oxalis tuberosa
Molina
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Oxalis
Family:
Oxalidaceae
Nomen number:
26219
Place of publication:
Sag. stor. nat. Chili 132. 1782
Verified:
01/23/1992
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Oxalis crenata
Jacq.
No images
Reference(s)
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
www.skud.info
Allan, H. H. B. et al.
1961-. Flora of New Zealand.
URL:
http://floraseries.landcareresearch.co.nz/pages/index.aspx
Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi.
1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
Cabrera, A. L., ed.
1965-1970. Flora de la provincia de Buenos Aires.
Note:
mentions
Emshwiller, E. & J. J. Doyle.
2002. Origins of domestication and polyploidy in oca (
Oxalis tuberosa
: Oxalidaceae). 2. Chloroplast-expressed glutamine synthetase data. Amer. J. Bot. 89:1042-1056.
URL:
http://www.amjbot.org
Emshwiller, E.
2002. Biogeography of the
Oxalis tuberosa
alliance. Bot. Rev. (Lancaster) 68:128-152.
Erhardt, W. et al.
2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
URL:
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Oxalis+tuberosa&quantity=1
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Hanelt, P., ed.
2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
URL:
http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:2422827336895397#
Hernández-Lauzardo, A. N. et al.
2004. Isolation and partial characterization of Mexican
Oxalis tuberosa
starch. Stärke 56:357-363.
Instituto de Botánica Darwinion.
2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
URL:
http://www2.darwin.edu.ar/Proyectos/FloraArgentina/FA.asp
Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds.
1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75
Lourteig, A.
2000.
Oxalis
L. subgéneros
Monoxalis
(Small) Lourt.,
Oxalis
y
Trifidus
Lourt. Bradea 7:254.
Macbride, J. F. et al., eds.
1936-. Flora of Peru
Note:
1936-1971; new ser. 1980-
Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Pissard, A. et al.
2006. Genetic diversity of the Andean tuber-bearing species, oca (
Oxalis tuberosa
Mol.), investigated by inter-simple sequence repeats. Genome 49:8-16.
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Soukup, J.
1970. Vocabulario de los nombres vulgares de la flora peruana.
Zandstra, I.
1994. Japanese, Swiss, Germans collaborate with CIP to save endangered biodiversity of Andean roots and tubers. Diversity 10:31-33.
Common names
English
New Zealand-yam –
Reference(s)
French
oxalide tubéreuse –
Reference(s)
truffette acide –
Reference(s)
German
Oka –
Reference(s)
peruanischer Sauerklee –
Reference(s)
Portuguese (Brazil)
azedinha –
Reference(s)
Quichua (Peru)
occa –
Reference(s)
Spanish
aleluya tuberosa –
Reference(s)
cubio –
Reference(s)
Spanish (Peru)
oca –
Reference(s)
Swedish
oka –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
2
Cultivated
Northern America
Mexico
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Northern South America
Venezuela
Merida
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Northern South America
Venezuela
Sucre
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Southern South America
Argentina
Jujuy
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Southern South America
Argentina
Salta
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Southern South America
Argentina
Tucumán
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Southern South America
Chile
n.
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Western South America
Bolivia
Cochabamba
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Western South America
Bolivia
La Paz
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Western South America
Colombia
Cauca
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Western South America
Colombia
Cundinamarca
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Western South America
Ecuador
Bolívar
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Western South America
Ecuador
Loja
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Western South America
Ecuador
Napo
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Western South America
Ecuador
Tungurahua
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Western South America
Peru
Apurímac
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Western South America
Peru
Cajamarca
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Western South America
Peru
Cusco
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Western South America
Peru
Huancavelica
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Western South America
Peru
Huánuco
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Western South America
Peru
Junín
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Western South America
Peru
La Libertad
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Western South America
Peru
Lima
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Western South America
Peru
Piura
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Western South America
Peru
Puno
Cultivated
Northern America
REGION:
Mexico
Southern America
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Venezuela
[Merida, Sucre]
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia
[Cochabamba, La Paz],
Colombia
[Cauca, Cundinamarca],
Ecuador
[Bolívar, Loja, Napo, Tungurahua],
Peru
[Apurímac, Cajamarca, Cusco, Huancavelica, Huánuco, Junín, La Libertad, Lima, Piura, Puno]
SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina
[Jujuy, Salta, Tucumán],
Chile
(n.)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Human food
starch
Zandstra, I.
1994. Japanese, Swiss, Germans collaborate with CIP to save endangered biodiversity of Andean roots and tubers. Diversity 10:31-33.
Human food
vegetable
Zandstra, I.
1994. Japanese, Swiss, Germans collaborate with CIP to save endangered biodiversity of Andean roots and tubers. Diversity 10:31-33.
Name
References