Taxon:
Oxalis purpurea L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:433. 1753
Verified:
09/14/2004
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961-. Flora of New Zealand. URL: http://floraseries.landcareresearch.co.nz/pages/index.aspx
- Erhardt, W. et al. 2000. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage
- Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
- Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14
- Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984-. Med-Checklist.
- Hansen, A. & P. Sunding. 1993. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 4. Sommerfeltia vol. 17.
- Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California
- Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
- Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
- Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource). URL: http://www.anbg.gov.au/common.names/
- Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
- 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
- Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
- Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.
- Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds
Common names
English
large-flower oxalis – large-flower wood-sorrel – large-leaf wood-sorrel – round-leaf wood-sorrel – variable wood-sorrel – German
Herbst-Sauerklee –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Eswatini | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Eastern Cape | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Northern Cape | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | North-West | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Western Cape | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | widely cult. |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Macaronesia | Portugal | Azores | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Macaronesia | Portugal | Madeira Islands | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Macaronesia | Spain | Canary Islands | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Northern Africa | Morocco | | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | Australia | Australia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | New Zealand | New Zealand | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Italy | Sicilia | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southwestern Europe | France | Corse | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Portugal | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Spain | | s. |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | California | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | West Indies | | |
Native
Africa
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Eswatini, South Africa [Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, Western Cape, North-West]
Cultivated
(widely cult.)
Naturalized
Africa
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MACARONESIA:
Spain [Canary Islands], Portugal [Azores, Madeira Islands]
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NORTHERN AFRICA:
Morocco
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia
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NEW ZEALAND:
New Zealand
Europe
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SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE:
Italy [Sicilia]
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SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
Spain (s.), France [Corse], Portugal
Northern America
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SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States [California]
Southern America
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds |
Environmental | ornamental | | Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening |
Environmental | ornamental | | Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora. |
Environmental | ornamental | | Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. |
Weed | | | Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds |