Oxalis corniculata (Oxalidaceae)

Oxalis corniculata
(Oxalidaceae)

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"[Oxalis corniculata] may represent a Polynesian introduction or an indigneous species, as it was collected by the first botanist to visit the Hawaiian Islands...in 1779.... Further support for pre-contact introduction is given by the discovery of seeds of this species in archaeological remains in the Mauna Kea adze quarry complex.... This site was abanconed prior to contact (1778)." (Wagner et al. 1999. Manual of flowering plants of Hawaii [rev. ed.]. p. 1002)

Species description or overview

Oxalis corniculata information from PIER
Information on Oxalis corniculata as relevant to Pacific Islands is provided by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER).

Taxonomy & nomenclature

GRIN nomenclature info for Oxalis corniculata
Nomenclatural information about Oxalis corniculata is provided by USDA/ARS/NGRP/GRIN.

ITIS nomenclature info for Oxalis corniculata
Nomenclatural information about Oxalis corniculata is provided by ITIS.

IPNI nomenclature info for Oxalis corniculata
Nomenclatural information about Oxalis corniculata is provided by The International Plant Names Index (IPNI).

Impacts

Oxalis corniculata (Oxalidaceae): species information from GCW
Information on Oxalis corniculata as relevant to Pacific Islands is provided by the Global Compendium of Weeds (GCW).

Images

Images of Oxalis corniculata (Oxalidaceae) (yellow wood sorrel)
Links to high-resolution free images of Oxalis corniculata (Oxalidaceae) (yellow wood sorrel) by Forest & Kim Starr (USGS) are available here.

Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands info for Oxalis corniculata
Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands (Wagner, W. L., D. R. Herbst, and D. H. Lorence. 2005-. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands website. http://ravenel.si.edu/botany/pacificislandbiodiversity/hawaiianflora/index.htm [accessed Apr 2006])

Oxalis corniculata images from PIER
Images of Oxalis corniculata provided by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER).

Herbarium specimens

Images of voucher specimens for Oxalis corniculata from the herbarium of Kalaupapa National Historical Park (Molokai, Hawaii, USA)
Images of voucher specimens of Oxalis corniculata from the herbarium of Kalaupapa National Historical Park (Molokai, Hawaii, USA) are available online.

Distribution

Books

Weed handbook of Western Polynesia
Whistler, W. Arthur. 1983. Weed handbook of Western Polynesia. Eschborn: Deutsche Gesellschaft f#r Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH. ISBN: 3-88085-227-8. ISSN: (unknown or N/A).

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