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Accession Data:

Oxalis fruticosa R. Knuth

  • Common Name: Winged Oxalis
  • Family: Oxalidaceae R.Br.
  • Synonym(s): Oxalis rusciformis Mikan

  • Country of Origin: Brazil

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201700067
  • Source: Logees Greenhouse
  • Provenance:
    Acquired as Oxalis rusciformis Mikan
    Name changed to Oxalis fruticosa per Tropicos/GBIF.
    Name subject to future clarification and update as of 8 August 2017.
    
  • Accession Date: 08-08-2017
  • Bench: 1319 - NEOA: South Bench W
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 04-14-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: eurosid I
  • Order: Oxalidales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Oxalidaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017

References (internal):

  • Phyllode
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Brazil Northeast / Brazil Southeast

References (external):

  1. Winged Oxalis at Logees Greenhouse. Last accessed on Tuesday, August 08, 2017.
  2. Oxalis fruticosa subsp. fruticosa at Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Last accessed on Tuesday, August 08, 2017.
  3. Oxalis fruticosa at Tropicos. Last accessed on Tuesday, August 08, 2017.

data regenerated on Mon, 14 Apr 2025 09:45:13 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Oxalis fruticosa

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Current Accessions in the Oxalidaceae

  • Averrhoa carambola
  • Biophytum sensitivum
  • Biophytum zenkeri
  • Oxalis aff. megalorrhiza W/C
  • Oxalis fruticosa
  • Oxalis gigantea
  • Oxalis hedysaroides 'Rubra'
  • Oxalis lasiandra
  • Oxalis palmifrons
  • Oxalis teneriensis
  • Oxalis teneriensis
  • Oxalis triangularis
  • Oxalis triangularis
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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