Oxalis (Salter, 1944)

Suda, Jan, Krejčíková, Jana, Sudová, Radka, Oberlander, Kenneth C. & Dreyer, Léanne L., 2013, Two new species of Oxalis (Oxalidaceae) from the Greater Cape Floristic Region, Phytotaxa 124 (1), pp. 13-24 : 23

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.124.1.2

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5085060

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EFB70B-FF8C-FFD0-FF6E-32DD74A76145

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Oxalis
status

 

Key to the multifoliolate species of Oxalis View in CoL from the Bokkeveld Plateau, South Africa

1. Well-developed above-ground stem (exserted at least 12 mm above ground) .............................................. O. zeyheri View in CoL

- Stemless or with very short above-ground stem (less than 12 mm above ground) ...................................................... 2

2. Leaflets glabrous.......................................................................................................................................................... 3

- Leaflets pubescent to hirsute ........................................................................................................................................ 5

3. Plant semi-succulent, leaflets oblong to linear-oblong, petiole fleshy to winged, sepals callose .................... O. flava View in CoL

- Plant wiry to delicate, leaflets linear, conduplicate or U-shaped in cross-section, petioles filiform, sepals ecallose .... ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 4

4. Petiole base and apex distinctly swollen, petals with two swollen basal papillate swellings, filaments toothed........... .................................................................................................................................................................... O. pulvinata View in CoL

- Petiole base and apex slightly swollen, petals non-papillate, filaments edentate.................................... O. filifoliolata View in CoL

5. Petioles sparsely pilose, grooved, leaflets with two apical calli, sepals ecallose ...................................... O. saltusbelli View in CoL

- Petioles densely pilose, terete, leaflets with multiple abaxial calli, sepals distinctly callose, recurved ...... O. carolina View in CoL

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