Oxalis corniculata




Family Oxalidaceae
Scientific name Oxalis corniculata L.
Synonyms Acetosella albicans (Kunth) Kuntze; Acetosella corniculata (L.) Kuntze; Acetosella fontana (Bunge) Kuntze; Acetosella herpestica (Schlechtendal) Kuntze; Acetosella simulans (Baker) Kuntze; Acetosella stricta (L.) Kuntze; Acetosella wrightii (A. Gray) Kuntze; Ceratoxalis coloradensis (Rydberg) Lunell; Ceratoxalis cymosa (Small) Lunell; Ceratoxalis stricta (L.) Lunell; Oxalis acetosella Blanco; Oxalis albicans Kunth; Oxalis amamiana Hatusima; Oxalis ambigua Salisbury; Oxalis arborea N. Brown; Oxalis boreaui P. Fournier; Oxalis bradei Knuth; Oxalis bushii Small; Oxalis californica (Abrams) Knuth; Oxalis californica (Abrams) Knuth var. subglabra Wiegand; Oxalis ciliifera Cunningham; Oxalis cognata Steudel ex Lehmann; Oxalis coloradensis Rydberg; Oxalis corniculata L. forma erecta Makino; Oxalis corniculata L. forma maritima Masamune; Oxalis corniculata L. forma purpurea (Parlatore) Knuth; Oxalis corniculata L. forma tropaeoloides (Canarella) Knuth; Oxalis corniculata L. forma uniflora Szyszylowicz; Oxalis corniculata L. forma variegata (Goiran) Knuth; Oxalis corniculata L. forma villosa (Marschall von Bieberstein) Goiran; Oxalis corniculata L. subsp. albicans (Kunth) Lourteig; Oxalis corniculata L. subsp. repens (Thunberg) Masamune; Oxalis corniculata L. subvar. piletocarpa (Wiegand) Farwell; Oxalis corniculata L. var. adscendens Moris; Oxalis corniculata L. var. atropurpurea Planchon; Oxalis corniculata L. var. ciliifera (Cunningham) Hooker f.; Oxalis corniculata L. var. corcovadensis Knuth; Oxalis corniculata L. var. crassifolia (Cunningham) Hooker f.; Oxalis corniculata L. var. diffusa Zuccarini; Oxalis corniculata L. var. dillenii (Jacquin) Trelease; Oxalis corniculata L. var. frigida Zuccarini; Oxalis corniculata L. var. genuina Rouy; Oxalis corniculata L. var. langloisii (Small) Wiegand; Oxalis corniculata L. var. reptans Laing; Oxalis corniculata L. var. longepedunculata Sennen ex Knuth; Oxalis corniculata L. var. lupulina (Kunth) Zuccarini; Oxalis corniculata L. var. macrophylla Arsène ex Knuth; Oxalis corniculata L. var. microphylla (Poiret) Grisebach; Oxalis corniculata L. var. minima Poiret; Oxalis corniculata L. var. minor Ecklon & Zeyher; Oxalis corniculata L. var. pubescens Battandier; Oxalis corniculata L. var. procumbens (Steudel ex A. Richard) Engler; Oxalis corniculata L. var. purpurea Parlatore; Oxalis corniculata L. var. repens (Thunberg) Zuccarini; Oxalis corniculata L. var. ringoetii (De Wildeman) Knuth; Oxalis corniculata L. var. rubra G. Nicholson; Oxalis corniculata L. var. rubrifolia Makino; Oxalis corniculata L. var. preissiana (Steudel ex Lehmann) Knuth; Oxalis corniculata L. var. pubescens Grisebach; Oxalis corniculata L. var. pusilla Petermann; Oxalis corniculata L. var. sericea Knuth; Oxalis corniculata L. var. stricta (L.) Savigny; Oxalis corniculata L. var. subglabra Masamune; Oxalis corniculata L. var. taiwanensis Masamune; Oxalis corniculata L. var. trichocaulon H. Leveille; Oxalis corniculata L. var. tropaeoloides Canarella; Oxalis corniculata L. var. typica Camarella; Oxalis corniculata L. var. variegata Goiran; Oxalis corniculata L. var. villosa (Marschall von Bieberstein) Hohenacker; Oxalis corniculata L. var. viscidula Wiegand; Oxalis corniculata L. subsp. pilosa (Nuttall ex Small) Lourteig; Oxalis cymosa Small; Oxalis diffusa Boreau; Oxalis dillenii Jacquin; Oxalis divergens Cunningham; Oxalis europaea Jordan; Oxalis europaea Jordan forma cymosa (Small) Wiegand; Oxalis europaea Jordan forma pallidiflora Fernald; Oxalis europaea Jordan forma pilosella Wiegand, Rhodora; Oxalis europaea Jordan forma subglabrata Wiegand; Oxalis europaea Jordan forma vestita Wiegand; Oxalis europaea Jordan forma villicaulis Wiegand; Oxalis europaea Jordan var. bushii (Small) Wiegand; Oxalis europaea Jordan var. rufa (Small) Young; Oxalis exilis Cunningham; Oxalis filipes Small; Oxalis florida Salisbury; Oxalis fontana Bunge forma cymosa (Small) H. Hara; Oxalis fontana Bunge forma pallidiflora (Fernald) H. Hara; Oxalis fontana Bunge forma pilosella (Wiegand) H. Hara; Oxalis fontana Bunge forma stricta (Linnaeus) H. Hara; Oxalis fontana Bunge forma subglabrata (Wiegand) H. Hara; Oxalis fontana Bunge forma vestita (Wiegand) H. Hara; Oxalis fontana Bunge forma villicaulis (Wiegand) H. Hara; Oxalis fontata Bunge var. bushii (Small) H. Hara; Oxalis furcata Elliott; Oxalis grenadensis Urban; Oxalis herpestica Schlechtendal; Oxalis interior (Small) Fedde; Oxalis jamaicensis Macfadyen; Oxalis javanica Blume; Oxalis langloisii (Small) Fedde; Oxalis lejeunei Rouy; Oxalis lupulina Kunth; Oxalis lutea Steudel; Oxalis meridensis Pittier; Oxalis micrantha Bojer ex Progel; Oxalis microphylla Poiret; Oxalis navieri Jordan; Oxalis oneidica House; Oxalis perennans Haworth; Oxalis pilosa Nuttall ex Small; Oxalis pilosiuscula Kunth; Oxalis preissiana Steudel ex Lehmann; Oxalis procumbens Steudel ex A. Richard; Oxalis propinqua Cunningham; Oxalis prostrata Haworth; Oxalis pubescens Stokes; Oxalis pusilla Salisbury; Oxalis repens Thunberg; Oxalis repens Thunberg forma speciosa Masamune; Oxalis repens Thunberg var. erecta (Makino) Masamune; Oxalis ringoetii De Wildeman; Oxalis rubens Haworth; Oxalis rufa Small; Oxalis shinanoensis Ito; Oxalis simulans Baker; Oxalis stricta L.; Oxalis stricta L. forma condensata Domin; Oxalis stricta L. forma cymosa (Small) C. F. Reed; Oxalis stricat L. forma villicaulis (Wiegand) C. F. Reed; Oxalis stricta L. forma viridiflora (Hus) Fernald; Oxalis stricta L. var. bushii (Small) Farwell; Oxalis stricta L. var. decumbens Bitter; Oxalis stricta L. var. diffusa Boenninghausen; Oxalis stricta L. var. europaea (Jordan) Knuth; Oxalis stricta L. var. fontana (Bunge) Knuth; Oxalis stricta L. var. lanulosa Benke; Oxalis stricta L. var. lejeunei (Rouy) Knuth; Oxalis stricta L. var. micrantha Knuth; Oxalis stricta L. var. navieri (Jordan) Knuth; Oxalis stricta L. var. piletocarpa Wiegand; Oxalis stricta L. var. pseudocorniculata P. Schulz; Oxalis stricta L. var. rufa (Small) Farwell; Oxalis stricta L. var. villicaulis (Wiegand) Farwell; Oxalis stricta L. var. viridiflora Hus; Oxalis taimoni Yamamoto; Oxalis taiwanensis (Masamune) Masamune; Oxalis tenuicaulis Cunningham; Oxalis thunbergiana Montrouzier; Oxalis trinidadensis Knuth; Oxalis urvillei Cunningham; Oxalis verticillata Moçiño & Sessé y Lacasta ex de Candolle; Oxalis villosa Marschall von Bieberstein; Oxalis wrightii A. Gray; Xanthoxalis albicans (Kunth) Small; Xanthoxalis bushii (Small) Small; Xanthoxalis californica Abrams; Xanthoxalis coloradensis (Rydberg) Rydberg; Xanthoxalis corniculata (L.) Small; Xanthoxalis cymosa (Small) Small; Xanthoxalis dillenii (Jacquin) Holub; Xanthoxalis europaea (Jordan) Moldenke; Xanthoxalis filipes (Small) Small; Xanthoxalis florida Moldenke; Xanthoxalis fontana (Bunge) Holub; Xanthoxalis interior Small; Xanthoxalis langloisii Small; Xanthoxalis pilosa (Nuttall ex Small) Small; Xanthoxalis repens (Thunberg) Moldenke; Xanthoxalis rufa Small; Xanthoxalis stricta (Linnaeus) Small; Xanthoxalis trinidadensis (Knuth) Holub; Xanthoxalis uittienii Jansen; Xanthoxalis wrightii (A. Gray) Abrams.
Common name (Japanese common name) katabami (カタバミ, 片喰 [oxalis])
(English common name) creeping lady's-sorrel, creeping oxalis, creeping woodsorrel
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
(Other nations) worldwide
Habitat Roadside, field, farm yard
Chromosomal number 2n=24, 48
Description Leaves 3 leaflets, each 0.5-2.5cm wide, petioles 2-7cm long. Flowers yellow ca. 8mm across, flowering in March to November. Perennial plants or annual plants.
Reference Oxalis corniculata L.
Oxalis corniculata L.
Oxalis corniculata L.
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Composition for regulating plant growth (US Patent 4755214/1985)
Herbicidal amide compounds and their uses (US Patent 4657581/1987)
Haloacetamide compounds, process for production thereof, and use thereof as herbicide (US Patent 4895587/1990)
Deodorant and filter using same, as well as method of producing the deodorant (US Patent 4898727/1990)
Deodorant and filter using same, as well as method of producing the deodorant (US Patent 5240699/1993)
Method for obtaining deodorant extract from tissue culture of plants in family oleaceae (US Patent 5380521/1995)
Cultured plant cell gums for food, pharmaceutical, cosmetic and industrial applications (US Patent 6350594/2002)



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October 2007
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