Oxalis debilis Kunth
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Oxalis debilis Kunth (1823)
Oxalis debilis Kunth
Nomenclature
Kunth
Kunth
1823
ICN
Oxalis debilis Kunth
species
Oxalis debilis
Classification
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Descriptions
Oxalis debilis Kunth
Perennial acaulous herb with thick, fleshy, glassy white, contractile root below the main bulb which is surrounded by numerous small bulbils; tunic brown; scales 3-nerved. Lvs 3-foliolate. Petiole usually 7-20 cm long, glabrate or with scattered long hairs; stipular wing broad, membranous, hairy. Petiolule c. 1 mm long, hairy. Lamina of leaflets equal or nearly so, 10-35 × 12-48 mm, broadly obcordate, 2-lobed, rounded, with rather narrow sinus, glabrous or nearly so above, hairy beneath, finely punctate with raised orange calli beneath, especially round the margin. Infl. to 35 cm long, cymose, 3-7- or 10-18-flowered, with long curly hairs; pedicels ± deflexed, very variable in length. Bracts at base of pedicels, 2-3 mm long, with calli present but these often small. Sepals 4-5 mm long, ± elliptic, slightly hairy; calli 2-(4), prominent, orange, apical. Petals 1.5-2 cm long, oblong-obovate, pink to rose, glabrous. Stamens at 2 levels; filaments patently hirsute, dilated towards base, the longer 5-6 mm long. Styles either slightly < the shorter stamens or intermediate between stamen whorls, densely and patently hirsute. Capsule not seen.
Taxonomic concepts
Oxalis corymbosa DC.
Oxalis debilis Kunth
Oxalis debilis var. corymbosa (DC.) Lourteig
Oxalis debilis Kunth
Oxalis martiana Zucc.
Oxalis debilis Kunth
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Notes
editorial
Lourteig has determined N.Z. specimens as O. debilis var. corymbosa (DC.) Lourt. and others as the type var. The only significant difference seems to be that var. corymbosa has more fls to the cyme and it is not considered practical to separate them here.
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1 January 2000
11 December 2006