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	Oxalis corniculata  L.  var. atropurpurea  PLANCH.

Fam.: Oxalidaceae / Wood-Sorrel Fam.

Synon.:  Oxalis repens  THUNB.

Genus:  Oxalis  L.

Authors:
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
	PLANCH.:		Jules Émile Planchon (1823 - 1888), French botanist
	THUNB.:		Carl Peter Thunberg (1743 - 1828), Swedish botanist

Etymology:
	Oxalis:		oxys = sour, hals = salt
	corniculata:		horned
	atropurpurea:		dark purple
	repens:		creeping

Fig. 1:  Oxalis corniculata var. atropurpurea / Procumbent Yellow Sorrel D Odenwald, Michelstadt 6.10.2012

Fig. 2:  Oxalis corniculata var. atropurpurea / Procumbent Yellow Sorrel D Odenwald, Michelstadt 6.10.2012

Fig. 3:  Oxalis corniculata var. atropurpurea / Procumbent Yellow Sorrel D Odenwald, Michelstadt 6.10.2012

Fig. 4:  Oxalis corniculata var. atropurpurea / Procumbent Yellow Sorrel D Odenwald, Michelstadt 6.10.2012

Fig. 5:  Oxalis corniculata var. atropurpurea / Procumbent Yellow Sorrel D Bochum 20.6.2022

Fig. 6:  Oxalis corniculata var. atropurpurea / Procumbent Yellow Sorrel D Bochum 20.6.2022

Fig. 7:  Oxalis corniculata var. atropurpurea / Procumbent Yellow Sorrel D Mannheim 18.4.2022

Fig. 8:  Oxalis corniculata var. atropurpurea / Procumbent Yellow Sorrel D Mannheim 18.4.2022

Fig. 9:  Oxalis corniculata var. atropurpurea / Procumbent Yellow Sorrel D Mannheim 18.4.2022

Fig. 10:  Oxalis corniculata var. atropurpurea / Procumbent Yellow Sorrel D Limburgerhof 11.10.2020

Fig. 11:  Oxalis corniculata var. atropurpurea / Procumbent Yellow Sorrel D Limburgerhof 11.10.2020

Fig. 12:  Oxalis corniculata var. atropurpurea / Procumbent Yellow Sorrel I Liguria, Borzonasca 29.9.2023

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