Oxalis pes-caprae

TaxID: 53809

Basic Information

Oxalis pes-caprae

African wood-sorrel, Soursob

Oxalis pes-caprae is a species of tristylous yellow-flowering plant in the wood sorrel family Oxalidaceae. Oxalis cernua is a less common synonym for this species. It is commonly known as African wood-sorrel, Bermuda buttercup, Bermuda sorrel, buttercup oxalis, Cape sorrel, English weed, goat's-foot, sourgrass, soursob, or soursop; Afrikaans: suring; Arabic: hommayda (?????). Some of the most common names for the plant reference its sour taste owing to oxalic acid present in its tissues. Indigenous to South Africa, the plant has become a pest plant in different parts of the world that is difficult to eradicate because of how it propagates through underground bulbs.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Oxalidales

Oxalidaceae

Oxalis

pes-caprae

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Photos (5 photos)

Oxalis pes-caprae
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(c) Tony Rebelo@BY-SA
Oxalis pes-caprae
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(c) James Bailey@BY-NC
Oxalis pes-caprae
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(c) portioid@BY
Oxalis pes-caprae
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(c) unknown@CC0
Oxalis pes-caprae
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(c) mary-nguyen@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (3 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Spain Regulated Invasive Alien Plant 2013
Jordan A1 list 2013
Portugal Regulated Invasive Alien Plant 1999

Distribution (51 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
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Absent
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Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Albania Present —
Algeria Present —
Argentina Present —
Australia Present
Belgium Present —
Bermuda Present —
Brazil Present —
Chile Present —
China Present —
Cyprus Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature