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Taxonomic revision of genus Oxalis L. (Oxalidaceae) in the flora of Egypt

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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1. Vascular plant taxonomy

Abstract

This paper provides a full taxonomic revision of the genus Oxalis for the flora of Egypt. The study was carried out on herbarium specimens as well as fresh materials. The study revealed the presence of five species and one variety belonging to three sections by adding O. corymbosa and O. latifolia. Oxalis corniculata is a polymorphic taxon in Egypt which led to the recognition of O. corniculata L. with its type var. corniculata and O. corniculata L. var. repens (Thunb.) Zucc. The species are mostly weed of cultivation along Mediterranean and Nile Valley with the exception of O. anthelmintica which is restricted to southeastern corner of Egypt. Among the studied taxa, variation in the presence or absence of stem, bulb characters, leaflets shape and color of flowers were found significant diagnostic characters for delimiting the taxa. For each taxon, update nomenclature, synonyms, type, amended descriptions, distribution (local and global), representative specimens are given. Photographs and diagnostic key to the species are provided to assist in identification.

DOI

10.21608/taec.2022.118726.1036

Keywords

Diagnostic Key, Flora of Egypt, Oxalis, Taxonomic revision

Authors

First Name

Eman

Last Name

Shamso

MiddleName

Mahmoud

Affiliation

Plant & Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza 12613, Egypt

Email

e.shamso@yahoo.com

City

Giza

Orcid

0000-0002-0068-0224

First Name

Amal

Last Name

Draz

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Phytochemistry & Plant Systematics Department, National Research Centre.

Email

amal.draz@outlook.com

City

Giza

Orcid

-

First Name

Hasnaa

Last Name

Hosni

MiddleName

Ahmed

Affiliation

Faculty of Science,Cairo University

Email

h.hosni@yahoo.com

City

Giza

Orcid

0000-0001-7609-9383

First Name

Sameh

Last Name

Hussein

MiddleName

Reda

Affiliation

Phytochemistry & Plant Systematics Department, National Research Centre.

Email

sameh_reda@hotmail.com

City

Giza

Orcid

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Volume

41

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

22607

Issue Date

2021-03-01

Receive Date

2022-01-28

Publish Date

2022-04-11

Page Start

56

Page End

69

Print ISSN

1110-7413

Online ISSN

2357-044X

Link

https://taec.journals.ekb.eg/article_229982.html

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https://taec.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=229982

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Original Article

Type Code

636

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Taeckholmia

Publication Link

https://taec.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

Taxonomic revision of genus Oxalis L. (Oxalidaceae) in the flora of Egypt

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Created At

22 Jan 2023