The Endemic Plants of Chile

Place of Publication

Fl. Chil. [Gay] 1(4): 443-444 (1846)

Type citation

Chile. Copiapó. Gay 18. Holotype: P (P00445546) Isotype: F. (0066497F)

Synonyms

• Acetosella arbuscula (Barnéoud) Kuntze
• Acetosella fruticula (Phil.) Kuntze
• Oxalis fruticula Phil.

References

• Gay (1846c)

  Gay, C. 1846. Historia física y política de Chile: Botánica, vol. 1(4):377-496. Paris & Chile (Museo Historia Natural de Santiago)

• Heibl (2005)

  Heibl, C 2005. Studies on the systematics, evolution and biogeography of Oxalis sections Caesiae, Carnosae, and Giganteae, endemic to the Atacama Desert of northern Chile. Diploma thesis. University of Munich, Germany.

Iconography

• Heibl (2005): Fig. 12 (A-D)

Regions

Antofagasta and Atacama

Habitat

Desert, Coastal desert and semidesert and Desert fog oases (Lomas)

Distribution and habitat

Very restricted distribution in Region Antofagasta (Paposo) and two locations south of Copiapó (Region Atacama). It grows in stony soils in fog desert (Paposo) and inland semi desert (Heibl, 2005)

Distribution

Classic Locations

• Quebrada de Paposo
  Quebrada de Paposo
• Tierra Amarilla
  Tierra Amarilla
• Tranque Lautaro
  Tranque Lautaro

• Oxalis arbuscula Barnéoud
• • Oxalis arbuscula Barnéoud
  • • Oxalis arbuscula Barnéoud
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Descriptions

• Heibl (2005)

Habit

Dwarf shrub up to 20 cm tall.