The Endemic Plants of Chile

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Oxalidaceae

Oxalis ornithopus Phil.

Place of Publication

Reise Atacama: 13 (1860)

Type citation

Chile, Atacama, Cachinal de la Costa. Philippi. X 1853. Holotype SGO.

Synonyms

References

  • Philippi R.A. (1860b)

    Philippi, R.A. 1860. Reise durch die Wűste Atacama auf Befehl der chilenischen Regierung im Sommer 1853-54. 62 pp.

  • 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.

Regions

Antofagasta and Atacama

Habitat

Desert and Desert fog oases (Lomas)

Distribution and habitat

Stony slopes in the coastal fog desert from Caleta Duendes in Region Antofagasta to Quebrada los Leones in Region Atacama.

Distribution

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Descriptions

  • Heibl (2005)

Habit

Subshrub to 30 cm tall