Species Oxalis brachycarpa
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There aren’t any identifications of Oxalis brachycarpa.
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Location unknown
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Etymology of Oxalis:
From the Greek oxys = sharp, sour or acid and (h)als = salt. The plant is frequently consumed for its sour taste caused by the oxalic acid, particularly the flowering stalks of O. pes-caprae. In large quantities the oxalic acid inhibits digestion and in stock leads to the condition 'dikpens' or bloated belly.
Etymology of brachycarpa:
From the Greek brachy = 'short' and karpon = 'fruit'
Scientific name:
Oxalis brachycarpa Schltr.
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Long etymology:
Named in honour of Swedish botanist Georg (Goran) Wahlenberg (1780 – 1851). Wahlenberg succeeded Carl Peter Thunberg as chair of Medicine and Botany, the same chair held in the previous century by Carl Linnaeus. Professor of Medicine and Botany at Uppsala University, he studied homeopathy and becoming convinced of its truth, became the first person to introduce homeopathy into Sweden.
Protologue:
Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 27: 153 (1899)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1899
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Oxalis brachycarpa.
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