Oxalis alpina

Oxalis alpina, also known by its common name alpine woodsorrel, is a species from the genus Oxalis.[1][2]

Oxalis alpina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Oxalidales
Family: Oxalidaceae
Genus: Oxalis
Species:
O. alpina
Binomial name
Oxalis alpina
(Rose) Rose ex R.Knuth

Taxonomy

Different classifications of Oxalis alpina exist. It is a species in the genus Oxalis,[1] but some also classify it as being part of the Ionoxalis section in the genus Oxalis.[2] The species was first described by Reinhard Gustav Paul Knuth and Joseph Nelson Rose in 1919.[2][3]

Range

Occurrences of Oxalis alpina, have been recorded from Guatemala to the southwestern United States.[4]

Habitat

Oxalis alpina can be found a high altitudes in temperate coniferous forests[5]

Interspecies relationships

Oxalis alpina is pollinated by solitary bees (Heterosaurus bakeri and Heterosaurus neomexicanus), dipterans, wasps and lepidoptera.[5]

References
  1. "Oxalis alpina". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
  2. Oxalis alpina Rose ex Knuth in GBIF Secretariat (2019). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2021-01-03.
  3. Knuth, R. (1919-05-15). "Oxalidaceae americanae novae". Notizblatt des Königl. botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin. 7 (67): 289. doi:10.2307/3994362.
  4. Weller, S. G.; Sakai, A. K.; Gray, T.; Weber, J. J.; Tsyusko, O. V.; Domínguez, C. A.; Fornoni, J.; Molina-Freaner, F. E. (January 2016). Byers, D. (ed.). "Variation in heterostylous breeding systems in neighbouring populations of Oxalis alpina (Oxalidaceae)". Plant Biology. 18 (1): 104–110. doi:10.1111/plb.12340.
  5. Pérez-Alquicira, J.; Molina-Freaner, F. E.; Piñero, D.; Weller, S. G.; Martínez-Meyer, E.; Rozas, J.; Domínguez, C. A. (October 2010). "The role of historical factors and natural selection in the evolution of breeding systems of Oxalis alpina in the Sonoran desert 'Sky Islands': Evolution of breeding systems of O. alpina". Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 23 (10): 2163–2175. doi:10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.02075.x.


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