Oxalis magellanica

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Family Oxalidaceae

Taxonomy: Oxalis magellanica G.Forst.

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Oxalis lactea Hook. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Vic, Tas

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Vic Flora, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (28), Jordan_2001 (6), Mokany_2015 (2), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (22), Sjostrom_2006 (4), TMAG_2009 (12), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (19). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 48 traits from 104 records in 11 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fire response

resprouting_capacity (categorical): resprouts (1) [sources: White_2020]

flower morphology

sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (2); monoecious (1) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 4.5 mm (4-5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 4.5 mm (4-5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
fruit_height (numerical): 4.5 mm (4-5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 122.52 mm2 (122.52-122.52 mm2) [sources: Mokany_2015]
leaf_length (numerical): 7.17 mm (2-12 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; TMAG_2009]
leaf_width (numerical): 7.5 mm (2-13 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; TMAG_2009]
petiole_length (numerical): 3 cm (1-5 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): obcordate (3); oblong (2); obovate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; TMAG_2009]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; TMAG_2009]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; TMAG_2009; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; Jordan_2001; RBGV_2022; TMAG_2009; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): prostrate (1); rhizomatous (2); rosette (1); stoloniferous (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; ABRS_2023; RBGV_2022; White_2020]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: TMAG_2009]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1) [sources: White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): nnyyyyyyyyyn (1); yynnnnnnnyyy (1) [sources: TMAG_2009; White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]

seed morphology

seed_length (numerical): 1.68 mm (1.68-1.68 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]
seed_width (numerical): 1.09 mm (1.09-1.09 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]
seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid_flattened (1); ovoid (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.15 m (0.1-0.3 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Mokany_2015; RBGV_2023; TMAG_2009]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
ABRS_2023	20	28	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
RBGV_2023	16	22	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
White_2020	19	19	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
TMAG_2009	10	12	Tasmanian Herbarium. Flora of Tasmania Online. 2009. url: http://www.tmag.tas.gov.au/floratasmania.
Jordan_2001	6	6	G. J. Jordan. “An investigation of long-distance dispersal based on species native to both Tasmania and New Zealand”. Australian Journal of Botany 49.3 (2001), pp. 333-340. doi: 10.1071/bt00024.
ABRS_2022	4	4	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
RBGV_2022	4	4	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Sjostrom_2006	4	4	A. Sjöström and C. L. Gross. “Life-history characters and phylogeny are correlated with extinction risk in the Australian angiosperms”. Journal of Biogeography 33.2 (2006), pp. 271-290. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01393.x.
Mokany_2015	2	2	K. Mokany, J. J. Thomson, A. J. J. Lynch, G. J. Jordan, and S. Ferrier. “Linking changes in community composition and function under climate change”. Ecological Applications 25.8 (2015), pp. 2132-2141. doi: 10.1890/14-2384.1.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.