Oxalis gigantea Barnéoud is a plant in the Oxalidaceae family, order Oxalidales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Oxalis gigantea Barnéoud

Oxalis gigantea Barnéoud

Oxalis gigantea is a hummingbird-pollinated Chilean Oxalis shrub first described in 1845.

Family
Genus
Oxalis
Order
Oxalidales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Oxalis gigantea Barnéoud

Oxalis gigantea Barnéoud is a species of Oxalis. It is native to the Antofagasta, Atacama, and Coquimbo regions of Chile. This species was first formally described in 1845. It is a shrub that is pollinated by hummingbirds. In Spanish, it goes by the common names churqui and churco.

Photo: (c) aacocucci, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by aacocucci · cc-by

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Oxalidales Oxalidaceae Oxalis

More from Oxalidaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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