About Oxalis magellanica G.Forst.
Oxalis magellanica G.Forst., commonly known as snowdrop wood-sorrel, is a species of Oxalis that can be found in Chile, Argentina, New Zealand, and Tasmania. This species was first formally described in 1789. It produces white flowers from fall through to spring. Its native distribution is considered puzzling, as there is a very wide geographic separation between its populations in Oceania and South America. Along with other members of a clade within the section Oxalis that share a common ancestor from approximately 30 million years ago, O. magellanica has an unusually complex geographic distribution. This pattern is particularly confusing because the land connection between Oceania and South America via Antarctica vanished 35 million years ago, which is before the estimated time when this clade diversified.
