Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Oxalis triangularis
oxalis
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Geraniales
Family
Oxalidaceae
Genus
Oxalis
Species
triangularis
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Acetosella triangularis (A. St.-Hil.) Kuntze; Lourteig (2000) as Oxalis tenuiscaposa R. Knuth
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 2007
Mode of introduction: Intentional
Introduction Pathway: Intentional
Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture
Introduced status: Human dependent
Invasive status: No data
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Guézou, A. Trueman, M., Buddenhagen, E., Chamorro, S., Guerrero, A.M., Pozo, P., Atkinson, R. (2010) An extensive Alien Plan Inventory from the Inhabited Areas of Galapagos Plos One/ www.plosone.org. Volume 5/ Issue 4/e10276
- Lourteig, A. (2000) Oxalis L. subgéneros Monoxalis (Small) Lourt., Oxalis y Trifidus Lourt. Bradea 7(2): 201–629.
- Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
- Zuloaga, F.O. (1997) Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la Argentina. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 74 (2 parts).
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"Galapagos Species Database, Oxalis triangularis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=2122. Accessed 3 November 2026.