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Mary Sue Ittner (Thu, 13 Nov 2003 17:24:50 PST)

Dear David and Robin,

Is there any chance David of your posting pictures to the wiki of O.
cathara, O. gracilis, and O. heidelbergensis?

Thanks for your responses about the checklist. I have ordered it as it
sounds like it would be helpful for my collection and for adding
information to the wiki as well. David's example is fascinating however as
I found several sources on my computer who described Oxalis crassipes as
South American. Please help the rest of us in deciphering how to use your
information. One reference from 1884 describes this as from tropical
Africa. The second description indicates that a plant named as O. crassipes
is really a form of Oxalis hirta. And then you have a third reference to a
plant named Oxalis articulata forma crassipes. But there was no mention of
where this plant is from.

So what are we to conclude is the correct name for Lauw's plants, the ones
Andrew B. is talking about and Uli's and presumably the ones in my archives
that were recommended for the south. Are they all the same plant and should
it be more correctly named Oxalis articulata forma crassipes? Or is this
plant really Oxalis hirta?

Mary Sue