Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 435 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in Italia, Sicilia."

Brown, R. in Flinders, M. (1814), General remarks, geographical and systematical, on the Botany of Terra Australis. A Voyage to Terra Australis 2, Appendix III: - [secondary reference]

Hooker, J.D. (10 June 1852), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror. II. Flora Novae-Zelandiae 1(1): 42 [secondary reference]

Gray, A. (1854), United States Exploring Expedition Phanerogamia 1: 320 [secondary reference]

Hooker, J.D. (24 October 1855), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 1(1): 59 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (February 1862), Thalamiflorae. The Plants Indigenous to the Colony of Victoria 1: 177 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Oxalis reptans G.Forst. nom. inval., nom. nud. taxonomic synonym: Oxalis microphylla Poir. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Oxalis cognata Steud. legitimate

Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 301 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Oxalis perennans Haw. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Oxalis microphylla Poir. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Oxalis cognata Steud. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Oxalis preissiana Steud. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1875), Census of the plants of Tasmania, instituted in 1875. Monthly Notices of Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1874: 76 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (September 1877), List of the plants obtained during Mr. C. Giles's travels in Australia in 1875 and 1876. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 15: 271 [secondary reference]

Tate, R. (1879), Transactions, proceedings and report, Philosophical Society of South Australia 2: 122 [secondary reference]

Tate, R. (1880), A Census of the Indigenous Flowering Plants and Ferns of Extra-Tropical South Australia. Transactions, proceedings and report, Royal Society of South Australia 3: 55 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 13 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889), Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 23 [secondary reference]

Holtze, M. (1892), Introduced plants in the Northern Territory. Transactions, proceedings and report, Royal Society of South Australia 15: 2 [secondary reference]

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 20 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 52 [secondary reference]

common name: Yellow Sorrel [n/a]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 73 [secondary reference]

common name: Wood Sorrel [n/a] common name: Sourgrass [n/a]

Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 330, Fig. 148, 8-11 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 484, Fig. 653, 8-11 [secondary reference]

Eiten, G. (1955), The typification of the names "Oxalis corniculata L." and "Oxalis stricta L.". Taxon 4(5): 99-100 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Linnean Herbarium, sheet 600.31 ... lectotype ..."

Curtis, W.M. (1956), The Student's Flora of Tasmania 1: 96 [secondary reference]

common name: Yellow Wood Sorrel [n/a]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 170 [secondary reference]

common name: Yellow Wood Sorrel [n/a]

Chippendale, G.M. & Murray, L.R. (1963), Poisonous Plants of the Northern Territory: 66, Pl. 9 [secondary reference]

common name: Yellow Wood Sorrel [n/a]

Eiten, G. (1963), American Midland Naturalist 69: 299 [secondary reference]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 237, Fig. 228. [secondary reference]

common name: Yellow Wood Sorrel [n/a]

Veldkamp, J.F. (1971), Oxalidaceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 7(1): 155-156 [secondary reference]

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 242 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975), Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1: 101 [secondary reference]

common name: Yellow Wood Sorrel [n/a]

Carolin, R.C. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Oxalidaceae. Flora of Central Australia: 177-178, Fig. 204 [secondary reference]

common name: Yellow wood-sorrel [n/a]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 435 [secondary reference]

common name: Sour-weed [n/a] common name: Creeping Wood-sorrel [n/a] common name: Clover Sorrel [n/a] common name: Small-leaved Oxalis [n/a] common name: Creeping Oxalis [n/a] common name: Scour-grass [n/a] common name: Yellow Wood-sorrel [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 172 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Oxalis corniculata var. repens (Thunb.) Zucc. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Oxalis corniculata var. microphylla Hook.f. legitimate

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Oxalidaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 398, 404-405, Fig. 64B [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Oxalis repens Thunb. legitimate common name: Yellow Wood-sorrel [n/a] common name: Creeping Oxalis [n/a]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 102 [secondary reference]

Gray, M. & Michael, P.W. (1986), List of plants collected at the old Flemington Saleyards, Sydney, New South Wales. Plant Protection Quarterly 1(4): 139 [secondary reference]

common name: Yellow wood-sorrel [n/a]

Bennett, E.M. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Oxalidaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 493, Fig. 198 [secondary reference]

common name: Creeping Oxalis [n/a] common name: Yellow Wood Sorrel [n/a]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 58 [secondary reference]

Conn, B.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Oxalidaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3: 20, pl.1 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Oxalis corniculata var. microphylla Hook.f. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Oxalis corniculata var. repens (Thunb.) Zucc. legitimate common name: Creeping Oxalis [n/a]

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 255-256 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Oxalis reptans G.Forst. nom. inval., nom. nud. taxonomic synonym: Oxalis perennans Haw. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Oxalis rubens Haw. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Oxalis corniculata var. villosa (M.Bieb.) Hohen. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Oxalis exilis A.Cunn. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Oxalis radicosa A.Rich. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Oxalis corniculata var. microphylla Hook.f. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Oxalis corniculata var. reptans Laing legitimate common name: Oxalis [n/a]

Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Appendix I: Provisional Species List. Fruits of the Rainforest: 309 [secondary reference]

Conn, B.J., Jeanes, J.A. & Richards, P.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Oxalidaceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 212-214, Fig. 39g [secondary reference]

common name: Creeping Oxalis [n/a] common name: Yellow Wood-sorrel [n/a]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 728 [secondary reference]

common name: Creeping Oxalis [n/a] common name: Yellow Wood Sorrel [n/a]

de Lange, P.J., Gardner, R.O., Sykes, W.R., Crowcroft, G.M., Cameron, E.K., Stalker, F., Christian, M.L. & Braggins, J.E. (2005), Vascular flora of Norfolk Island: some additions and taxonomic notes. New Zealand Journal of Botany 43: 581 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Oxalis corniculata L. var. corniculata legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Oxalis corniculata L. subsp. corniculata legitimate taxonomic synonym: Oxalis repens Thunb. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Oxalis corniculata var. repens (Thunb.) Zucc. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Oxalis corniculata var. atropurpurea Planch. legitimate pro parte taxonomic synonym: Oxalis villosa M.Bieb. legitimate pro parte taxonomic synonym: Oxalis corniculata var. villosa (M.Bieb.) Hohen. legitimate doubtful taxonomic synonym: Oxalis reptans G.Forst. nom. inval., nom. nud. doubtful taxonomic synonym: Oxalis corniculata var. microphylla Hook.f. legitimate doubtful taxonomic synonym: Oxalis corniculata var. reptans Laing legitimate

• APC Comment: Treated as Oxalis corniculata subsp. corniculata on ChI (see D.J.DuPuy, Fl. Australia 50: 309 (1993)), and in SA and Tas. Treated as Oxalis corniculata var. corniculata in Vic, where Oxalis corniculata var. atropurpurea is also recognised as a distinct taxon.
• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), ChI (naturalised), NT (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), NI (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

Barrett, Russell & Tay, Eng Pin (2016), Perth Plants: a Field Guide to the Bushland and Coastal Flora of Kings Park and Bold Park Edn. 2: 132, 330-331, photos 10-12 [secondary reference]

common name: Yellow Wood Sorrel [n/a]

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