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Oxalis tuberosa, the Glossary

Oxalis tuberosa is a perennial herbaceous plant that overwinters as underground stem tubers.^[1]

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Autumn equinox
Crops originating from Bolivia
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Tubers

Alloenzyme

Alloenzymes (or also called allozymes) are variant forms of an enzyme which differ structurally but not functionally from other allozymes coded for by different alleles at the same locus.

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Amplified fragment length polymorphism

Amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP-PCR or AFLP) is a PCR-based tool used in genetics research, DNA fingerprinting, and in the practice of genetic engineering.

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Andes

The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America.

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Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America.

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Arracacia xanthorrhiza is a root vegetable that originates in the Andes, whose starchy taproot is a popular food item across South America where it is a major commercial crop. Oxalis tuberosa and Arracacia xanthorrhiza are crops originating from Peru, crops originating from the Americas and root vegetables.

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Ash (chemistry)

In analytical chemistry, ashing or ash content determination is the process of mineralization by complete combustion for preconcentration of trace substances prior to a chemical analysis, such as chromatography, or optical analysis, such as spectroscopy.

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Aymara language

Aymara (also Aymar aru) is an Aymaran language spoken by the Aymara people of the Bolivian Andes.

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Aymara people

The Aymara or Aimara (aymara), people are an indigenous people in the Andes and Altiplano regions of South America.

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Bioversity International

Bioversity International is a global research-for-development organization that delivers scientific evidence, management practices and policy options to use and safeguard agricultural biodiversity to attain global food- and nutrition security, working with partners in low-income countries in different regions where agricultural biodiversity can contribute to improved nutrition, resilience, productivity and climate change adaptation.

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Bolivia

Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in western-central South America.

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Brazil

Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest and easternmost country in South America and Latin America.

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Bumblebee

A bumblebee (or bumble bee, bumble-bee, or humble-bee) is any of over 250 species in the genus Bombus, part of Apidae, one of the bee families.

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Calcium

Calcium is a chemical element; it has symbol Ca and atomic number 20.

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Capsule (fruit)

In botany, a capsule is a type of simple, dry, though rarely fleshy dehiscent fruit produced by many species of angiosperms (flowering plants).

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Carbohydrate

A carbohydrate is a biomolecule consisting of carbon (C), hydrogen (H) and oxygen (O) atoms, usually with a hydrogen–oxygen atom ratio of 2:1 (as in water) and thus with the empirical formula (where m may or may not be different from n), which does not mean the H has covalent bonds with O (for example with, H has a covalent bond with C but not with O).

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Carrot

The carrot (Daucus carota subsp. sativus) is a root vegetable, typically orange in color, though heirloom variants including purple, black, red, white, and yellow cultivars exist, all of which are domesticated forms of the wild carrot, Daucus carota, native to Europe and Southwestern Asia. Oxalis tuberosa and carrot are root vegetables.

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Cassava

Manihot esculenta, commonly called cassava, manioc,--> or yuca (among numerous regional names), is a woody shrub of the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, native to South America, from Brazil, Paraguay and parts of the Andes. Oxalis tuberosa and cassava are root vegetables and tubers.

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Chuño

() is a preserved potato product traditionally made by Quechua and Aymara communities of Bolivia and Peru, and is known in various countries of South America, including Bolivia, Peru, Chile and Northwest Argentina.

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Circadian rhythm

A circadian rhythm, or circadian cycle, is a natural oscillation that repeats roughly every 24 hours.

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Colombia

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with insular regions in North America.

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Cosmos (plant)

Cosmos is a genus, with the same common name of cosmos, consisting of flowering plants in the sunflower family.

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Crop rotation

Crop rotation is the practice of growing a series of different types of crops in the same area across a sequence of growing seasons.

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Cultivar

A cultivar is a kind of cultivated plant that people have selected for desired traits and which retains those traits when propagated.

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Dioscorea

Dioscorea is a genus of over 600 species of flowering plants in the family Dioscoreaceae, native throughout the tropical and warm temperate regions of the world. Oxalis tuberosa and Dioscorea are tubers.

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Energy

Energy is the quantitative property that is transferred to a body or to a physical system, recognizable in the performance of work and in the form of heat and light.

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Europe

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.

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Ex situ conservation

Svalbard Global Seed Bank, an ''ex situ'' conservation. Ex situ conservation is the process of protecting an endangered species, variety, or breed of plant or animal outside its natural habitat.

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France

France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.

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Growing season

A season is a division of the year marked by changes in weather, ecology, and the amount of daylight.

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Habitat destruction

Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) occurs when a natural habitat is no longer able to support its native species.

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Herbaceous plant

Herbaceous plants are vascular plants that have no persistent woody stems above ground.

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Heterostyly

Heterostyly is a unique form of polymorphism and herkogamy in flowers.

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Honey bee

A honey bee (also spelled honeybee) is a eusocial flying insect within the genus Apis of the bee clade, all native to mainland Afro-Eurasia.

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In-situ conservation

In situ conservation is the on-site conservation or the conservation of genetic resources in natural populations of plant or animal species, such as forest genetic resources in natural populations of tree species.

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International Potato Center

The International Potato Center (known as CIP from its Spanish-language name Centro Internacional de la Papa) is a research facility based in Lima, Peru, that seeks to reduce poverty and achieve food security on a sustained basis in developing countries through scientific research and related activities on potato, sweet potato, other root and tuber crops, and on the improved management of natural resources in the Andes and other mountain areas.

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Iron

Iron is a chemical element.

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Juan Ignacio Molina

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Megachile

The genus Megachile is a cosmopolitan group of solitary bees, often called leafcutter bees or leafcutting bees; it also includes the called resin bees and mortar bees.

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Mexico

Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America.

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Mineral (nutrient)

In the context of nutrition, a mineral is a chemical element.

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Molecule

A molecule is a group of two or more atoms held together by attractive forces known as chemical bonds; depending on context, the term may or may not include ions which satisfy this criterion.

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Morphology (biology)

Morphology in biology is the study of the form and structure of organisms and their specific structural features.

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Nematode

The nematodes (or; Νηματώδη; Nematoda), roundworms or eelworms constitute the phylum Nematoda.

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New World crops

New World crops are those crops, food and otherwise, that are native to the New World (mostly the Americas) and were not found in the Old World before 1492 AD. Oxalis tuberosa and New World crops are crops originating from the Americas.

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New Zealand

New Zealand (Aotearoa) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

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Niacin

Niacin, also known as nicotinic acid, is an organic compound and a vitamer ofvitamin B3, an essential human nutrient.

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Nutrition

Nutrition is the biochemical and physiological process by which an organism uses food to support its life.

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Oat

The oat (Avena sativa), sometimes called the common oat, is a species of cereal grain grown for its seed, which is known by the same name (usually in the plural).

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Oxalate

Oxalate (systematic IUPAC name: ethanedioate) is an anion with the chemical formula formula.

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Oxalic acid

Oxalic acid is an organic acid with the systematic name ethanedioic acid and chemical formula, also written as or or.

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Oxalis

Oxalis ((American English) or (British English)) is a large genus of flowering plants in the wood-sorrel family Oxalidaceae, comprising over 550 species.

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Perennial

In botany, a perennial plant or simply perennial is a plant that lives more than two years.

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Peru

Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pacific Ocean. Peru is a megadiverse country with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west to the peaks of the Andes mountains extending from the north to the southeast of the country to the tropical Amazon basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon River.

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Phosphorus

Phosphorus is a chemical element; it has symbol P and atomic number 15.

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Potato

The potato is a starchy root vegetable native to the Americas that is consumed as a staple food in many parts of the world. Oxalis tuberosa and potato are crops originating from Bolivia, crops originating from Peru, root vegetables and tubers.

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Protein

Proteins are large biomolecules and macromolecules that comprise one or more long chains of amino acid residues.

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Quechua people

Quechua people or Quichua people may refer to any of the indigenous peoples of South America who speak the Quechua languages, which originated among the Indigenous people of Peru.

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Quechuan languages

Quechua, also called Runasimi ('people's language') in Southern Quechua, is an indigenous language family that originated in central Peru and thereafter spread to other countries of the Andes.

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Retinol

Retinol, also called vitamin A1, is a fat-soluble vitamin in the vitamin A family that is found in food and used as a dietary supplement.

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Riboflavin

Riboflavin, also known as vitamin B2, is a vitamin found in food and sold as a dietary supplement.

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Root vegetable

Root vegetables are underground plant parts eaten by humans as food. Oxalis tuberosa and Root vegetable are edible plants and root vegetables.

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Self-incompatibility

Self-incompatibility (SI) is a general name for several genetic mechanisms that prevent self-fertilization in sexually reproducing organisms, and thus encourage outcrossing and allogamy.

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Soil quality

Soil quality refers to the condition of soil based on its capacity to perform ecosystem services that meet the needs of human and non-human life.

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Spanish language

Spanish (español) or Castilian (castellano) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin spoken on the Iberian Peninsula of Europe.

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Tropaeolum tuberosum

Tropaeolum tuberosum (mashua, see below for other names) is a species of flowering plant in the family Tropaeolaceae, grown in the Andes, particularly in Peru and Bolivia, and to a lesser extent in Ecuador as well as in some areas of Colombia, for its edible tubers, which are eaten cooked or roasted as a vegetable. Oxalis tuberosa and Tropaeolum tuberosum are crops originating from Bolivia, crops originating from Peru, crops originating from the Americas, perennial vegetables and root vegetables.

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Tuber

Tubers are a type of enlarged structure that plants use as storage organs for nutrients, derived from stems or roots. Oxalis tuberosa and Tuber are tubers.

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Ullucus

Ullucus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Basellaceae, with one species, Ullucus tuberosus, a plant grown primarily as a root vegetable, secondarily as a leaf vegetable. Oxalis tuberosa and Ullucus are crops originating from Bolivia, crops originating from Peru, crops originating from the Americas and root vegetables.

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Venezuela

Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea.

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Vicia faba

Vicia faba, commonly known as the broad bean, fava bean, or faba bean, is a species of vetch, a flowering plant in the pea and bean family Fabaceae.

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Vitamin C

Vitamin C (also known as ascorbic acid and ascorbate) is a water-soluble vitamin found in citrus and other fruits, berries and vegetables.

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Water

Water is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula.

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Weevil

Weevils are beetles belonging to the superfamily Curculionoidea, known for their elongated snouts.

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Yacón

The yacón (Smallanthus sonchifolius) is a species of daisy traditionally grown in the northern and central Andes from Colombia to northern Argentina for its crisp, sweet-tasting, tuberous roots. Oxalis tuberosa and yacón are crops originating from Peru, perennial vegetables and root vegetables.

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Yam (vegetable)

Yam is the common name for some plant species in the genus Dioscorea (family Dioscoreaceae) that form edible tubers (some other species in the genus being toxic). Oxalis tuberosa and Yam (vegetable) are root vegetables and tubers.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxalis_tuberosa

Also known as New Zealand Yam, Oca (tuber), Oca root.

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Oxalis tuberosa, the Glossary

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See also

Autumn equinox

Crops originating from Bolivia

Crops originating from Peru

Perennial vegetables

Tubers

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