Spermatophyta: Dicotyledonae: Archichlamydeae

Oxalidaceae - Oxalis or sorrel family

Exell, A.W. (1963) Oxalidaceae FZ 2(1)

Description of the family

Annual or perennial herbs. Stipules present or 0. Leaves alternate or in a cluster, digitate or pinnate. Flowers in cymes, pseudumbels or solitary, bisexual, hypogynous, actinomorphic. Sepals and petals 5. Stamens 10(-15), 2(-3)-seriate. Ovary superior, 5-locular. Fruit a dehiscent capsule.

Worldwide: 6 genera and 775 species, tropical and temperate.

More sample images from the Oxalidaceae (Click on each image to see a larger version and details of the record)

Oxalis corniculata

Oxalis obliquifolia

Oxalis semiloba subsp. semiloba

Biophytum umbraculum

Links to genera: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this family

Genus	Content
Biophytum DC.	Description, Image
Oxalis L.	Description, Image

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Other sources of information about Oxalidaceae:

Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Oxalidaceae page
Flora of Mozambique: Oxalidaceae
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Oxalidaceae
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