3936.000 Oxalis
Description of the genus
Annual or perennial herbs, mostly bulbous. Leaves radical or cauline, alternate or in a cluster, digitately 3-foliolate (in ours). Flowers actinomorphic, solitary or subtended by bracts in pseudumbels or cymes. Petals contorted, unguiculate. Stamens 10 in 2 rows. Capsule loculicidally dehiscent. Worldwide: 700 species, cosmopolitan but concentrated in S America and the Cape Zimbabwe: 5 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| anthelmintica A. Rich. | E | Description |
| corniculata L. | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| latifolia Kunth | N,W,C,E | Description, Image |
| obliquifolia Steud. ex A.Rich. | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| semiloba Sond. subsp. semiloba | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
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