Woodsorrel Family
Oxalidaceae
Oxalidaceae, or the wood-sorrels family, is a family of five genera of flowering plants, with the great majority of the 570 species in the genus Oxalis. The flowers within this family tend to be perfect, and 5-parted with a superior ovary consisting of five fused carpels. Fruits of this family tend to be capsules or berries that are prominently 5-lobed such as the starfruit.
5 branches of this family, most-observed first
Woodsorrels
genusOxalis
Averrhoa
genusAverrhoa
Biophytum
genusBiophytum
Sarcotheca
genusSarcotheca
Dapania
genusDapania
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47759.