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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.

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Averrhoa L.

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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Oxalidaceae
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Stefaan Dondeyne 2007-13

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Dondeyne, S. (2013). Flora of Mozambique: Cultivated plants: Family page: Oxalidaceae.
http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/cult/family.php?family_id=163, retrieved 19 May 2013

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