Spermatophyta: Dicotyledonae: Archichlamydeae

Oxalidaceae - Oxalis or sorrel family

Literature

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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Links to genera: (2)

GenusContent
Biophytum DC.Description
Oxalis L.Description

Other sources of information about Oxalidaceae:

Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Oxalidaceae page
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Oxalidaceae
Google: Web - Images - Scholar


Copyright: Mark Hyde and Bart Wursten, 2007-10

Hyde, M.A. & Wursten, B. (2010). Flora of Mozambique: Family page: Oxalidaceae.
http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/family.php?family_id=163, retrieved 3 September 2010

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