Spermatophyta: Dicotyledonae: Archichlamydeae: Oxalidales

Oxalidaceae - Oxalis or sorrel family

Exell, A.W. (1963) Oxalidaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1)

Description of the family

Annual or perennial herbs, sometimes shrubs or trees. 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. Styles 5, separate. Ovary superior, 5-locular with 2-many ovules.Fruit a dehiscent capsule.

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

Mozambique: 2 genera and 12 taxa.

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

Other sources of information about Oxalidaceae:

Our websites:

Flora of Botswana: Oxalidaceae
Flora of Burundi: Oxalidaceae
Flora of Caprivi: Oxalidaceae
Flora of the DRC: Oxalidaceae
Flora of Malawi: Oxalidaceae
Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Oxalidaceae
Flora of Rwanda: Oxalidaceae
Flora of Zambia: Oxalidaceae
Flora of Zimbabwe: Oxalidaceae
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Oxalidaceae

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Oxalidaceae
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Oxalidaceae
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Oxalidaceae
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Oxalidaceae
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Oxalidaceae
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Oxalidaceae
JSTOR Plant Science: Oxalidaceae
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Oxalidaceae
Wikipedia: Oxalidaceae
Plants of the World Online: Oxalidaceae
Tropicos: Oxalidaceae