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Oxalidaceae

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Kingdom
  
Scientific name
  
Oxalidaceae

Rank
  
Family

Order
  
Higher classification
  
Geraniales

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Lower classifications
  
Wood sorrels, Carambola, Averrhoa, Bilimbi, Biophytum sensitivum

Oxalis articulata pink sorrel oxalidaceae planta oxalis


The Oxalidaceae, or wood sorrel family, are a small family of five genera of herbaceous plants, shrubs and small trees, with the great majority of the 570 species in the genus Oxalis (wood sorrels). Members of this family typically have divided leaves, the leaflets showing "sleep movements", spreading open in light and closing in darkness.

Oxalidaceae Flowering Plant Families UH Botany

The genus Averrhoa of which starfruit is a member, is usually included in this family (e.g. APG IV, 2016), but some botanists place it in a separate family Averrhoaceae.


Oxalidaceae Flowering Plant Families UH Botany

References

Oxalidaceae Wikipedia