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Oxalidaceae

Synonyms: Averrhoaceae

Wikipedia Abstract

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. 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.
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Genus

Averrhoa (averrhoa) (6)
Averrhoites (1)
Biophytum (87)
Dapania (3)
Oxalidites (1)
Oxalis (wood sorrels) (595)   (7)   (4)
Sarcotheca (12)   (1)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0