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3936.000 Oxalis
Description of the genus
Annual or perennial herbs, mostly bulbous. Leaves radical or cauline, alternate or in a cluster, digitately 3-foliolate (in ours). Flowers actinomorphic, solitary or subtended by bracts in pseudumbels or cymes. Petals contorted, unguiculate. Stamens 10 in 2 rows. Capsule loculicidally dehiscent. Worldwide: 700 species, cosmopolitan but concentrated in S America and the Cape Malawi: 8 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| anthelmintica A. Rich. | N | Description |
| chapmaniae Exell[NrEnd] | N | Description, Image |
| corniculata L. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| latifolia Kunth | Description, Image | |
| obliquifolia Steud. ex A.Rich. | N,C | Description, Image |
| semiloba Sond. subsp. semiloba | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| semiloba Sond. subsp. uhehensis (Engl.) Exell | C,S | |
| trichophylla Baker |
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Flora of Mozambique: Oxalis
Flora of Zambia: Oxalis
Flora of Zimbabwe: Oxalis
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Oxalis
External websites:
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): OxalisFlora Zambesiaca web site: Oxalis
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Oxalis
Wikipedia: Oxalis
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Oxalis
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Oxalis
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