3936.000 Oxalis L.

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

Zimbabwe: 5 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
anthelmintica A. Rich.	E	Description
corniculata L.	N,W,C,E,S	Description, Image
latifolia Kunth	N,W,C,E	Description, Image
obliquifolia Steud. ex A.Rich.	N,W,C,E,S	Description, Image
semiloba Sond. subsp. semiloba	N,W,C,E,S	Description, Image

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

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Oxalis
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Oxalis
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Oxalis
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iNaturalist: Oxalis
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Oxalis
JSTOR Plant Science: Oxalis
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Oxalis
Plants of the World Online: Oxalis
Tropicos: Oxalis
Wikipedia: Oxalis