Oxalidaceae

(botany) A family of dicotyledonous plants in the order Geraniales, generally characterized by regular flowers, two or three times as many stamens as sepals or petals, a style which is not gynobasic, and the fruit which is a beakless, loculicidal capsule.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a family of widely distributed herbs of the order Geraniales; have compound leaves and pentamerous flowers
  Synonyms: family Oxalidaceae, wood-sorrel family

Oxalidaceae
Oxalis regnellii atropurpurea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Oxalidales
Family:	Oxalidaceae R.Br.
Genera
Averrhoa Biophytum Eichleria Oxalis

The Oxalidaceae, or wood sorrel family, is a small family of eight genera of herbaceous plants, shrubs and small trees, with the great majority of the 900 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 often included in this family, is treated by some botanists in a separate family Averrhoaceae.

External links

• Oxalidaceae and Averrhoaceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval. http://delta-intkey.com

• Media related to Oxalidaceae at Wikimedia Commons
• Information related to Oxalidaceae from Wikispecies.

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