Family · Rosids

Oxalidaceae

Wood sorrel, starfruit

Wood sorrel family: herbs and trees with sour clover-like leaves, including edible star fruit (carambola).

Accepted species: 699accepted names · Kew WCVP
Genera: 5accepted genera · Kew WCVP
Origin: ≈46 MaPaleogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
Centre of diversity: Southern Americamost native species · WGSRPD

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Plants you might know

Oxalis (wood sorrel)
Averrhoa (star fruit)

Genera

Oxalis598 spp.
Biophytum82 spp.
Sarcotheca12 spp.
Averrhoa4 spp.
Dapania3 spp.

Where it grows

Southern America345
Africa244
Northern America52
Asia-Tropical49
Asia-Temperate21
Australasia7
Pacific6
Europe1
Antarctic1

Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.

Related families

Oxalidaceae sits in the order Oxalidales.