Oxalis

See also: oxalis

Translingual

Oxalis acetosella

Etymology

From Latin oxălis (“garden sorrel”), from Ancient Greek ὀξαλίς (oxalís), ὀξύς (oxús).

Proper noun

Oxalis m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Oxalidaceae – including most of the wood sorrels.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids, COM clade - clades; Oxalidales - order; Oxalidaceae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Oxalis subg. Monoxalis, Oxalis subg. Oxalis, Oxalis subg. Thamnoxys, Oxalis subg. Trifidus - subgenera
  • Oxalis acetosella (cuckoo bread, European wood sorrel, Irish shamrock, common wood sorrel) - type species; for others of the numerous species see Oxalis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies .

Coordinate terms

• (genus in Oxalidaceae): Averrhoa, Biophytum, Dapania, Sarcotheca - genera

Derived terms

• Bolboxalis
• Hesperoxalis
• Ionoxalis
• Lotoxalis
• Monoxalis
• Otoxalis
• Pseudoxalis
• Xanthoxalis

References

• Oxalis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Oxalis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Oxalis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Oxalis at USDA Plants database
• Oxalis at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Oxalis at the Catalogue of Life 
• Oxalis at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Oxalis at The Plant List