Oxalidaceae
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The Oxalidaceae, or wood sorrel family, are a small family of five genera of herbaceous plants, shrubs and small trees, with the great majority of the 570 species<ref name="Christenhusz-Byng2016">Template:Cite journal</ref> 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 usually included in this family (e.g. APG IV, 2016), but some botanists place it in a separate family, Averrhoaceae.
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File:Carambola Starfruit.jpg
Carambola or starfruit, considered by some botanists in a separate family, Averrhoaceae
- 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
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