Cuckoo-Bread vs Pink woodsorrel

Oxalis acetosella compared with Oxalis debilis

Key Differences

• Cuckoo-Bread is Least Concern while Pink woodsorrel is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cuckoo-Bread	Pink woodsorrel
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order same	Oxalidales (Oxalidales)	Oxalidales (Oxalidales)
Family same	Oxalidaceae	Oxalidaceae
Genus same	Oxalis	Oxalis
Species	Oxalis acetosella	Oxalis debilis

Evolutionary Relationship

Cuckoo-Bread and Pink woodsorrel share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Oxalis.

Conservation Status

Cuckoo-Bread

LC — Least Concern

Pink woodsorrel

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cuckoo-Bread	Pink woodsorrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cuckoo-Bread

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries) and North America (United States).

Pink woodsorrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Algeria, Comoros, Congo (DRC)), Asia (Qatar, Singapore, Vietnam), Europe (13 countries), North America (Costa Rica, Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (4 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 6 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway 🇵🇹 Portugal 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇺🇸 United States