Garden Pink-sorrel vs New Zealand-yam

Oxalis latifolia compared with Oxalis tuberosa

Key Differences

• Garden Pink-sorrel is Least Concern while New Zealand-yam is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Garden Pink-sorrel	New Zealand-yam
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 latifolia	Oxalis tuberosa

Evolutionary Relationship

Garden Pink-sorrel and New Zealand-yam share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Oxalis.

Conservation Status

Garden Pink-sorrel

LC — Least Concern

New Zealand-yam

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Garden Pink-sorrel	New Zealand-yam
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Garden Pink-sorrel

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including flooded grasslands and savannas, deserts and xeric shrublands, and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, among 6 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (11 countries), Asia (6 countries), Europe (13 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (4 countries).

New Zealand-yam

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Hungary.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia