Fleshy Yellow-sorrel vs Garden Pink-sorrel

Oxalis tetraphylla compared with Oxalis latifolia

Key Differences

• Fleshy Yellow-sorrel is Not Evaluated while Garden Pink-sorrel is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fleshy Yellow-sorrel	Garden Pink-sorrel
Kingdom same	Plantae (식물)	Plantae (식물)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (피자식물문)	Magnoliophyta (피자식물문)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (목련강)	Magnoliopsida (목련강)
Order same	Oxalidales (괭이밥목)	Oxalidales (괭이밥목)
Family same	Oxalidaceae	Oxalidaceae
Genus same	Oxalis	Oxalis
Species	Oxalis tetraphylla	Oxalis latifolia

Evolutionary Relationship

Fleshy Yellow-sorrel and Garden Pink-sorrel share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Oxalis.

Conservation Status

Fleshy Yellow-sorrel

NE — Not Evaluated

Garden Pink-sorrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fleshy Yellow-sorrel	Garden Pink-sorrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fleshy Yellow-sorrel

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Madagascar), Asia (Japan, Taiwan), Europe (11 countries), and South America (Brazil).

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).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 10 countries:

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