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Scientific Name | Oxalis involuta T.M.Salter |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | OXALIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct) |
Assessment Date | 2012/11/02 |
Assessor(s) | L.L. Dreyer, K.C. Oberlander & D. Raimondo |
Justification | Only known from the type, collected in 1935. The area where this species was collected has been extensively transformed for wheat cultivation. Despite extensive searches between 1998-2006 it has not been relocated, and is likely to be extinct. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Porterville. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Swartland Shale Renosterveld |
Description | Renosterveld, 175m. |
Threats |
Habitat loss |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | Oxalis involuta T.M.Salter | Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | Oxalis involuta T.M.Salter | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | Oxalis involuta T.M.Salter | Rare | Hall et al. (1980) | |
Bibliography |
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2000. Cape Plants: A conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9. National Botanical Institute, Cape Town.
Hall, A.V., De Winter, M., De Winter, B. and Van Oosterhout, S.A.M. 1980. Threatened plants of southern Africa. South African National Scienctific Programmes Report 45. CSIR, Pretoria.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Raimondo, D., von Staden, L., Foden, W., Victor, J.E., Helme, N.A., Turner, R.C., Kamundi, D.A. and Manyama, P.A. 2009. Red List of South African Plants. Strelitzia 25. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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Citation |
Dreyer, L.L., Oberlander, K.C. & Raimondo, D. 2012. Oxalis involuta T.M.Salter. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/02/11 |