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Scientific Name | Oxalis perineson T.M.Salter & Exell |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | OXALIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct) |
Assessment Date | 2012/11/27 |
Assessor(s) | L.L. Dreyer, K.C. Oberlander & D. Raimondo |
Justification | Only known from the type, collected between 1932 and 1935. Most of this species' habitat has been transformed to wheat cultivation. Despite recent searches, several between 2000 and 2011 , it has not been relocated and is probably extinct. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Moorreesburg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Swartland Shale Renosterveld |
Description | Lowland shales. |
Threats |
Severely threatened by crop cultivation, this vast majority of available habitat north of Moorreesburg has been transformed for wheat cultivation. |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | Oxalis perineson T.M.Salter & Exell | Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | Oxalis perineson T.M.Salter & Exell | Vulnerable | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | Oxalis perineson T.M.Salter & Exell | Vulnerable | 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 perineson T.M.Salter & Exell. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/02/11 |