Taxonomy
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 & ExellCritically Endangered (Possibly Extinct) Raimondo et al. (2009)
Oxalis perineson T.M.Salter & ExellVulnerable Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Oxalis perineson T.M.Salter & ExellVulnerable 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.


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

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