Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Oxalis purpurata Jacq.
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
OXALIDACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Rare
Assessment Date
2011/03/17
Assessor(s)
L.L. Dreyer, K.C. Oberlander & D. Pillay
Justification
A range-restricted species, EOO <100 km². Although much of this species' range is affected by rooibos tea cultivation, a large section of the population is protected in the Oorlogskloof Nature Reserve and occurs in a habitat that cannot be ploughed.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Northern Cape
Range
Bokkeveld Escarpment near Nieuwoudtville.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Vanrhynsdorp Shale Renosterveld
Description
Cliff faces, rocky outcrops.
Threats
No severe threats.
Population

Locally abundant.


Population trend
Stable
Conservation
Oorlogskloof Nature Reserve.
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Oxalis purpurata Jacq.Rare Raimondo et al. (2009)
Oxalis purpurata Jacq.Insufficiently Known Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Oxalis purpurata Jacq.Uncertain Hall et al. (1980)
Bibliography

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.


Oberlander, K.C., Dreyer, L.L. and Roets, F. 2010. Oxalidaceae: Rediscovery and phylogenetic position of the rare Oxalis purpurata. Bothalia 40(2):177-178.


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. & Pillay, D. 2011. Oxalis purpurata Jacq. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/02/11

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