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Scientific Name | Oxalis lichenoides T.M.Salter |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | OXALIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2015/05/04 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme, L.L. Dreyer, K.C. Oberlander & D. van der Colff |
Justification | A range-restricted (EOO 1528 km²), but locally abundant species that is not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Bitterfontein to Vanrhynsdorp. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Succulent Karoo |
Description | Shale flats. |
Population |
This species is locally abundant on the Knersvlakte, where there are at least 15 subpopulations, and more than 20 000 plants (N.A. Helme pers. obs.). It is cryptic and easily overlooked.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Oxalis lichenoides T.M.Salter | Least Concern | 2015.1 | | Oxalis lichenoides T.M.Salter | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Oxalis lichenoides T.M.Salter | Not Threatened | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Oxalis lichenoides T.M.Salter | Rare | 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.
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.
Salter, T.M. 1944. The genus Oxalis in South Africa: a taxonomic revision. Journal of South African Botany Supplement 1:1-355.
Snijman, D.A. 2013. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| Helme, N.A., Dreyer, L.L., Oberlander, K.C. & van der Colff, D. 2015. Oxalis lichenoides T.M.Salter. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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