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Scientific Name | Oxalis massoniana T.M.Salter var. flavescens T.M.Salter |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | OXALIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2006/11/17 |
Assessor(s) | L.L. Dreyer, K.C. Oberlander & D. Raimondo |
Justification | Two known locations remain after <80% of this taxon's habitat has been transformed for wheat cultivation. Although agriculture in the area is not currently expanding, further habitat loss remains a potential threat. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | Bokkeveld Escarpment, north of Nieuwoudtville. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Nieuwoudtville Shale Renosterveld |
Description | Renosterveld, on shale flats and tillite-derived soils. |
Threats |
| Habitat loss |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Oxalis massoniana T.M.Salter var. flavescens T.M.Salter | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Oxalis massoniana T.M.Salter var. flavescens T.M.Salter | 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.
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.
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Citation |
| Dreyer, L.L., Oberlander, K.C. & Raimondo, D. 2006. Oxalis massoniana T.M.Salter var. flavescens T.M.Salter. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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