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Scientific Name | Oxalis oligophylla T.M.Salter |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | OXALIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2006/11/17 |
Assessor(s) | L.L. Dreyer, K.C. Oberlander & D. Raimondo |
Justification | A range-restricted habitat specialist that is not threatened. It has an extent of occurrence (EOO) of less than 200 km². It is therefore listed under the IUCN 3.1 Criteria, globally, as Least Concern but is nationally categorised as Rare. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | This species is found in Gifberg and Matsikamma Mountain. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Vanrhynsdorp Shale Renosterveld, Bokkeveld Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Plants grow in shady shale and steep sandstone slopes, 500 m. |
Threats |
| It has no known threats. |
Population |
This species is more common than records indicate, but subpopulations tend to be widely scattered.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Oxalis oligophylla T.M.Salter | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Oxalis oligophylla T.M.Salter | Insufficiently Known | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Oxalis oligophylla T.M.Salter | Uncertain | 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. 2006. Oxalis oligophylla T.M.Salter. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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