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Scientific Name | Oxalis oreithala T.M.Salter |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | OXALIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2012/11/26 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme, L.L. Dreyer & K.C. Oberlander |
Justification | Two known locations are potentially threatened by agriculture and climate change. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Gifberg and Matsikamma Mountain. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Bokkeveld Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Seasonally wet, rocky sandstone slopes, 800 m. |
Threats |
| Pollution (affecting habitat and/or species), Habitat loss |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Oxalis oreithala T.M.Salter | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Oxalis oreithala T.M.Salter | Insufficiently Known | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Oxalis oreithala 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.
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 |
| Helme, N.A., Dreyer, L.L. & Oberlander, K.C. 2012. Oxalis oreithala T.M.Salter. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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