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Scientific Name | Oxalis oreophila T.M.Salter |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | OXALIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Rare |
Assessment Date | 2006/10/16 |
Assessor(s) | L.L. Dreyer, J. Zietsman & D. Raimondo |
Justification | A range-restricted habitat specialist (EOO<5 km²), known from one subpopulation. No known threats. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Pakhuis Pass. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Cederberg Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Ecotone of renosterveld and fynbos, in seepage band, restricted to grass- and restio-dominated vegetation. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Oxalis oreophila T.M.Salter | Critically Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Oxalis oreophila T.M.Salter | Insufficiently Known | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Oxalis oreophila 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., Zietsman, J. & Raimondo, D. 2006. Oxalis oreophila T.M.Salter. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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