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Scientific Name | Oxalis pendulifolia T.M.Salter |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | OXALIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Near Threatened B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v)+2ab(ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2012/11/27 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme & K.C. Oberlander |
Justification | EOO 5192 km², AOO <200 km², available habitat at 10 known locations continue to decline due to coastal development and alien plant invasion. Although only 10 locations are confirmed we suspect that this species is undercollected and that it occurs at between 5 and 10 additional locations. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | Swellendam to Plettenberg Bay. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | South Outeniqua Sandstone Fynbos, North Outeniqua Sandstone Fynbos, South Langeberg Sandstone Fynbos, Garden Route Shale Fynbos, Swellendam Silcrete Fynbos, Eastern Coastal Shale Band Vegetation, Central Coastal Shale Band Vegetation, Goukamma Dune Thicket |
Description | Lowland shales. |
Threats |
| The majority of known locations are threatened by invasive alien plants. Past and ongoing habitat loss to urban expansion is threatening lowland subpopulations. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Oxalis pendulifolia T.M.Salter | VU B1ab(ii,iii,v) | 2012.1 | | Oxalis pendulifolia T.M.Salter | VU B1ab(ii,iii,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
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.
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. & Oberlander, K.C. 2012. Oxalis pendulifolia T.M.Salter. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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