Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Oxalis porphyriosiphon T.M.Salter
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
OXALIDACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Critically Rare
Assessment Date
2006/11/17
Assessor(s)
L.L. Dreyer, K.C. Oberlander & D. Raimondo
Justification
A range-restricted species (EOO<100 km²), known from one site. 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
Damp spots, rocky sandstone slopes, 900 m.
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Oxalis porphyriosiphon T.M.SalterCritically Rare Raimondo et al. (2009)
Oxalis porphyriosiphon T.M.SalterInsufficiently Known Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Oxalis porphyriosiphon T.M.SalterUncertain 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.


Citation
Dreyer, L.L., Oberlander, K.C. & Raimondo, D. 2006. Oxalis porphyriosiphon T.M.Salter. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14

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