Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Oxalis stictocheila T.M.Salter
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
OXALIDACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Endangered B1ab(ii,iii,v)+2ab(ii,iii,v)
Assessment Date
2012/11/28
Assessor(s)
N.A. Helme, L.L. Dreyer & D. Raimondo
Justification
EOO 19 km² and AOO <10 km², between two and five locations remain after more than 90% of its habitat has been transformed for the cultivation of wheat and pasture. It continues to decline due to alien grass invasion and ongoing habitat loss to crop cultivation.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Western Cape
Range
Darling to Yzerfontein.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Swartland Granite Renosterveld
Description
Granitic sands.
Threats
Less than 10% of this species' habitat remains after extensive loss to agricultural expansion. Small remaining fragments of natural vegetation are densely infested with unmanaged alien invasive plants.
Population
Population trend
Decreasing
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Oxalis stictocheila T.M.SalterEN B1ab(ii,iii,v)+2ab(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.


Citation
Helme, N.A., Dreyer, L.L. & Raimondo, D. 2012. Oxalis stictocheila T.M.Salter. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/18

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