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Scientific Name | Oxalis suavis R.Knuth |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | OXALIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v)+2ab(ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2012/11/29 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme, K.C. Oberlander & D. Raimondo |
Justification | EOO 141 km², AOO <50 km², fewer than 10 remaining locations of this range-restricted species continue to decline due to ongoing habitat loss to housing developments and crop cultivation. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Hopefield to Paternoster. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Saldanha Granite Strandveld, Hopefield Sand Fynbos |
Description | Shale soils transitioning into acid sands. |
Threats |
| Threatened by ongoing habitat loss to urban expansion, at least one subpopulation was recently lost to a low cost housing development between 2000 and 2006. Crop cultivation was a severe past threat, as this species is associated with nutrient rich soils transitions with acid sands much of its habitat has been targeted for crops. Loss due to expanding crop cultivation is ongoing in parts of its range. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Oxalis suavis R.Knuth | VU B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v)+2ab(ii,iii,iv,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. & Raimondo, D. 2012. Oxalis suavis R.Knuth. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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