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Scientific Name | Oxalis variifolia Steud. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | OXALIDACEAE |
Synonyms | Oxalis pentaphylloides Sond. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct) |
Assessment Date | 2012/11/30 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo, K.C. Oberlander, L.L. Dreyer & N.A. Helme |
Justification | More than 90% of this species' habitat has been lost to crop cultivation, and recent searches failed to locate any of the subpopulations known from the five historic herbarium records. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Northern Swartland. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Swartland Shale Renosterveld |
Description | Lower slopes, shale and sand. |
Threats |
| Wheat cultivation in the Northern Swartland has led to 98% of this species' habitat being lost, all historic locations are extinct. |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Oxalis variifolia Steud. | Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct) | 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 |
| Raimondo, D., Oberlander, K.C., Dreyer, L.L. & Helme, N.A. 2012. Oxalis variifolia Steud. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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