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Scientific Name | Oxalis ericifolia Oberl. & Dreyer |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | OXALIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Rare |
Assessment Date | 2012/12/11 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden & K.C. Oberlander |
Justification | This recently discovered, apparently rare habitat specialist is known from a single rocky outcrop (EOO less than three hectares), but is not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Vanrhynsdorp to Nieuwoudtville. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Knersvlakte Shale Vygieveld |
Description | Rocky, broken shale outcrops. |
Threats |
| No threats. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Oxalis ericifolia Oberl. & Dreyer | Critically Rare | 2013.1 | | Oxalis ericifolia Oberl. & Dreyer | Critically Rare | 2013.1 | |
Bibliography |
Oberlander, K.C., Dreyer, L.L. and Curran, H.R. 2009. An unusual new species of Oxalis (Oxalidaceae) from the Knersvlakte, South Africa. South African Journal of Botany 75(2):239-245.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. & Oberlander, K.C. 2012. Oxalis ericifolia Oberl. & Dreyer. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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