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Scientific Name | Oxalis nivea Roets, Dreyer & Oberl. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | OXALIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2014/05/03 |
Assessor(s) | L.L. Dreyer, K.C. Oberlander, F. Roets & D. Raimondo |
Justification | This taxon was discovered in 2011 and described in 2013, and is currently only known from the type locality which occurs within the Richtersveld National Park. This region is poorly surveyed and it is likely that a few more subpopulations of this taxon exist. It is therefore listed under the IUCN 3.1 Criteria, globally, as Least Concern but is nationally categorised as Rare. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | This species occurs in the Richtersveld. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Central Richtersveld Mountain Shrubland, Richtersberg Mountain Desert |
Description | Plants grow on south-facing slopes, in full sun on these cooler slopes, in very rocky soil. |
Threats |
| It has no reported threats. This species occurs in the remote, arid eastern parts of the Richtersveld where grazing pressure is low. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Oxalis nivea Roets, Dreyer & Oberl. | Rare | 2014.1 | |
Bibliography |
Dreyer, L.L., Roets, F. and Oberlander, K.C. 2013. Two new Oxalis (Oxalidaceae) species from the Richtersveld National Park, South Africa. Phytotaxa 89(2):53-63.
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Citation |
| Dreyer, L.L., Oberlander, K.C., Roets, F. & Raimondo, D. 2014. Oxalis nivea Roets, Dreyer & Oberl. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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