Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Oxalis crispula Sond.
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
OXALIDACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Data Deficient - Insufficient Information
Assessment Date
2005/02/07
Assessor(s)
L.L. Dreyer, K.C. Oberlander & D. Pillay
Justification
Last collected in 1941 and not seen since despite searches from 2000 to 2006. Not enough is known about the distribution, specific habitat or population status of this species to determine its status.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Northern Cape, Western Cape
Range
Between Bitterfontein and Eenkoker.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Succulent Karoo
Description
Granite flats and slopes.
Population
Population trend
Unknown
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Oxalis crispula Sond.Data Deficient Raimondo et al. (2009)
Oxalis crispula Sond.Insufficiently Known Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Oxalis crispula Sond.Uncertain Hall et al. (1980)
Bibliography

Hall, A.V., De Winter, M., De Winter, B. and Van Oosterhout, S.A.M. 1980. Threatened plants of southern Africa. South African National Scienctific Programmes Report 45. CSIR, Pretoria.


Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.


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.


Citation
Dreyer, L.L., Oberlander, K.C. & Pillay, D. 2005. Oxalis crispula Sond. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14

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