Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Oxalis deserticola T.M.Salter
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
OXALIDACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Rare
Assessment Date
2012/12/11
Assessor(s)
L.L. Dreyer, K.C. Oberlander & L. von Staden
Justification
A range-restricted species (EOO <10 km²), but not threatened.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Western Cape
Range
Vanrhynsdorp.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Knersvlakte Shale Vygieveld
Description
Shale outcrops.
Threats
No threats.
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Oxalis deserticola T.M.SalterData Deficient (Taxonomically Problematic) 2012.1
Oxalis deserticola T.M.SalterData Deficient (Taxonomically Problematic) Raimondo et al. (2009)
Oxalis deserticola T.M.SalterRare Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Oxalis deserticola T.M.SalterRare 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.


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.


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.


Citation
Dreyer, L.L., Oberlander, K.C. & von Staden, L. 2012. Oxalis deserticola T.M.Salter. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14

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