Oxalis bifida

Oxalis bifida
Flower of Oxalis bifida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Oxalidales
Family: Oxalidaceae
Genus: Oxalis
Species:
O. bifida
Binomial name
Oxalis bifida
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Oxalis bifida is a species of plant.[1][2] The species was originally described by Carl Peter Thunberg in 1794[3][1]

Description

A geophyte.[4]

Range

Endemic to the Western Cape of South Africa.[5]

Habitat

A shade loving plant.[6]

Ecology

Is susceptible to an anther-smut fungus (Thecaphora capensis).[7]

Uses

Edible.[8]

Etymology

Taxonomy

Described by Carl Peter Thunberg in 1781.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b Carl Peter Thunberg (1794), Prodromus Plantarum Capensium (PDF) (in Latin), Wikidata Q6087347
  2. ^ "Oxalis bifida (Biffed Sorrel)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2021-10-01.
  3. ^ "Oxalis bifida Thunb". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
  4. ^ "Oxalis bifida Thunb. data - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2021-10-01.
  5. ^ "Threatened Species Programme | SANBI Red List of South African Plants". redlist.sanbi.org. Retrieved 2021-10-01.
  6. ^ Oberlander, Kenneth Carl (March 2009). Molecular systematic study of Southern African Oxalis (Oxalidaceae) (Doctoral thesis). Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch.
  7. ^ Curran, H.R.; Roets, F.; Dreyer, L.L. (October 2009). "Anther-smut fungal infection of South African Oxalis species: Spatial distribution patterns and impacts on host fecundity". South African Journal of Botany. 75 (4): 807–815. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2009.08.004.
  8. ^ Welcome, A.K.; Van Wyk, B.-E. (May 2019). "An inventory and analysis of the food plants of southern Africa". South African Journal of Botany. 122: 136–179. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2018.11.003.
  9. ^ Thunberg, Carl Peter; Hast, Herman Rudolph; Lundmark, J. D. D.D. Oxalis : quam dissertatione botanica. Upsaliae: Apud Joh. Edman, Direct. et Reg. Acad. Typogr.


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