Oxalis virginea

Oxalis virginea, commonly known as Virgin sorrel, is a species from the genus Oxalis.[1] It is endemic to South Africa. O. virginea was first described by Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin in 1798.[2][3] This species is apparently lacking a type specimen.[4]

Oxalis virginea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Oxalidales
Family: Oxalidaceae
Genus: Oxalis
Species:
O. virginea
Binomial name
Oxalis virginea

Description

Oxalis virginea has a stem of 1 to 4 cm in length, often branched, and densely hairy. In cultivation the stem can be longer.[4] It is single flowered, terminal, with hairy peduncles, barely 1cm long. Each peduncle has two bracts.[4] The flowers are white, 1.3⁠–1.5 cm long, and hairy.[4]

Range

This species is found in South Africa.[2][5][6]

Conservation status

Oxalis virginea is regarded as being rare but not threatened.[7]

References
  1. "Oxalis virginea (Virgin Sorrel)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  2. "Oxalis virginea Jacq". GBIF. GBIF Secretariat. 2019. doi:10.15468/39omei. Retrieved 5 February 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. Jacquin, Nikolaus Joseph (1798). Plantarum rariorum horti caesarei Schoenbrunnensis descriptiones et icones. Vol. 3. Viennae: Apud C. F. Wappler. p. 13.
  4. Salter, Terence Macleave (1944-11-01). "The genus Oxalis in South Africa". Journal of South African Botany. 1: 1–355.
  5. "Oxalis virginea Jacq". Plants of the World Online. 2017. Retrieved 2021-02-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. "Oxalis virginea". www.rhs.org.uk. 2021. Retrieved 2021-02-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. "Threatened Species Programme | SANBI Red List of South African Plants". redlist.sanbi.org. 2006. Retrieved 2021-02-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)


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