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

Oxalis palmifrons is a species of the wood sorrel family, Oxalidaceae, native to South Africa's Northern and Western Cape provinces.[1][2][3]

Description

The species exhibits a dark brown bulb, short (2 cm) petioles, and palmate leaflets (over 20 in number).[1] It occasionally flowers with white or yellow petals.[1][2]

Habitat

Geographic distribution of species in Oxalis tomentosa alliance, including O. palmifrons. Border depicts Western Cape region of South Africa.

As described by T. M. Salter, the species "grows in flat open spaces and the bulbs, which lie at a depth of about 10 inches, in hard clayey soil, are usually embedded amongst stones".[2] It is endemic to South Africa's Northern and Western Cape provinces.[1][3]

Taxonomy

Consensus tree depicting the O. tomentosa alliance, including O. palmifrons.

The species is a member of the Oxalis tomentosa alliance, which includes O. oligophylla Salter, O. hygrophila Dreyer, O. tomentosa L., O. palmifrons Salter, and O. saltusbelli.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Suda, Jan; Krejčíková, Jana; Sudová, Radka; Oberlander, Kenneth C.; Dreyer, Léanne L. (2013-08-15). "Two new species of Oxalis (Oxalidaceae) from the Greater Cape Floristic Region". Phytotaxa. 124 (1): 13–24. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.124.1.2. ISSN 1179-3163.
  2. 1 2 3 Salter, T. M. (1936). "Plantae Novae Africanae series VII". Journal of South African Botany. 2: 145–169 – via Archive.org.
  3. 1 2 3 Dreyer, L. L.; Roets, F.; Oberlander, K. C. (2008). "Oxalis saltusbelli: A new Oxalis (Oxalidaceae) species from the Oorlogskloof Nature Reserve, Nieuwoudtville, South Africa". South African Journal of Botany. 75 (1): 110–116. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2008.08.004.
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