Biology:Oxalis bifida
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Short description: Species of plant
| Oxalis bifida | |
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| Flower of Oxalis bifida | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Oxalidales |
| Family: | Oxalidaceae |
| Genus: | Oxalis |
| Species: | O. bifida
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| 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 , Wikidata Q6087347
- ↑ "Oxalis bifida (Biffed Sorrel)" (in en). https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/120427-Oxalis-bifida.
- ↑ "Oxalis bifida Thunb." (in en). https://www.gbif.org/species/7924669.
- ↑ "Oxalis bifida Thunb. data - Encyclopedia of Life". https://eol.org/pages/5020622/data.
- ↑ "Threatened Species Programme | SANBI Red List of South African Plants". http://redlist.sanbi.org/species.php?species=1794-30.
- ↑ Oberlander, Kenneth Carl (March 2009). Molecular systematic study of Southern African Oxalis (Oxalidaceae) (Doctoral thesis). Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch.
- ↑ 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" (in en). South African Journal of Botany 75 (4): 807–815. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2009.08.004.
- ↑ Welcome, A.K.; Van Wyk, B.-E. (May 2019). "An inventory and analysis of the food plants of southern Africa" (in en). South African Journal of Botany 122: 136–179. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2018.11.003.
- ↑ Thunberg, Carl Peter; Hast, Herman Rudolph; Lundmark, J. D.. D.D. Oxalis : quam dissertatione botanica. Upsaliae: Apud Joh. Edman, Direct. et Reg. Acad. Typogr.. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/186862.
Wikidata ☰ Q18010153 entry
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