Biology:Oxalis virginea
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Short description: Species of plant
| Oxalis virginea | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Oxalidales |
| Family: | Oxalidaceae |
| Genus: | Oxalis |
| Species: | O. virginea
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| Binomial name | |
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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]
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]
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References
- ↑ "Oxalis virginea (Virgin Sorrel)" (in en). https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/591299-Oxalis-virginea.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Registry-Migration.Gbif.Org (2019). Oxalis virginea Jacq.. GBIF Secretariat. doi:10.15468/39omei. https://www.gbif.org/species/3626740. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
- ↑ Jacquin, Nikolaus Joseph (1798). Plantarum rariorum horti caesarei Schoenbrunnensis descriptiones et icones. 3. Viennae: Apud C. F. Wappler. pp. 13. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/7667.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Salter, Terence Macleave (1944-11-01). "The genus Oxalis in South Africa". Journal of South African Botany 1: 1–355. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60223496.
- ↑ "Oxalis virginea Jacq." (in en). 2017. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:375528-1.
- ↑ "Oxalis virginea" (in en-gb). 2021. http://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/321615/i-Oxalis-virginea-i/Details.
- ↑ "Threatened Species Programme | SANBI Red List of South African Plants". 2006. http://redlist.sanbi.org/species.php?species=1794-350.
Wikidata ☰ Q18010337 entry
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