Oxalis bifida
| 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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| 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[edit]
A geophyte.[4]
Range[edit]
Endemic to the Western Cape of South Africa.[5]
Habitat[edit]
A shade loving plant.[6]
Ecology[edit]
Is susceptible to an anther-smut fungus (Thecaphora capensis).[7]
Uses[edit]
Edible.[8]
Etymology[edit]
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Taxonomy[edit]
Described by Carl Peter Thunberg in 1781.[9]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Carl Peter Thunberg (1794), Prodromus Plantarum Capensium (PDF) (in Latin), Wikidata Q6087347
- ^ "Oxalis bifida (Biffed Sorrel)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2021-10-01.
- ^ "Oxalis bifida Thunb". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
- ^ "Oxalis bifida Thunb. data - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2021-10-01.
- ^ "Threatened Species Programme | SANBI Red List of South African Plants". redlist.sanbi.org. Retrieved 2021-10-01.
- ^ 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". 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". 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.
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