Flowering plants in the order Oxalidales recorded from South Africa
Oxalidales is anorder offlowering plants , included within therosid subgroup ofeudicots . Compound leaves are common in Oxalidales and the majority of thespecies in this order have five or six sepals and petals.[ 1]
Theanthophytes are a grouping of plant taxa bearing flower-like reproductive structures. They were formerly thought to be aclade comprising plants bearing flower-like structures. The group contained theangiosperms - the extant flowering plants, such asroses andgrasses - as well as theGnetales and the extinctBennettitales .[ 2]
23,420 species of vascular plant have been recorded in South Africa, making it the sixth most species-rich country in the world and the most species-rich country on the African continent. Of these, 153 species are considered to be threatened.[ 3] biomes have been described in South Africa:Fynbos , SucculentKaroo ,desert ,Nama Karoo ,grassland ,savanna ,Albany thickets , theIndian Ocean coastal belt , andforests .[ 4]
The 2018South African National Biodiversity Institute 'sNational Biodiversity Assessment plant checklist lists 35,130 taxa in the phylaAnthocerotophyta (hornworts (6)),Anthophyta (flowering plants (33534)),Bryophyta (mosses (685)),Cycadophyta (cycads (42)),Lycopodiophyta (Lycophytes(45)),Marchantiophyta (liverworts (376)),Pinophyta (conifers (33)), andPteridophyta (cryptogams (408)).[ 5]
Fourfamilies are represented in the literature. Listedtaxa includespecies ,subspecies ,varieties , andforms as recorded, some of which have subsequently been allocated to other taxa assynonyms , in which cases the accepted taxon is appended to the listing. Multiple entries under alternative names reflecttaxonomic revision over time.
Family:Connaraceae ,[ 5]
GenusCnestis [ 5]
Family:Cunoniaceae ,[ 5]
GenusCunonia [ 5]
GenusPlatylophus [ 5]
Family:Elaeocarpaceae [ 5]
GenusElaeocarpus [ 5]
Family:Oxalidaceae ,[ 5]
GenusOxalis [ 5]
Oxalis adenodes Oxalis adspersa Oxalis albiuscula Oxalis algoensis Oxalis ambigua Oxalis amblyodonta Oxalis amblyosepala Oxalis annae Oxalis anomala Oxalis argillacea Oxalis argyrophylla Oxalis aridicola Oxalis attaquana Oxalis aurea Oxalis ausensis Oxalis beneprotecta Oxalis bifida Oxalis bifurca Oxalis bifurca Lodd. var.angustiloba Sond. endemicOxalis bifurca Lodd. var.bifurca ,endemicOxalis blastorrhiza Oxalis bowiei Oxalis burkei Oxalis burtoniae Oxalis callimarginata Oxalis goniorrhiza Oxalis callosa Oxalis callosa R.Knuth var.callosa ,endemicOxalis callosa R.Knuth var.minor T.M.Salter, endemicOxalis calvinensis Oxalis camelopardalis Oxalis campicola Oxalis campylorhiza Oxalis capillacea Oxalis caprina Oxalis cathara Oxalis ciliaris Oxalis ciliaris Jacq. var.ciliaris ,endemicOxalis ciliaris Jacq. var.pageae (L.Bolus) T.M.Salter, endemicOxalis clavifolia Oxalis commutata Oxalis commutata Sond. var.commutata ,endemicOxalis commutata Sond. var.concolor T.M.Salter, endemicOxalis commutata Sond. var.montana T.M.Salter, endemicOxalis comosa Oxalis compressa Oxalis compressa L.f. var.compressa ,endemicOxalis compressa L.f. var.purpurascens T.M.Salter, endemicOxalis comptonii Oxalis confertifolia Oxalis confertifolia confertifolia ,endemicOxalis convexula Oxalis copiosa Oxalis corniculata Oxalis creaseyi Oxalis crispula Oxalis crocea Oxalis cuneata Oxalis davyana Oxalis densa Oxalis dentata Oxalis livida altior T.M.Salter, presentOxalis depressa Oxalis deserticola Oxalis dichotoma Oxalis dilatata Oxalis dines Oxalis disticha Oxalis dregei Oxalis droseroides Oxalis duriuscula Oxalis ebracteata Oxalis eckloniana Oxalis eckloniana C.Presl var.eckloniana ,endemicOxalis eckloniana C.Presl var.hopefieldiana R.Knuth, endemicOxalis eckloniana C.Presl var.montigena (Schltr.) R.Knuth, endemicOxalis eckloniana C.Presl var.robusta T.M.Salter, endemicOxalis eckloniana C.Presl var.sonderi T.M.Salter, endemicOxalis engleriana Oxalis ericifolia Oxalis exserta Oxalis extensa Oxalis fabifolia Oxalis flava fabifolia (Jacq.) Dreyer & Oberl. endemicOxalis falcatula Oxalis fergusonae Oxalis fibrosa Oxalis flava Oxalis flava L. var.fabifolia (Jacq.) Dreyer & Oberl. endemicOxalis flava L. var.flava ,endemicOxalis flava L. var.unifoliolata Dreyer & Oberl. endemicOxalis flaviuscula Oxalis flaviuscula T.M.Salter var.flaviuscula ,endemicOxalis flaviuscula T.M.Salter var.longifolia T.M.Salter, endemicOxalis fourcadei Oxalis foveolata Oxalis fragilis Oxalis fragilis T.M.Salter var.fragilis ,endemicOxalis fragilis T.M.Salter var.pellucida T.M.Salter, endemicOxalis furcillata Oxalis furcillata T.M.Salter var.caulescens T.M.Salter, endemicOxalis furcillata T.M.Salter var.furcillata ,endemicOxalis giftbergensis Oxalis glabra Oxalis goniorrhiza Oxalis gracilipes Oxalis gracilis Oxalis gracilis Jacq. var.gracilis ,endemicOxalis gracilis Jacq. var.lilacea T.M.Salter, endemicOxalis gracilis Jacq. var.purpurea T.M.Salter, endemicOxalis grammopetala Oxalis grammophylla Oxalis haedulipes Oxalis heidelbergensis Oxalis helicoides Oxalis helicoides T.M.Salter var.alba T.M.Salter, endemicOxalis helicoides T.M.Salter var.helicoides ,endemicOxalis heterophylla Oxalis hirsuta Oxalis hirta Oxalis hirta L. var.canescens R.Knuth, endemicOxalis hirta L. var.hirta ,endemicOxalis hirta L. var.intermedia T.M.Salter, endemicOxalis hirta L. var.polioeides T.M.Salter, endemicOxalis hirta L. var.secunda (Jacq.) T.M.Salter, endemicOxalis hirta L. var.tenuicaulis R.Knuth, endemicOxalis hirta L. var.tubiflora (Jacq.) T.M.Salter, endemicOxalis hygrophila Oxalis imbricata Oxalis imbricata Eckl. & Zeyh. var.cuneifolia T.M.Salter, endemicOxalis imbricata Eckl. & Zeyh. var.imbricata ,endemicOxalis imbricata Eckl. & Zeyh. var.violacea R.Knuth, endemicOxalis inaequalis Oxalis incarnata Oxalis inconspicua Oxalis involuta Oxalis ioeides Oxalis kamiesbergensis Oxalis knuthiana Oxalis lanata Oxalis lanata L.f. var.lanata ,endemicOxalis lanata L.f. var.rosea T.M.Salter, endemicOxalis lasiorrhiza Oxalis lateriflora Oxalis livida altior T.M.Salter, presentOxalis latifolia Oxalis lawsonii Oxalis laxicaulis Oxalis leipoldtii Oxalis leptocalyx Oxalis leptogramma Oxalis levis Oxalis lichenoides Oxalis lindaviana Oxalis linearis Oxalis lineolata Oxalis livida Oxalis livida Jacq. var.altior T.M.Salter, endemicOxalis livida Jacq. var.livida ,endemicOxalis louisae Oxalis luteola Oxalis macra Oxalis marlothii Oxalis massoniana Oxalis massoniana T.M.Salter var.flavescens T.M.Salter, endemicOxalis massoniana T.M.Salter var.massoniana ,endemicOxalis meisneri Oxalis melanograpta Oxalis melanosticta Oxalis melanosticta latifolia T.M.Salter, endemicOxalis melanosticta melanosticta ,endemicOxalis microdonta Oxalis minuta Oxalis monophylla Oxalis monophylla L. var.minor T.M.Salter, endemicOxalis monophylla L. var.monophylla ,endemicOxalis monophylla L. var.rotundifolia T.M.Salter, endemicOxalis monophylla L. var.stenophylla (Meisn.) Sond. endemicOxalis multicaulis Oxalis multicaulis Eckl. & Zeyh. var.multicaulis ,endemicOxalis multicaulis Eckl. & Zeyh. var.stolonifera T.M.Salter, endemicOxalis namaquana Oxalis natans Oxalis nidulans Oxalis nidulans Eckl. & Zeyh. var.denticulata (Wolley-Dod) T.M.Salter, endemicOxalis nidulans Eckl. & Zeyh. var.nidulans ,endemicOxalis nivea Oxalis nortieri Oxalis obliquifolia Oxalis obtusa Oxalis oculifera Oxalis odorata Oxalis oligophylla Oxalis orbicularis Oxalis oreithala Oxalis oreophila Oxalis orthopoda Oxalis pallens Oxalis palmifrons Oxalis pardalis Oxalis pendulifolia Oxalis perineson Oxalis pes-caprae Oxalis pes-caprae L. var.pes-caprae , indigenousOxalis pes-caprae L. var.sericea (L.f.) T.M.Salter, indigenousOxalis petiolulata Oxalis petraea Oxalis petricola Oxalis phloxidiflora Oxalis pillansiana Oxalis pocockiae Oxalis polyphylla Oxalis polyphylla Jacq. var.alba T.M.Salter, endemicOxalis polyphylla Jacq. var.heptaphylla T.M.Salter, endemicOxalis polyphylla Jacq. var.minor T.M.Salter, endemicOxalis polyphylla Jacq. var.pentaphylla (Sims) T.M.Salter, endemicOxalis polyphylla Jacq. var.polyphylla ,endemicOxalis polyphylla Jacq. var.pubescens Sond. endemicOxalis porphyriosiphon Oxalis primuloides Oxalis psammophila Oxalis pseudohirta Oxalis psilopoda Oxalis pulchella Oxalis pulchella Jacq. var.glauca T.M.Salter, endemicOxalis pulchella Jacq. var.leucotricha (Turcz.) T.M.Salter, endemicOxalis pulchella Jacq. var.pulchella ,indigenousOxalis pulchella Jacq. var.tomentosa Sond. indigenousOxalis pulvinata Oxalis punctata Oxalis purpurata Oxalis purpurea Oxalis pusilla Oxalis reclinata Oxalis reclinata Jacq. var.micromera (Sond.) T.M.Salter, endemicOxalis reclinata Jacq. var.quinata T.M.Salter, endemicOxalis reclinata Jacq. var.reclinata ,endemicOxalis recticaulis Oxalis reflexa Oxalis rhomboidea Oxalis robinsonii Oxalis rosettifolia Oxalis rubricallosa Oxalis rubro-punctata Oxalis salteri Oxalis saltusbelli Oxalis semiloba Oxalis semiloba Sond. subsp.semiloba ,indigenousOxalis senecta Oxalis setosa Oxalis simplex Oxalis smithiana Oxalis sonderiana Oxalis sororia Oxalis recticaulis Oxalis stellata Oxalis stellata Eckl. & Zeyh. var.glandulosa T.M.Salter, endemicOxalis stellata Eckl. & Zeyh. var.gracilior T.M.Salter, endemicOxalis stellata Eckl. & Zeyh. var.montaguensis T.M.Salter, endemicOxalis stellata Eckl. & Zeyh. var.stellata ,endemicOxalis stenopetala Oxalis stenoptera Oxalis stenoptera Turcz. var.alba T.M.Salter, endemicOxalis stenoptera Turcz. var.stenoptera ,endemicOxalis stenoptera Turcz. var.undulata ,endemicOxalis stenorrhyncha Oxalis stictocheila Oxalis stokoei Oxalis strigosa Oxalis suavis Oxalis subsessilis Oxalis suteroides Oxalis tenella Oxalis tenuifolia Oxalis tenuipes Oxalis tenuipes T.M.Salter var.biapiculata T.M.Salter, endemicOxalis tenuipes T.M.Salter var.tenuipes ,endemicOxalis tenuis Oxalis tomentosa Oxalis tragopoda Oxalis truncatula Oxalis tysonii Oxalis uliginosa Oxalis urbaniana Oxalis goniorrhiza Oxalis variifolia Oxalis versicolor Oxalis versicolor L. var.flaviflora Sond. endemicOxalis versicolor L. var.latifolia Wolley-Dod, endemicOxalis versicolor L. var.versicolor ,endemicOxalis virginea Oxalis viscidula Oxalis viscosa Oxalis xantha Oxalis zeekoevleyensis Oxalis zeyheri
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