Oxalis bifida explained

Oxalis bifida is a species of plant.^[1] The species was originally described by Carl Peter Thunberg in 1794^[2]

Description

A geophyte.^[3]

Range

Endemic to the Western Cape of South Africa.^[4]

Habitat

A shade loving plant.^[5]

Ecology

Is susceptible to an anther-smut fungus (Thecaphora capensis).^[6]

Uses

Edible.^[7]

Taxonomy

Described by Carl Peter Thunberg in 1781.^[8]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Oxalis bifida (Biffed Sorrel) . iNaturalist . 2021-10-01 . en.
2. Web site: Oxalis bifida Thunb.. 2021-10-02. www.gbif.org. en.
3. Web site: Oxalis bifida Thunb. data - Encyclopedia of Life. 2021-10-01. eol.org.
4. Web site: Threatened Species Programme SANBI Red List of South African Plants. 2021-10-01. redlist.sanbi.org.
5. Molecular systematic study of Southern African Oxalis (Oxalidaceae). Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch. March 2009. Doctoral. en. Kenneth Carl. Oberlander.
6. 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. en. 75. 4. 807–815. 10.1016/j.sajb.2009.08.004. free.
7. 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. en. 122. 136–179. 10.1016/j.sajb.2018.11.003. free.
8. Book: Thunberg. Carl Peter. D.D. Oxalis : quam dissertatione botanica. Hast. Herman Rudolph. Lundmark. J. D.. Apud Joh. Edman, Direct. et Reg. Acad. Typogr.. Upsaliae.