Oxalis canaliculata var. trifoliolata Dreyer, Roets & Oberlander, 2017
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.314.2.4 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/011F8780-FFB7-4211-FF66-FA90572EF97F |
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treatment provided by |
Felipe |
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scientific name |
Oxalis canaliculata var. trifoliolata Dreyer, Roets & Oberlander |
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var. nov. |
Oxalis canaliculata var. trifoliolata Dreyer, Roets & Oberlander View in CoL , var. nov.
This variety is identical to the typical variety except in consistently bearing only three leaflets per leaf. The entire above-ground plant body is glabrous, and the population appears to have only white flowers.
Type:— SOUTH AFRICA. Northern Cape Province, Richtersveld Conservancy, 10 km north of Eksteenfontein, 690 m, 16 June 2012, Oberlander, Roets & Dreyer 2012/06-41 (holotype NBG!)
Etymology:— The name of this variety refers to it consistently bearing only three leaflets per leaf.
Remarks:— It is currently known from only a single locality growing in clay with numerous scattered quartz pebbles in plains near the foot of the Stinkfontein mountains.
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South African National Biodiversity Institute |
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