Oxalis inaequalis

Oxalis inaequalis is a bulb-forming species of flowering plant in the wood sorrel family.[2] It is native to South Africa's Cape Provinces.[3][4] Each plant produces a rosette of up to 70 succulent leaves, which occasionally produce aerial bulbs.[2][5] The flowers are yellow and copper-coloured.[2] The sepals are of unequal sizes, hence the specific epithet "inaequalis", which is Latin for "unequal".[6][7]

Oxalis inaequalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Oxalidales
Family: Oxalidaceae
Genus: Oxalis
Species:
O. inaequalis
Binomial name
Oxalis inaequalis
Weintroub

See also

References
  1. Dreyer, L. L.; Oberlander, K. C. (2008). "Oxalis inaequalis Weintroub. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2020.1". redlist.sanbi.org. South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI). Retrieved 2021-04-02.
  2. "Oxalis inaequalis Weintroub". www.worldfloraonline.org. Retrieved 2021-03-24.
  3. "Oxalis inaequalis Weintroub". Plants of the World Online. Kew Science. Retrieved 2021-03-24.
  4. "Oxalis inaequalis". rhs.org.uk. Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 2021-03-24.
  5. Oberlander, K. C.; Emshwiller, E.; Bellstedt, D. U.; Dreyer, L. L. (2009-04-01). "A model of bulb evolution in the eudicot genus Oxalis (Oxalidaceae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. Origins and Evolution of a Biodiversity Hotspot, the Biota of the African Cape Floristic Region. 51 (1): 54–63. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2008.11.022. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 19070669.
  6. "South African Oxalis Five". pacificbulbsociety.org. Pacific Bulb Society. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 2021-03-24.
  7. "Why Do We Say 'Unequal' but 'Inequality?'". www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 2021-03-24.



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