Oxalis inaequalis

Oxalis inaequalis
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific 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

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]

See also

• List of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names

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.