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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Oxalidales |
| Family: | Oxalidaceae |
| Genus: | Oxalis |
| Species: | O. inaequalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Oxalis inaequalis Weintroub
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c "Oxalis inaequalis Weintroub". www.worldfloraonline.org. Retrieved 2021-03-24.
- ^ "Oxalis inaequalis Weintroub". Plants of the World Online. Kew Science. Retrieved 2021-03-24.
- ^ "Oxalis inaequalis". rhs.org.uk. Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 2021-03-24.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "South African Oxalis Five". pacificbulbsociety.org. Pacific Bulb Society. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 2021-03-24.
- ^ "Why Do We Say 'Unequal' but 'Inequality?'". www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 2021-03-24.
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