Orchidaceae

Disa P.J.Bergius

First published in Descr. Pl. Cap.: 348 (1767)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & S. Africa, W. Indian Ocean.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Réunion, Sierra Leone, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Bytebier, B., Bellstedt, D.U. & Linder, H.P. (2008). A new phylogeny-based sectional classification for the large African orchid genus Disa. Taxon 57: 1233-1251.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2001). Orchidoideae (Part 1). Genera Orchidacearum 2: 1-416. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 7: 275.
  • Pl. Cap. 348, t. 4, fig. 7 (1767)

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Descr. Pl. Cap.: 348 (1767).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Fl. Cap.: 348 (1767)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

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