Orchidaceae
Disa

Disa aequiloba Summerh.

First published in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1927: 419 (1927)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SW. Tanzania to Angola. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, DR Congo, Tanzania, Zambia

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Summerh. in Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Kew 1927: 419 (1927).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 21, 2019 Bytebier, B. [3594] Zambia K001417583 No
Jan 21, 2019 Bytebier, B.; Wightman, N.; Llarena, F. [3569] Zambia K001417589 No
Jan 21, 2019 Bytebier, B. [3551] Zambia K001417601 No
Schaijes, M. [2794] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K:SPC-50374.000 No
Von Hirschberg, C.W. [177] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000077503 Type Yes
Williamson, G. [641] Zambia K:SPC-33147.000 No
Watermeyer, A.M. [21017] Tanzania K:SPC-18523.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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 2025. 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