Orchidaceae
Disa

Disa engleriana Kraenzl.

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 58 (1902)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tanzania to S. Tropical Africa. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaïre

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

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.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Kraenzl. in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 33: 58 (1902).
  • Schltr. in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 53: 539 (1915).
  • Summerh. in Kew Bulletin 17: 538 (1964).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 14, 2017 Bone, R.E.; Wightman, N.; Yokoya, K. [RB 432] Zambia K001635551 No
Richards, H.M. [12050] Zambia K:SPC-01844.000 No
Polhill, R.; Paulo, S. [1787] Tanzania K:SPC-03009.000 No
Richards, H.M. [8078] Zambia K:SPC-06655.000 No
Williamson, G. [281] Zambia K:SPC-33993.000 No
Holmes, W.D. [0211] Malawi K:SPC-26804.000 No
Osborne, J.; Banze, A.; Datizua, C.; Mamba, A.; Mucaleque, P.; Rachide, T.; Maoji, S.O. (guide) [JO1710] Mozambique K001346950 No
Bone, R.E.; Wightman, N.; Yokoya, K. [RB 432] Zambia K:SPC-78763.000 No
Holmes, W.D. [0211] Zambia K:SPC-36571.000 No
Richards, H.M. [15947] Zambia K:SPC-03008.000 No
Bullock, A.A. [2199] Zambia K:SPC-01849.000 No
Fanshawe, D.B. [2956] Zambia K:SPC-01847.000 No
Richards, H.M. [10850] Zambia K:SPC-01845.000 No
Richards, H.M. [10812] Zambia K:SPC-01846.000 No
Richards, H.M. [4045] Zambia K:SPC-01848.000 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/

  • 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