Orchidaceae
Disa

Disa extinctoria Rchb.f.

First published in Flora 64: 328 (1881)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Limpopo to Eswatini. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Northern Provinces, Swaziland

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Johnson, S. & Bytebier, B. (2015). Orchids of South Africa. A field guide: 1-536. Struik nature, Cape Town, South Africa.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 14, 1978 Thorncroft, G. [s.n.] South Africa K000453900 Yes
Jul 14, 1978 Stewart, M.M. [318] Eswatini K000453901 Yes
Oct 28, 1876 Atherstone, W., G. [s.n.] South Africa K000077599 Type Yes
Galpin, E.E. [716] South Africa K000453898 Yes
Mudd, C. [s.n.] South Africa K000453899 Yes
Culven, W. [10] South Africa K000453897 Yes
Linder [769] South Africa K000453906 Yes
Dyce, J.S. [s.n.] South Africa K000453896 Yes
Bruce; Kies, L. [71] South Africa K000453902 Yes
Merwe, F.V.D., van der [275] South Africa K000453903 Yes
Rogers, F.A. [18087] South Africa K000453905 Yes
Galpin, E.E. [716] South Africa K000453904 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

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