Orchidaceae
Disa

Disa hircicornis Rchb.f.

First published in Otia Bot. Hamburg.: 105 (1881)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Demissew, S., Cribb, P. & Rasmussen, F. (2004). Field Guide to Ethiopian Orchids: 1-300. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hedberg, I., Friis, I. & Persson, E. (2009). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 1: 1-305. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 7: 283.
  • Otia Bot. Hamburg. 105 (1881)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 13, 2019 Wightman, N.; Kabinda, I.; Ngoma, N. [NcW105] Zambia K001417535 Yes
Dec 27, 1962 Stolz, A [2454] Tanzania K000077542 Holotype Yes
Dec 27, 1962 Stolz, A [2454] Tanzania K000077541 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1881 Kirk, J. [s.n.] Malawi K000077543 Holotype Yes
Tweedie [3650] Kenya K:SPC-06049.316 No
Phipps, J.B. [430] Zimbabwe K000384351 Yes
Richards, H.M. [17242] Zambia K:SPC-25319.000 No
Richards, H.M. [12442] Zambia K:SPC-18539.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [7979A] Tanzania K:SPC-00509.000 No
Robson, N.K.B. [1321] Malawi K:SPC-00510.000 No
Priest, C.D. [228771] Zimbabwe K000384358 Yes
Holmes, W.D. [079] Zambia K:SPC-20914.000 No
Richards, H.M. [17429] Zambia K:SPC-24852.000 No
Ball, J.S. [724] Zimbabwe K:SPC-25283.000 No
Richards, H.M. [15980] Zambia K:SPC-03752.000 No
Richards, H.M. [7320] Zambia K:SPC-20689.000 No
Greatrex, F.C. [26742] Zimbabwe K:SPC-20911.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [2992] Zambia K:SPC-24668.000 No
Bone, R.E. [360] Zambia K001418386 Yes
Saska, M. [88] Tanzania K:SPC-18528.000 No
Zambia K:SPC-33787.000 No
Bone, R.E.; Wightman, N.; Yokoya, K.; Bingham, M. [RB 449] Zambia K:SPC-78758.000 No
Robinson, E.A. [4126] Zambia K:SPC-18532.000 No
Greatrex, F.C. [26742] Zimbabwe K000384357 Yes
Richards, H.M. [14408] Malawi K:SPC-03751.000 No
Tweedie, E.M. [572] Kenya K:SPC-09416.000 No
Hall, A.V. [220] Zimbabwe K:SPC-25243.000 No
FM [75] K:SPC-64626.000 No
Richards, H.M. [7699] Tanzania K:SPC-18534.000 No
Maitland, T.D. [1781] Cameroon K000106536 Yes
Tweedie, E.M. [4045] K:SPC-33515.000 No
Bogdan, A. [10,189] Kenya K:SPC-20913.000 No
Richards, H.M. [15945] Zambia K:SPC-01834.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [3675] Zambia K:SPC-00508.000 No
Norlindh, T.; Weimarck, H. [4110] Zimbabwe K:SPC-09418.000 No
Polhill, R.; Paulo, S. [1565] Tanzania K:SPC-24904.000 No
Wild, H. [943] Zimbabwe K000384352 Yes
Watermeyer, A.M. [85] Tanzania K:SPC-20912.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [7979] Tanzania K:SPC-09417.000 No
Grosvenor, R.K. [781] Zimbabwe K000384354 Yes
Richards, H.M. [16976] Zambia K:SPC-25309.000 No
Richards, M. [22937] Tanzania K:SPC-31955.000 No
Gassner, A.; Cribb, P. [142] Malawi K:SPC-46490.000 No
Moll, E.J.; Smith, A.W.H. [511] Zimbabwe K000384355 Yes
Norlindh, N.T.; Weimarck, H. [4110] Zimbabwe K000384359 Yes
[Histop], G. [384] Zimbabwe K000384356 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [8308] Tanzania K:SPC-09419.000 No
Hall, A.V. [220] Zimbabwe K000384353 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [4112] Zambia K:SPC-18540.000 No
Richards, H.M. [4326] Zambia K:SPC-20688.000 No
Williamson, G. [655] Zambia Disa amblyopetala K:SPC-33729.000 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 West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical 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