Orchidaceae
Disa

Disa rungweensis Schltr.

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 543 (1915)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SW. Tanzania to Malawi, Mpumalanga. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Malawi, Northern Provinces, Tanzania

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.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Johnson, S. & Bytebier, B. (2015). Orchids of South Africa. A field guide: 1-536. Struik nature, Cape Town, South Africa.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Mansf. in F. Fedde, Repertorium Speciorum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis Beih. 68: t. 38/151 (1932).
  • Schltr. in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 53: 543 (1915).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 17, 1982 Croix, I.l.a. [326] Malawi K000283127 Yes
May 13, 1974 Williamson, G. [363] Malawi K000283128 Yes
Jan 1, 1915 Stolz, A. [2437] Tanzania K000077559 Type Yes
Zambia K:SPC-01800.056 No
Ball, J.S. [479] Mozambique K:SPC-20996.000 No
Richards, H.M. [14302] Tanzania K000283130 Yes
Pawek, J. [9113] Malawi K000283132 Yes
Thompson, G.W. [969] Tanzania K000283131 Yes
Richards, H.M. [14302] Tanzania K:SPC-03818.000 No
Thompson, G.W. [891] Tanzania K000283129 Yes

Sources

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    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 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 2024. 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 2024. 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