Disa

Genus: Disa

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Asparagales > Family: Orchidaceae

About 162 species (Africa, Arabian Peninsula, Madagascar and Mascarene Islands), with 149 species native to southern Africa.

Species native to southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI), Flora of Zimbabwe and Flora of Mozambique.

Disa aconitoides
Disa alticola
Disa amoena
Disa arida
Disa aristata
Disa atricapilla
Disa atrorubens
Disa aurata
Disa barbata
Disa bifida [= Schizodium bifidum]
Disa basutorum
Disa baurii
Disa begleyi
Disa bivalvata
Disa bodkinii
Disa bolusiana
Disa brachyceras
Disa bracteata
Disa brevicornis
Disa brevipetala
Disa caffra
Disa cardinalis
Disa caulescens
Disa cedarbergensis
Disa cephalotes
Disa cernua
Disa chrysostachya
Disa chimanimaniensis Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique. See Flora of Zimbabwe.
Disa clavicornis
Disa cochlearis
Disa comosa
Disa conferta
Disa cooperi
Disa cornuta
Disa crassicornis
Disa cylindrica
Disa densiflora
Disa dracomontana
Disa draconis
Disa ecalcarata
Disa elegans
Disa equestris
Disa erubescens Recorded from Zimbabwe.
Disa esterhuyseniae
Disa extinctoria
Disa fasciata
Disa ferruginea
Disa filicornis
Disa flexuosa [= Schizodium flexuosum]
Disa forcipata
Disa forficaria
Disa fragrans
Disa galpinii
Disa gladioliflora
Disa glandulosa
Disa graminifolia
Disa hallackii
Disa harveiana
Disa hians
Disa hircicornis
Disa inflexa [= Schizodium inflexum]
Disa intermedia
Disa introrsa
Disa karooica
Disa linderiana
Disa lineata
Disa longicornu
Disa longifolia
Disa longipetala [= Schizodium longipetalum]
Disa lugens
Disa macrostachya
Disa maculata [= Schizodium maculatum]
Disa maculomarronina
Disa marlothii
Disa micropetala
Disa miniata Recorded from Zimbabwe.
Disa minor
Disa montana
Disa multifida
Disa neglecta
Disa nervosa
Disa newdigateae
Disa nivea
Disa nubigena
Disa obliqua [= Schizodium obliquum]
Disa obtusa
Disa ocellata
Disa ochrostachya Recorded from Zimbabwe.
Disa oligantha
Disa ophrydea
Disa oreophila
Disa ornithantha Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
Disa ovalifolia
Disa patula
Disa perplexa Recorded from Zimbabwe.
Disa physodes
Disa pillansii
Disa polygonoides
Disa porrecta
Disa pulchra
Disa purpurascens
Disa pygmaea
Disa racemosa
Disa remota
Disa reticulata
Disa rhodantha
Disa richardiana
Disa rosea
Disa rufescens
Disa sabulosa
Disa sagittalis
Disa salteri
Disa sanguinea
Disa sankeyi
Disa satyrioides [= Schizodium satyrioides]
Disa saxicola
Disa schizodioides
Disa schlechteriana
Disa scullyi
Disa similis
Disa spathulata
Disa spathulata
Disa stachyoides
Disa stricta
Disa subtenuicornis
Disa telipogonis
Disa tenella
Disa tenuicornis
Disa tenuifolia
Disa tenuis
Disa thodei
Disa triloba
Disa tripetaloides
Disa tysonii
Disa uncinata
Disa uniflora
Disa vaginata
Disa vasselotii
Disa venosa
Disa venusta
Disa versicolor
Disa vigilans
Disa virginalis
Disa walleri See Flora of Zimbabwe.
Disa welwitschii
Disa woodii
Disa zimbabweensis
Disa zuluensis
Disa zombica Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique.

Publications

Johnson, S.D., Linder, H.P. and Steiner, K.E. 1998. Phylogeny and radiation of pollination systems in Disa (Orchidaceae). Am. J. Bot. 85, 402–411.
Johnson, S.D. and Steiner, K.E. 1997. Long-tongued fly pollination and evolution of floral spur length in the Disa draconis complex (Orchidaceae). Evolution 51, 45–53.