Orchidaceae
Disa

Disa robusta N.E.Br.

First published in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 282 (1898)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Central Tropical Africa. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burundi, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaïre

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

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.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • N.E. Br. in Flora of Tropical Africa 7: 282 (1898).
  • Schltr. in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 53: 541 (1915).
  • Summerh. in Kew Bulletin 17: 547 (1964).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dec 24, 1962 Busse, W. [819] Tanzania K000416011 Isotype Yes
Dec 24, 1962 Busse, W. [819] Tanzania K000416022 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jun 30, 1930 Busse, W. [1381] Malawi K000077555 Holotype Yes
Jan 1, 1898 Whyte, A. [347] Malawi K000077551 Holotype Yes
Jan 1, 1898 Whyte, A. [347] Malawi K000077549 Holotype Yes
Jan 1, 1898 Whyte, A. [s.n.] Malawi K000077552 Type Yes
Buchanan, J. [23] Malawi K000077554 Syntype Yes
Robson, N.K.B.; Fanshawe, D.B. [651] Malawi K:SPC-26793.000 No
Richards, H.M. [22625] Malawi K:SPC-25561.000 No
Jackson, G. [2102] Malawi K:SPC-33066.000 No
Richards, H.M. [7281] Tanzania K:SPC-01864.000 No
Bullock, A.A. [2242] Tanzania K:SPC-26385.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [8324] Tanzania K:SPC-03807.000 No
Richards, H.M. [14132] Tanzania K:SPC-26808.000 No
Whyte, A. [s.n.] Malawi K000077550 Syntype Yes
Richards, H.M. [17011] Tanzania K:SPC-25312.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [8361] Tanzania K:SPC-26807.000 No
Williamson, G. [120] Zambia K:SPC-17326.002 No
Ball, J.S. [790] Tanzania K:SPC-26806.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [8362] Tanzania K:SPC-03805.000 No
Richards, H.M. [10397] Malawi K:SPC-03747.000 No
Ball, J.S. [790] Tanzania Disa coccinea K:SPC-18526.000 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

    • 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