FZ.17. Disa P.J. Bergius

HERSCHELIA Lindl.

HERSCHELIANTHE Rauschert

MONADENIA Lindl.

Description of the genus

Terrestrial herbs with tubers. Sterile shoots present or 0. Inflorescence a raceme. Flowers usually red or white, less often blue, yellow or green. Spur formed from the dorsal sepal, not from the lip or lateral sepals. Petals free from the dorsal sepal; lip without a spur. Anther erect or horizontal.

Derivation of name: possibly named after Queen Disa, of Swedish legend

Worldwide: c.160 species, widespread in Africa and Madagascar; also Yemen and RĂ©union Island.

Mozambique: 17 taxa.

Disa fragrans subsp. fragrans

Links to taxa:     View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus

SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
aconitoides Sond. subsp. concinna (N.E. Br.) H.P. LinderMSDescription, Image
baurii BolusMS,MDescription, Image
chimanimaniensis (H.P. Linder) H.P. Linder[NrEnd][LR-nt]MSDescription
equestris Rchb. f.NDescription, Image
erubescens Rendle subsp. carsonii (N.E. Br.) H.P. LinderNDescription, Image
erubescens Rendle subsp. erubescens N,Z,MS?Description, Image
fragrans Schltr. subsp. fragrans MSDescription, Image
hircicornis Rchb. f.ZDescription, Image
miniata Summerh.Z
ornithantha Schltr.MSDescription, Image
polygonoides Lindl.GI
saxicola Schltr.N,MS?Description, Image
versicolor Rchb. f.MSDescription, Image
welwitschii Rchb. f. subsp. welwitschii N,ZDescription, Image
woodii Schltr.MDescription, Image
zimbabweensis H.P. Linder[NrEnd?]MSDescription, Image
zombica N.E. Br.MSDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Disa:

Our websites:

Flora of Burundi: Disa
Flora of the DRC: Disa
Flora of Malawi: Disa
Flora of Rwanda: Disa
Flora of Zambia: Disa
Flora of Zimbabwe: Disa

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Disa
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Disa
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Disa
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Disa
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Disa
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Disa
JSTOR Plant Science: Disa
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Disa
Plants of the World Online: Disa
Tropicos: Disa
Wikipedia: Disa

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Mozambique: Genus page: Disa.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=417, retrieved 24 November 2024

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