Disa (plant)

Disa
Disa cardinalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Orchideae
Subtribe: Disinae
Genus: Disa
P.J.Bergius 1767
Species

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Synonyms
  • Repandra Lindl.
  • Penthea Lindl.
  • Forficaria Lindl.
  • Gamaria Raf.
  • Herschelia Lindl.
  • Monadenia Lindl.
  • Schizodium Lindl.
  • Orthopenthea Rolfe in W.H.Harvey
  • Amphigena Rolfe in W.H.Harvey
  • Herschelianthe Rauschert
  • × Herscheliodisa H.P.Linder

Disa is a genus of flowering plants in the family Orchidaceae. It comprises about 182 species.[1][2] Most of the species are indigenous to tropical and southern Africa, with a few more in the Arabian Peninsula, Madagascar, and Réunion.[3] Disa bracteata is naturalised in Western Australia, where the local name is "African weed-orchid."[4]

The genus Disa was named by P.J. Bergius in 1767.[5][6] It was named after Disa, the heroine of a Swedish legend.[7]

  1. ^ Mark W. Chase; Kenneth M. Cameron; John V. Freudenstein; Alec M. Pridgeon; Gerardo A. Salazar; Cássio van den Berg; André Schuiteman (2015). "An updated classification of Orchidaceae". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 177 (2): 151–174. doi:10.1111/boj.12234.
  2. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ^ Hans Peter Linder and Hubert Kurzweil. 1999. Orchids of Southern Africa. 504 pages. A. A. Balkema. ISBN 978-90-5410-445-2.
  4. ^ Weeds Australia, Weed Identification, African weed-orchid, Disa bracteata Archived May 17, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Disa Query Results". International Plant Names Index.
  6. ^ Peter Jonas Bergius. 1767. Descriptiones Plantarum ex Capite Bonae Spei: 348. (See External links below).
  7. ^ Umberto Quattrocchi. 2000. CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names volume II. CRC Press: Boca Raton; New York; Washington,DC;, USA. London, UK. ISBN 978-0-8493-2676-9 (vol. II). (see External links below).