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Disas
Disa
Disa is a genus of flowering plants in the family Orchidaceae. It comprises about 182 species. Most of the species are indigenous to tropical and southern Africa, with a few more in the Arabian Peninsula, Madagascar, and Réunion. Disa bracteata is naturalised in Western Australia, where the local name is "African weed-orchid."
The genus Disa was named by P.J. Bergius in 1767. It was named after Disa, the heroine of a Swedish legend.
19 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Monadisas
sectionMonadenia
True Disas
sectionDisa
Pipe Disas
sectionTrichochila
Cob Disas
sectionMicranthae
Longspur Disas
sectionStenocarpa
Bacon Disas
sectionRepandra
Wire Orchids
sectionSchizodium
Mini Disas
sectionDisella
Grassveld Disas
sectionEmarginata
Stripe Disas
sectionPhlebidia
Tropical Disas
sectionCoryphaea
Dragon Disas
sectionReticulibractea
Spotty Disas
sectionAtromaculiferae
Rose Disas
sectionPardoglossa
Keel Disas
sectionAconitoideae
Chinaflower Disas
sectionVaginaria
Spiral Disas
sectionSpirales
Ovalleaf Disas
sectionOvalifoliae
Cross Disas
sectionStenochila
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Jean Baptiste Audebert — Histoire naturelle des grimpereaux et des oiseaux de paradis (1802)
Jean Baptiste Audebert · 1802 · p.326
Jean Baptiste Audebert — Histoire naturelle des grimpereaux et des oiseaux de paradis (1802)
Jean Baptiste Audebert · 1802 · p.331
Jean Baptiste Audebert — Histoire naturelle des grimpereaux et des oiseaux de paradis (1802)
Jean Baptiste Audebert · 1802 · p.335
François Le Vaillant — Histoire naturelle des promerops et des guêpiers (1807)
François Le Vaillant · 1807 · p.140
Jean Jules Linden — Pescatorea: iconographie des orchidées (1860)
Jean Jules Linden · 1860 · p.81
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Disa in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 119236.