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Tong Disa
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Tong Disa

Disa forcipata

Disa forcipata was a perennial plant and geophyte belonging to the genus Disa and was part of the fynbos. The plant was endemic to the Western Cape and occurred at Knysna. The plant is considered extinct. One species of the plant was discovered in the Knysna area in 1870. The plant was never seen again after that.

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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 583972.