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Wyvern Disa
Disa karooica
Disa karooica is a perennial plant and geophyte belonging to the genus Disa and is part of the fynbos and renosterveld. The plant is endemic to the Northern Cape and is found in Namaqualand and on the Roggeveld plateau. There are also isolated populations at Springbok, Kamiesberge and Sutherland. The species is considered rare and is threatened by overgrazing and crop cultivation in the Kamiesberg area.
== References ==
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 583984.