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The genus Disa is in the family Orchidaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Disa

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Disa aconitoides Sond.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	2
Disa aequiloba Summerh.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa albomagentea E.G.H.Oliv. & Liltved	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa alinae Szlach.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa alticola H.P.Linder	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa amoena H.P.Linder	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa andringitrana Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa aperta N.E.Br.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa arida Vlok	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa aristata H.P.Linder	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa atricapilla (Harv. ex Lindl.) Bolus	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa atrorubens Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa aurata (Bolus) L.T.Parker & Koop.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa barbata (L.f.) Sw.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa basutorum Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa baurii Bolus	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa begleyi L.Bolus	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa bifida (Thunb.) Sw.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa biflora (L.) Druce	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa bivalvata (L.f.) T.Durand & Schinz	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa bodkinii Bolus	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa bolusiana Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa borbonica Balf.f. & S.Moore	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa brachyceras Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa bracteata Sw.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa × brendae H.P.Linder	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa brevicornis (Lindl.) Bolus	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa brevipetala H.P.Linder	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa buchenaviana Kraenzl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa caffra Bolus	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa cardinalis H.P.Linder	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa caulescens Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa cedarbergensis H.P.Linder	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa celata Summerh.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa cephalotes Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Disa cernua (Thunb.) Sw.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa chimanimaniensis (H.P.Linder) H.P.Linder	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa chrysostachya Sw.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa clavicornis H.P.Linder	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa cochlearis S.D.Johnson & Liltved	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa comosa (Rchb.f.) Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa conferta Bolus	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa cooperi Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa cornuta (L.) Sw.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa crassicornis Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa cryptantha Summerh.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa cylindrica (Thunb.) Sw.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa danielae Geerinck	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa densiflora (Lindl.) Bolus	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa dichroa Summerh.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa dracomontana Schelpe ex H.P.Linder	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa draconis (L.f.) Sw.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa ecalcarata (G.J.Lewis) H.P.Linder	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa elegans Sond. ex Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa eminii Kraenzl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa engleriana Kraenzl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa equestris Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa erubescens Rendle	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Disa esterhuyseniae Schelpe ex H.P.Linder	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa extinctoria Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa facula P.J.Cribb, C.Herrm. & Sebsebe	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa fasciata Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa ferruginea Sw.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa filicornis (L.f.) Thunb.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa flexuosa (L.) Sw.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa forcipata Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa forficaria Bolus	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa fragrans Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Disa galpinii Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa gladioliflora Burch. ex Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Disa glandulosa Burch. ex Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa graminifolia Ker Gawl. ex Spreng.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa hallackii Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa harveyana Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa helenae Buscal. & Schltr.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa hians (L.f.) Spreng.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa hircicornis Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa incarnata Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa inflexa (Lindl.) Mundt ex Bolus	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa intermedia H.P.Linder	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa introrsa Kurzweil, Liltved & H.P.Linder	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa karooica S.D.Johnson & H.P.Linder	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa katangensis De Wild.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa × kewensis W.Watson	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa × langleyensis auct.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa linderiana Bytebier & E.G.H.Oliv.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa lineata Bolus	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa lisowskii Szlach.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa longicornu L.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa longifolia Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa longilabris Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa longipetala (Lindl.) Bolus	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa lugens Bolus	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Disa macroglottis Sond. ex Drège	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Disa macrostachya (Lindl.) Bolus	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa maculata L.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa × maculomarronina McMurtry	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa marlothii Bolus	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa micropetala Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa miniata Summerh.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa minor (Sond.) Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa montana Sond.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa multifida Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa neglecta Sond.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa nervosa Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa nervosa hort.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Disa newdigateae L.Bolus	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa nigerica Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa nivea H.P.Linder	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa nubigena H.P.Linder	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa × nuwebergensis H.P.Linder	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa nyikensis H.P.Linder	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa obliqua (Lindl.) Bolus	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Disa obtusa Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Disa ocellata Bolus	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa ochrostachya Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa oligantha Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa ophrydea (Lindl.) Bolus	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa oreophila Bolus	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa ornithantha Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa ovalifolia Sond.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa × paludicola J.L.Stewart & J.C.Manning	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa × paludicola J. Stewart & J. C. Manning	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Disa papilio T. Durand & Schinz	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Disa patula Sond.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Disa perplexa H.P.Linder	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa physodes Sw.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa pillansii L.Bolus	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa polygonoides Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa porrecta Sw.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa praecox (H.P.Linder) H.P.Linder	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa procera H.P.Linder	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa pulchella Hochst. ex A.Rich.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa pulchra Sond.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa purpurascens Bolus	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa pygmaea Bolus	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa racemosa L.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa remota H.P.Linder	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa renziana Szlach.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa reticulata Bolus	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa rhodantha Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa rhodesica Kraenzl.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Disa richardiana Lem. ex Bolus	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa richardiana Lem. ex Lindl.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Disa robusta N.E.Br.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa roeperocharoides Kraenzl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa rosea Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa rufescens (Thunb.) Sw.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa rungweensis Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa sabulosa Bolus	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa sagittalis (L.f.) Sw.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa salteri G.J.Lewis	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa sanguinea Sond.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa sankeyi Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa satyriopsis Kraenzl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa saxicola Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa schizodioides Sond.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa schlechteriana Bolus	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa scullyi Bolus	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa scutellifera A.Rich.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa similis Summerh.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa spathulata (L.f.) Sw.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Disa stachyoides Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa stairsii Kraenzl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa stricta Sond.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa subtenuicornis H.P.Linder	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa telipogonis Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa tenella (L.f.) Sw.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa tenuicornis Bolus	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa tenuifolia Sw.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa tenuis Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa thodei Schltr. ex Kraenzl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa triloba Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa tripetaloides (L.f.) N.E.Br.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa tysonii Bolus	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa ukingensis Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa uncinata Bolus	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa uniflora P.J.Bergius	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa vaginata Harv. ex Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa vasselotii Bolus ex Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa × veitchii auct.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa venosa Sw.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa venusta Bolus	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa verdickii De Wild.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa versicolor Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa vigilans McMurtry & T.J.Edwards	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa virginalis H.P.Linder	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa × vogelpoelii (H.P.Linder) Bytebier	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa walleri Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa walteri Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa welwitschii Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Disa woodii Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa zimbabweensis H.P.Linder	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa zombica N.E.Br.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Disa zuluensis Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 475 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Disa. Of these 185 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 50 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Disa. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 475 species names for the genus Disa recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	185	38.9%
◕	Synonym	280	58.9%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	10	2.1%

All names

The status of the 525 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Disa recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	197	37.5%
◕	Synonym	318	60.6%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	10	1.9%

Of the species names,

• 4 are recorded as invalid
• 20 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 475 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Disa, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	185	273	0	0	458	96.4%
	Medium confidence	0	7	0	0	7	1.5%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	10	10	2.1%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Disa is as follows: