Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Disa aurata (Bolus) L.Parker & Koop.
Higher Classification
Monocotyledons
Family
ORCHIDACEAE
Synonyms
Disa tripetaloides (L.f.) N.E.Br. subsp. aurata (Bolus) H.P.Linder, Disa tripetaloides (L.f.) N.E.Br. var. aurata Bolus
National Status
Status and Criteria
Rare
Assessment Date
2006/05/18
Assessor(s)
B. Bytebier & J.E. Victor
Justification
A Langeberg endemic (EOO<500 km²) restricted to a specific habitat, perennial streams, this species has no significant threats.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Western Cape
Range
Langeberg Mountains.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Swellendam Silcrete Fynbos
Description
Restricted to southern slopes and perennial water courses along plateaus, 500-1000 m.
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Disa aurata (Bolus) L.Parker & Koop.Rare Raimondo et al. (2009)
Disa aurata (Bolus) L.Parker & Koop.Lower Risk - Least Concern Victor (2002)
Bibliography

Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2000. Cape Plants: A conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9. National Botanical Institute, Cape Town.


Liltved, W.R. and Johnson, S.D. Unpublished. The Cape Orchids - Wild orchids of the Cape Floral Kingdom.


Linder, H.P. 1981. Taxonomic studies in the Disinae. III. A revision of Disa Berg. excluding sect. Micranthae Lindl. Contributions from the Bolus Herbarium 9:1-370.


Linder, H.P. and Kurzweil, H. 1999. Orchids of southern Africa. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam.


Parker, L.T. and Koopowitz, H. 1993. Chloroplast DNA and the determination of species status in the Disa tripetaloides complex (Orchidaceae), and its relationship to three species Racemose, section Disa. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 21(8):799.


Raimondo, D., von Staden, L., Foden, W., Victor, J.E., Helme, N.A., Turner, R.C., Kamundi, D.A. and Manyama, P.A. 2009. Red List of South African Plants. Strelitzia 25. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.


Victor, J.E. 2002. South Africa. In: J.S. Golding (ed), Southern African plant Red Data Lists. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 14 (pp. 93-120), SABONET, Pretoria.


Citation
Bytebier, B. & Victor, J.E. 2006. Disa aurata (Bolus) L.Parker & Koop. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/17

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