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Scientific Name | Disa staerkeriana McMurtry & Bytebier |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | ORCHIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Endangered D |
Assessment Date | 2015/07/02 |
Assessor(s) | B. Bytebier & L. von Staden |
Justification | A rare, range-restricted species known from a single subpopulation of 30 mature individuals. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Mpumalanga |
Range | Mount Anderson. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Long Tom Pass Montane Grassland |
Description | Steep south-east facing slope, in grassland among Black Reef quartzite boulders, 2160-2231 m. |
Threats |
| This species' habitat is an important mountain catchment area, as well as a hotspot of endemism for orchids. It is managed as a protected area by the Mpumalanga Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, and there are no immediate threats to this species. |
Population |
This species is currently known from a single subpopulation of about 30 mature individuals. Its habitat is a hotspot of orchid endemism, and it has been well explored by orchid experts, and this species has never been encountered before anywhere else in the area, and it is evidently a very rare species.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Disa staerkeriana McMurtry & Bytebier | CR D | 2015.1 | |
Bibliography |
McMurtry, D. and Bytebier, B. 2015. Disa staerkeriana (Orchidaceae): a new species from Mpumalanga, South Africa. Phytotaxa 203(2):192-198.
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Citation |
| Bytebier, B. & von Staden, L. 2015. Disa staerkeriana McMurtry & Bytebier. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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