Blood Disa

Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Disa sanguinea Sond.
Higher Classification
Monocotyledons
Family
ORCHIDACEAE
Synonyms
Disa huttonii Rchb.f.
Common Names
Blood Disa (e)
National Status
Status and Criteria
Rare
Assessment Date
2005/09/02
Assessor(s)
J.E. Victor
Justification
A rare, high altitude species known from six disjunct subpopulations. Subpopulations consist of a few mature individuals each. It has no known threats.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal
Range
Amathole and Winterberg Mountains and Sani Pass.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Lesotho Highland Basalt Grassland, uKhahlamba Basalt Grassland, Amathole Montane Grassland
Description
Montane grasslands, in seasonally damp sites.
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Disa sanguinea Sond.Rare Raimondo et al. (2009)
Disa sanguinea Sond.Data Deficient Victor (2002)
Disa sanguinea Sond.Lower Risk - Least Concern Scott-Shaw (1999)
Disa sanguinea Sond.Insufficiently Known Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Disa sanguinea Sond.Uncertain Hall et al. (1980)
Bibliography

Hall, A.V., De Winter, M., De Winter, B. and Van Oosterhout, S.A.M. 1980. Threatened plants of southern Africa. South African National Scienctific Programmes Report 45. CSIR, Pretoria.


Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.


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.


Pooley, E. 2003. Mountain flowers: a field guide to the flora of the Drakensberg and Lesotho. Natal Flora Publications Trust, Durban.


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.


Scott-Shaw, C.R. 1999. Rare and threatened plants of KwaZulu-Natal and neighbouring regions. KwaZulu-Natal Nature Conservation Service, Pietermaritzburg.


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.


Victor, J.E. and Dold, A.P. 2003. Threatened plants of the Albany Centre of Floristic Endemism, South Africa. South African Journal of Science 99:437-446.


Citation
Victor, J.E. 2005. Disa sanguinea Sond. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14

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