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Scientific Name | Disa cochlearis S.D.Johnson & Liltved |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | ORCHIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Rare |
Assessment Date | 2006/06/19 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden, W.R. Liltved & J.E. Victor |
Justification | Discovered in 1997. Occurs in remote mountain ranges of the Little Karoo, only one site known. It has no recorded threats. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Elandsberg Mountains south-east of Laingsburg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Matjiesfontein Shale Renosterveld, Matjiesfontein Quartzite Fynbos |
Description | South-facing slope, at interface between shale and quartzite, soil sandy, rocky, in arid fynbos dominated by grasses, restios, and ericoid shrubs. |
Threats |
| The only known locality for this species is in a remote mountain range unimpacted by human disturbance and habitat destruction. The species flowers independent of fires (Linder and Kurzweil 1999). |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Disa cochlearis S.D.Johnson & Liltved | Critically Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Disa cochlearis S.D.Johnson & Liltved | VU D2 | Victor (2002) | | Disa cochlearis S.D.Johnson & Liltved | Vulnerable | Hilton-Taylor (1997) | |
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.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1997. Red Data List of southern African plants. 2. Corrections and additions. Bothalia 27(2):195-209.
Johnson, S.D. and Liltved, W.R. 1997. Disa cochlearis, a new orchid species from the Karoo region of South Africa. South African Journal of Botany 63(5):291-293.
Liltved, W.R. and Johnson, S.D. Unpublished. The Cape Orchids - Wild orchids of the Cape Floral Kingdom.
Linder, H.P. and Kurzweil, H. 1999. Orchids of southern Africa. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam.
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.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L., Liltved, W.R. & Victor, J.E. 2006. Disa cochlearis S.D.Johnson & Liltved. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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