Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Disa cephalotes Rchb.f. subsp. frigida (Schltr.) H.P.Linder
Higher Classification
Monocotyledons
Family
ORCHIDACEAE
Synonyms
Disa frigida Schltr.
National Status
Status and Criteria
Rare
Assessment Date
2009/08/13
Assessor(s)
J.E. Victor
Justification
A high altitude habitat specialist known from six subpopulations. This subspecies has no recorded threats.
Distribution
Endemism
Not endemic to South Africa
Provincial distribution
KwaZulu-Natal
Range
Sehlabathebe to Mont-aux-Sources.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
uKhahlamba Basalt Grassland, Drakensberg Afroalpine Heathland
Description
Coarse basalt sand, in boggy soils, either in alpine grassland or high-altitude ericoid vegetation above 2500 m.
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Disa cephalotes Rchb.f. subsp. frigida (Schltr.) H.P.LinderRare Raimondo et al. (2009)
Disa cephalotes Rchb.f. subsp. frigida (Schltr.) H.P.LinderLower Risk - Least Concern Victor (2002)
Disa cephalotes Rchb.f. subsp. frigida (Schltr.) H.P.LinderLower Risk - Least Concern Scott-Shaw (1999)
Disa cephalotes Rchb.f. subsp. frigida (Schltr.) H.P.LinderRare Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Disa frigida Schltr.Rare 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.


Citation
Victor, J.E. 2009. Disa cephalotes Rchb.f. subsp. frigida (Schltr.) H.P.Linder. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14

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