Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Disa ecalcarata (G.J.Lewis) H.P.Linder
Higher Classification
Monocotyledons
Family
ORCHIDACEAE
Synonyms
Monadenia ecalcarata G.J.Lewis
National Status
Status and Criteria
Data Deficient - Insufficient Information
Assessment Date
2006/06/20
Assessor(s)
L. von Staden
Justification
Known from one plant collected in 1947, and never seen again. It is not known whether this is a good species, an incidental aberrant form or a hybrid.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Western Cape
Range
Cape Peninsula.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Fynbos
Description
Damp rocky north-facing slope, 450-600 m.
Population
Population trend
Unknown
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Disa ecalcarata (G.J.Lewis) H.P.LinderData Deficient Raimondo et al. (2009)
Disa ecalcarata (G.J.Lewis) H.P.LinderExtinct Victor (2002)
Monadenia ecalcarata G.J.LewisExtinct Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Monadenia ecalcarata G.J.LewisRare 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.


Helme, N.A. and Trinder-Smith, T.H. 2006. The endemic flora of the Cape Peninsula, South Africa. South African Journal of Botany 72(2):205-210.


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


Lewis, G.J. 1948. Plantae Novae Africanae. Journal of South African Botany 14:31-34.


Liltved, W.R. and Johnson, S.D. Unpublished.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


Linder, H.P. 1980. An annotated revision of the genus Schizochilus Sond. (Orchidaceae). Journal of South African Botany 46(4):379-434.


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.


Citation
von Staden, L. 2006. Disa ecalcarata (G.J.Lewis) H.P.Linder. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14

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