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Scientific Name | Disa forcipata Schltr. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | ORCHIDACEAE |
Synonyms | Herschelia forcipata (Schltr.) Kraenzl., Herschelianthe forcipata (Schltr.) Rauschert |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Extinct |
Assessment Date | 2006/05/18 |
Assessor(s) | W.R. Liltved, S.D. Johnson, B. Bytebier & J.E. Victor |
Justification | Known from a single specimen collected in 1870. The site of the collection was not given, but it is believed to have come from the Knysna area. Despite the area being intensively explored since then, the species has never been seen again and is considered extinct. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Knysna. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | Unknown. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Disa forcipata Schltr. | Extinct | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Disa forcipata Schltr. | Extinct | Victor (2002) | | Herschelianthe forcipata (Schltr.) Rauschert | Extinct | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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 |
| Liltved, W.R., Johnson, S.D., Bytebier, B. & Victor, J.E. 2006. Disa forcipata Schltr. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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