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Scientific Name | Disa spathulata (L.f.) Sw. subsp. spathulata |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | ORCHIDACEAE |
Synonyms | Disa atropurpurea Sond., Disa propinqua Sond., Disa propinqua Sond. var. trifida Sond., Disa spathulata (L.f.) Sw. var. atropurpurea (Sond.) Schltr., Herschelia atropurpurea (Sond.) Rolfe, Herschelia spathulata (L.f.) Rolfe (in part), Herschelia spathulata (L.f.) Rolfe subsp. spathulata, Herschelianthe atropurpurea (Sond.) Rauschert, Herschelianthe spathulata (L.f.) Rauschert (in part), Herschelianthe spathulata (L.f.) Rauschert subsp. spathulata, Orchis spathulata L.f., Satyrium spathulatum (L.f.) Thunb. |
Common Names | Begging Hand (e), Hartslaggies (a), Moederhartslaggie (a), Oupa-en-sy-pyp (a), Oupa-Met-Sy-Pyp (a), Oupa-pyp-in-die-bek (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Insufficient Information |
Assessment Date | 2007/05/30 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden, B. Bytebier & D. Raimondo |
Justification | Surveys are urgently needed to determine how many subpopulations of this subspecies remain. Herbarium collections indicate that it was quite common in the past, but it is rarely seen nowadays because its renosterveld habitat has been extensively transformed for wheat cultivation. There is, however, no data to support a threatened assessment as this is a very wide-ranging subspecies and very little population data are available. It is also a very variable taxon that may represent a species complex. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | Western and Northern Cape, from Nieuwoudtville southwards to Bredasdorp, eastwards to Touwsrivier. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | Fynbos and renosterveld, sandstone or shale soil. Subpopulations on clay soils occur on cooler south-facing slopes, sandstone habitats vary from well-drained to vlei margins. |
Threats |
| Agriculture (crops) has caused extensive past declines in this species around Caledon, Worcester, Tulbagh, Ceres and Piketberg. Populations remain mainly in habitat fragments between ploughed fields, orchards and on roadside verges (W.R. Liltved, pers. comm.). The exact extent of the decline is however unknown and very difficult to quantify, as this species is relatively widespread and not habitat specific.
One known existing healthy population in Nieuwoudtville may have been destroyed by bulldozing (D. Raimondo, pers. comm.). |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Disa spathulata (L.f.) Sw. subsp. spathulata | Data Deficient | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Disa spathulata (L.f.) Sw. subsp. spathulata | Lower Risk - Least Concern | Victor (2002) | | Herschelianthe spathulata (L.f.) Rauschert subsp. spathulata | Not Threatened | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Herschelia atropurpurea (Sond.) Rolfe | Indeterminate | 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.
Liltved, W.R. and Johnson, S.D. Unpublished. The Cape Orchids - Wild orchids of the Cape Floral Kingdom.
Linder, H.P. 1981. Taxonomic studies in the Disinae. VI. A revision of the genus Herschelia. Bothalia 13(3 & 4):365 - 388.
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., Bytebier, B. & Raimondo, D. 2007. Disa spathulata (L.f.) Sw. subsp. spathulata. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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