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Scientific Name | Disa linderiana Bytebier & E.G.H.Oliv. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | ORCHIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2012/08/29 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A widespread (EOO 23 315 km²), but very rare habitat specialist occurring in small, widely scattered subpopulations. This species occurs on isolated summit peaks within protected areas where it is not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Cederberg, Riviersonderend and Groot Swartberg mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Cederberg Sandstone Fynbos, Swartberg Altimontane Sandstone Fynbos, North Sonderend Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Dry, shallow, sandy soil among sandstone rocks on upper slopes. |
Threats |
| No known threats. |
Population |
This species is known from only three widely disjunct records. At all three localities, very few plants were observed: in the Cederberg, 30 plants were recorded, while in the Riviersonderend Mountains and the Groot Swartberg, only one plant was seen. The Cederberg subpopulation was observed in six year old veld, indicating that this species does not require fire to flower, while the other two observations were in the first two years after fire. This species is evidently a very rare, high-altitude habitat specialist, but is not suspected to be threatened or declining.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Disa linderiana Bytebier & E.G.H.Oliv. | Least Concern | 2012.1 | | Disa linderiana Bytebier & E.G.H.Oliv. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Bytebier, B., Oliver, E.G.H. and Liltved, W.R. 2007. Disa linderiana (Orchidaceae), a new orchid from the Western Cape of South Africa. South African Journal of Botany 73(4):558-562.
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.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2012. Disa linderiana Bytebier & E.G.H.Oliv. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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