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Scientific Name | Disa klugei McMurtry |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | ORCHIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2012/09/20 |
Assessor(s) | M. Lötter & L. von Staden |
Justification | A localized species (EOO 234 km²), known from four locations and potentially threatened by mining and competition from alien invasive plants. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Mpumalanga |
Range | Mpumalanga Drakensberg Escarpment near Lydenburg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Long Tom Pass Montane Grassland, Steenkampsberg Montane Grassland |
Description | High altitude montane grassland. |
Threats |
| This species is restricted to high altitude Lydenburg Montane Grassland, which is already 30% transformed within the known range of this species, predominantly for timber plantations. Although timber plantations are no longer expanding, remaining habitat is threatened by mining (there is already a mining application at one of the four known locations), and many sites are invaded by alien plants. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Disa klugei McMurtry | VU D2 | 2013.1 | |
Bibliography |
McMurtry, D., Grobler, L., Grobler, J. and Burns, S. 2008. Field guide to the Orchids of northern South Africa and Swaziland. Umdaus Press, Hatfield.
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Citation |
| Lötter, M. & von Staden, L. 2012. Disa klugei McMurtry. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2024.1. Accessed on 2025/10/31 |
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