Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Disa oreophila Bolus subsp. erecta H.P.Linder
Higher Classification
Monocotyledons
Family
ORCHIDACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Rare
Assessment Date
2009/08/13
Assessor(s)
J.E. Victor
Justification
A high altitude habitat specialist, known from six widely scattered subpopulations. This subspecies has no known threats.
Distribution
Endemism
Not endemic to South Africa
Provincial distribution
Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal
Range
Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and Lesotho Drakensberg Mountain Range.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Lesotho Highland Basalt Grassland, Drakensberg Afroalpine Heathland
Description
Mostly grassland, rarely among rocks or on rocky ledges, on sandstone and basalt substrates, generally on or near seepages, 2250-2700 m.
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Disa oreophila Bolus subsp. erecta H.P.LinderRare Raimondo et al. (2009)
Disa oreophila Bolus subsp. erecta H.P.LinderLower Risk - Least Concern Victor (2002)
Disa oreophila Bolus subsp. erecta H.P.LinderData Deficient Scott-Shaw (1999)
Disa oreophila Bolus subsp. erecta H.P.LinderRare Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Bibliography

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


Linder, H.P. 1981. Taxonomic studies in the Disinae. III. A revision of Disa Berg. excluding sect. Micranthae Lindl. Contributions from the Bolus Herbarium 9:1-370.


Linder, H.P. and Kurzweil, H. 1999. Orchids of southern Africa. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam.


Pooley, E. 2003. Mountain flowers: a field guide to the flora of the Drakensberg and Lesotho. Natal Flora Publications Trust, Durban.


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.


Scott-Shaw, C.R. 1999. Rare and threatened plants of KwaZulu-Natal and neighbouring regions. KwaZulu-Natal Nature Conservation Service, Pietermaritzburg.


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
Victor, J.E. 2009. Disa oreophila Bolus subsp. erecta H.P.Linder. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/18

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