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Scientific Name | Disa oreophila Bolus subsp. oreophila |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | ORCHIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2020/02/18 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | This taxon is widespread and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga |
Range | This taxon occurs from Ermelo and Wakkerstroom in southern Mpumalanga to the Kwazulu-Natal Drakensberg, extending to the Eastern Cape Drakensberg around Elliot. It also occurs in adjacent areas in Lesotho. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Drakensberg Foothill Moist Grassland, uKhahlamba Basalt Grassland, Southern Drakensberg Highland Grassland, Midlands Mistbelt Grassland, East Griqualand Grassland, Wakkerstroom Montane Grassland, Lesotho Highland Basalt Grassland, Drakensberg-Amathole Afromontane Fynbos, Northern Drakensberg Highland Grassland, Drakensberg Afroalpine Heathland, Low Escarpment Moist Grassland, Tsomo Grassland, Basotho Montane Shrubland, Eastern Free State Sandy Grassland, KaNgwane Montane Grassland |
Description | It occurs in crevices and on ledges on sandstone at high altitude, 1200-2100 m. |
Population |
It is a high altitude habitat specialist, known from occasional, scattered subpopulations.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Disa oreophila Bolus subsp. oreophila | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Johnson, S. and Bytebier, B. 2015. Orchids of South Africa: A field guide. Struik Nature, Cape Town.
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.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2020. Disa oreophila Bolus subsp. oreophila. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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