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Scientific Name | Disperis bodkinii Bolus |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | ORCHIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2006/09/08 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden, W.R. Liltved, E.G.H. Oliver & T.A. Oliver |
Justification | A wide-ranging species (EOO 18 700 km²), and probably more common than collections indicate, as this species is easily overlooked. Some subpopulations on the Cape Lowlands may have declined in the past, however, the majority of subpopulations occur in montane areas where they are not threatened. This species is known to be able to survive under exotic plantations. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Cape Peninsula to Piketberg and Anysberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | Fynbos and renosterveld, shady spots below shrubs, in clay-loam or sandy soils, 25-1 310 m. |
Threats |
| No threats. |
Population |
Plants are very small and therefore easily overlooked. This species is likely to be more common than collections indicate (H. Kurzwel, pers. comm.).
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Population trend | Stable |
Notes |
| Flowering July to October, after fires and in mature vegetation. Plants have been recorded in pine plantations (Linder and Kurzweil 1999) and among introduced Eucalyptus (Liltved & Johnson, unpubl.). |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Disperis bodkinii Bolus | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Disperis bodkinii Bolus | Lower Risk - Near Threatened | Victor (2002) | | Disperis bodkinii Bolus | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Disperis bodkinii Bolus | Rare | Hall et al. (1980) | |
Bibliography |
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2000. Cape Plants: A conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9. National Botanical Institute, Cape Town.
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.
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., Liltved, W.R., Oliver, E.G.H. & Oliver, T.A. 2006. Disperis bodkinii Bolus. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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