Disa cornuta

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Disa cornuta']

No common name has yet been provided in this gallery nor in wikidata 'Disa cornuta'

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Orchidoideae • Tribus: Diseae • Subtribus: Disinae • Genus: Disa (Orchidaceae) • Species: Disa cornuta (L.) Sw. (1800)

Synonyms
Basionym Orchis cornuta L., Pl. Rar. Afr.: 27 (1760) Homotypic synonyms Satyrium cornutum (L.) Thunb., Prodr. Pl. Cap.: 5 (1794) Heterotypic synonyms Disa macrantha Sw., Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. 21: 210 (1800)

Images of the whole plant

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  Disa cornuta
  South Africa - Pringle Bay

Inflorescences

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  Disa cornuta
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  Disa cornuta
  South Africa - Cape Town
  Table Mountain
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  Disa cornuta

Flowers

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  Disa cornuta

Botanical illustrations

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  Disa cornuta
  Illustration by
  Margaret Herschel
  & John Herschel
  (1835)

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  Disa cornuta
  plate 4091 in:
  Curtis's Bot. Magazine
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 70,
  (1844)

Native distribution areas
Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Africa South Tropical Africa Zimbabwe. Southern Africa Cape Provinces, Lesotho, KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Provinces.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Disa cornuta.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Disa cornuta