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The genus Disa is in the family Orchidaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Disa

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Disa aconitoides Sond.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa aequiloba Summerh.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa alinae Szlach.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa alticola H.P.Linder	Accepted		WCSP
Disa amoena H.P.Linder	Accepted		WCSP
Disa andringitrana Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa aperta N.E.Br.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa arida Vlok	Accepted		WCSP
Disa aristata H.P.Linder	Accepted		WCSP
Disa atricapilla (Harv. ex Lindl.) Bolus	Accepted		WCSP
Disa atrorubens Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa aurata (Bolus) L.T.Parker & Koop.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa barbata (L.f.) Sw.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa basutorum Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa baurii Bolus	Accepted		WCSP
Disa begleyi L.Bolus	Accepted		WCSP
Disa bifida (Thunb.) Sw.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa biflora (L.) Druce	Accepted		WCSP
Disa bivalvata (L.f.) T.Durand & Schinz	Accepted		WCSP
Disa bodkinii Bolus	Accepted		WCSP
Disa bolusiana Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa borbonica Balf.f. & S.Moore	Accepted		WCSP
Disa brachyceras Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa bracteata Sw.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa × brendae H.P.Linder	Accepted		WCSP
Disa brevicornis (Lindl.) Bolus	Accepted		WCSP
Disa brevipetala H.P.Linder	Accepted		WCSP
Disa buchenaviana Kraenzl.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa caffra Bolus	Accepted		WCSP
Disa cardinalis H.P.Linder	Accepted		WCSP
Disa caulescens Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa cedarbergensis H.P.Linder	Accepted		WCSP
Disa celata Summerh.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa cephalotes Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa cernua (Thunb.) Sw.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa chimanimaniensis (H.P.Linder) H.P.Linder	Accepted		WCSP
Disa chrysostachya Sw.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa clavicornis H.P.Linder	Accepted		WCSP
Disa cochlearis S.D.Johnson & Liltved	Accepted		WCSP
Disa comosa (Rchb.f.) Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa conferta Bolus	Accepted		WCSP
Disa cooperi Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa cornuta (L.) Sw.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa crassicornis Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa cryptantha Summerh.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa cylindrica (Thunb.) Sw.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa danielae Geerinck	Accepted		WCSP
Disa densiflora (Lindl.) Bolus	Accepted		WCSP
Disa dichroa Summerh.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa dracomontana Schelpe ex H.P.Linder	Accepted		WCSP
Disa draconis (L.f.) Sw.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa ecalcarata (G.J.Lewis) H.P.Linder	Accepted		WCSP
Disa elegans Sond. ex Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa eminii Kraenzl.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa engleriana Kraenzl.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa equestris Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa erubescens Rendle	Accepted		WCSP
Disa esterhuyseniae Schelpe ex H.P.Linder	Accepted		WCSP
Disa extinctoria Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa facula P.J.Cribb, C.Herrm. & Sebsebe	Accepted		WCSP
Disa fasciata Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa ferruginea Sw.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa filicornis (L.f.) Thunb.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa flexuosa (L.) Sw.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa forcipata Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa forficaria Bolus	Accepted		WCSP
Disa fragrans Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa galpinii Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP
Disa gladioliflora Burch. ex Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa glandulosa Burch. ex Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa graminifolia Ker Gawl. ex Spreng.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa hallackii Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP
Disa harveyana Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa hians (L.f.) Spreng.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa hircicornis Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa incarnata Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa inflexa (Lindl.) Mundt ex Bolus	Accepted		WCSP
Disa intermedia H.P.Linder	Accepted		WCSP
Disa introrsa Kurzweil, Liltved & H.P.Linder	Accepted		WCSP
Disa karooica S.D.Johnson & H.P.Linder	Accepted		WCSP
Disa katangensis De Wild.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa linderiana Bytebier & E.G.H.Oliv.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa lineata Bolus	Accepted		WCSP
Disa lisowskii Szlach.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa longicornu L.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa longifolia Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa longilabris Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa longipetala (Lindl.) Bolus	Accepted		WCSP
Disa lugens Bolus	Accepted		WCSP
Disa macrostachya (Lindl.) Bolus	Accepted		WCSP
Disa maculata L.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa × maculomarronina McMurtry	Accepted		WCSP
Disa marlothii Bolus	Accepted		WCSP
Disa micropetala Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa miniata Summerh.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa minor (Sond.) Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa montana Sond.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa multifida Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa neglecta Sond.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa nervosa Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa newdigateae L.Bolus	Accepted		WCSP
Disa nigerica Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP
Disa nivea H.P.Linder	Accepted		WCSP
Disa nubigena H.P.Linder	Accepted		WCSP
Disa × nuwebergensis H.P.Linder	Accepted		WCSP
Disa nyikensis H.P.Linder	Accepted		WCSP
Disa obliqua (Lindl.) Bolus	Accepted		WCSP
Disa obtusa Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa ocellata Bolus	Accepted		WCSP
Disa ochrostachya Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa oligantha Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa ophrydea (Lindl.) Bolus	Accepted		WCSP
Disa oreophila Bolus	Accepted		WCSP
Disa ornithantha Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa ovalifolia Sond.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa × paludicola J.L.Stewart & J.C.Manning	Accepted		WCSP
Disa patula Sond.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa perplexa H.P.Linder	Accepted		WCSP
Disa physodes Sw.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa pillansii L.Bolus	Accepted		WCSP
Disa polygonoides Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa porrecta Sw.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa praecox (H.P.Linder) H.P.Linder	Accepted		WCSP
Disa procera H.P.Linder	Accepted		WCSP
Disa pulchella Hochst. ex A.Rich.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa pulchra Sond.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa purpurascens Bolus	Accepted		WCSP
Disa pygmaea Bolus	Accepted		WCSP
Disa racemosa L.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa remota H.P.Linder	Accepted		WCSP
Disa renziana Szlach.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa reticulata Bolus	Accepted		WCSP
Disa rhodantha Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa richardiana Lem. ex Bolus	Accepted		WCSP
Disa robusta N.E.Br.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa roeperocharoides Kraenzl.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa rosea Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa rufescens (Thunb.) Sw.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa rungweensis Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa sabulosa Bolus	Accepted		WCSP
Disa sagittalis (L.f.) Sw.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa salteri G.J.Lewis	Accepted		WCSP
Disa sanguinea Sond.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa sankeyi Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP
Disa satyriopsis Kraenzl.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa saxicola Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa schizodioides Sond.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa schlechteriana Bolus	Accepted		WCSP
Disa scullyi Bolus	Accepted		WCSP
Disa scutellifera A.Rich.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa similis Summerh.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa spathulata (L.f.) Sw.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa stachyoides Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa stairsii Kraenzl.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa stricta Sond.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa subtenuicornis H.P.Linder	Accepted		WCSP
Disa telipogonis Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa tenella (L.f.) Sw.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa tenuicornis Bolus	Accepted		WCSP
Disa tenuifolia Sw.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa tenuis Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa thodei Schltr. ex Kraenzl.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa triloba Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa tripetaloides (L.f.) N.E.Br.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa tysonii Bolus	Accepted		WCSP
Disa ukingensis Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa uncinata Bolus	Accepted		WCSP
Disa uniflora P.J.Bergius	Accepted		WCSP
Disa vaginata Harv. ex Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa vasselotii Bolus ex Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa venosa Sw.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa venusta Bolus	Accepted		WCSP
Disa verdickii De Wild.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa versicolor Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa vigilans McMurtry & T.J.Edwards	Accepted		WCSP
Disa virginalis H.P.Linder	Accepted		WCSP
Disa × vogelpoelii (H.P.Linder) Bytebier	Accepted		WCSP
Disa walleri Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa walteri Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa welwitschii Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa woodii Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa zimbabweensis H.P.Linder	Accepted		WCSP
Disa zombica N.E.Br.	Accepted		WCSP
Disa zuluensis Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 308 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Disa. Of these 184 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 32 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Disa. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 308 species names for the genus Disa recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	184	59.7%
◕	Synonym	115	37.3%
◕	Unplaced	4	1.3%
◕	Unassessed	5	1.6%

All names

The status of the 340 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Disa recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	200	58.8%
◕	Synonym	131	38.5%
◕	Unplaced	4	1.2%
◕	Unassessed	5	1.5%

Of these names,

• 1 are recorded as invalid
• 14 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 308 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Disa, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	184	114	0	0	298	96.8%
	Medium confidence	0	1	0	0	1	0.3%
	Low confidence	0	0	4	5	9	2.9%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Disa, are as follows: