Genus: Disa
Life
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plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Asparagales
> Family: Orchidaceae
About 162 species (Africa, Arabian Peninsula, Madagascar and Mascarene
Islands), with 149 species native to southern Africa.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI),
Flora of Zimbabwe and
Flora of
Mozambique.
Publications
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Johnson, S.D., Linder, H.P. and Steiner,
K.E. 1998. Phylogeny and radiation of pollination systems in
Disa (Orchidaceae). Am. J. Bot. 85, 402–411.
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Johnson, S.D. and Steiner, K.E. 1997.
Long-tongued fly pollination and evolution of floral spur
length in the Disa draconis complex (Orchidaceae).
Evolution 51, 45–53.
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