Disa spathulata subsp. spathulata

Vernacular names

English: begging hand (orchid)
Afrikaans: harslaggie, moederharslaggie, moederskep-oppies, oupa-en-sy-pyp, oupa-pyp-in-die-bek, oupapyp. oupa-se-pyp

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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 spathulata • Subspecies: Disa spathulata subsp. spathulata Autonym

Synonyms

Heterotypic synonyms
- Disa atropurpurea Sond., Linnaea 19: 96 (1846)
- Disa propinqua Sond., Linnaea 19: 95 (1846)
- Disa propinqua var. trifida Sond., Linnaea 19: 96 (1846)
- Disa spathulata var. atropurpurea (Sond.) Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 31: 284 (1901)
- Herschelia atropurpurea (Sond.) Rolfe in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 5(3): 205 (1913)
- Herschelianthe atropurpurea (Sond.) Rauschert, Feddes Repert. 94: 434 (1983)

Flowers

Disa spathulata
subsp. spathulata
South Africa - Western Cape
Disa spathulata
subsp. spathulata
South Africa - Western Cape
Disa spathulata
subsp. spathulata
South Africa - Western Cape
Disa spathulata
subsp. spathulata
South Africa - Western Cape
Disa spathulata
subsp. spathulata
South Africa - Western Cape
Disa spathulata
subsp. spathulata
South Africa - Western Cape

Botanical illustrations

Disa spathulata subsp. spathulata
(as syn.
Disa atropurpurea)
plate 6891 in:
Curtis's Bot. Magazine
(Orchidaceae),
vol. 112,
(1886)
Disa spathulata subsp. spathulata
(as syn.
Disa spathulata
var. atropurpurea)
plate 53 in:
Harry Bolus:
Orchids of South Africa
volume III
(1913)

Native distribution areas
Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition Continental: Africa Regional: Southern Africa Cape Provinces.