Disa

Accepted species 192 Documented here 89 Family Orchidaceae

Accepted species 192 in this genus

Every accepted species in the genus is listed. A name links to its page when we hold at least three commercially licensed photographs of it. Where we do not, the row shows how many we actually found, which is usually none.

SpeciesAuthority Usable photographsPage
Disa bracteata Sw. 760 documented
Disa uniflora P.J.Bergius 460 documented
Disa cornuta (L.) Sw. 392 documented
Disa graminifolia Ker Gawl. 262 documented
Disa graminifolia Ker Gawl. ex Spreng. 262 documented
Disa ferruginea Sw. 258 documented
Disa hians (L.f.) Spreng. 220 documented
Disa racemosa L.f. 217 documented
Disa cylindrica (Thunb.) Sw. 215 documented
Disa tripetaloides (L.f.) N.E.Br. 196 documented
Disa longicornu L.f. 156 documented
Disa inflexa (Lindl.) Mundt ex Bolus 151 documented
Disa bivalvata (L.f.) T.Durand & Schinz 148 documented
Disa sagittalis (L.f.) Sw. 148 documented
Disa filicornis (L.f.) Thunb. 134 documented
Disa purpurascens Bolus 129 documented
Disa vaginata Harv. ex Lindl. 113 documented
Disa chrysostachya Sw. 110 documented
Disa bifida (Thunb.) Sw. 92 documented
Disa bolusiana Schltr. 90 documented
Disa tenuifolia Sw. 90 documented
Disa ophrydea (Lindl.) Bolus 81 documented
Disa stachyoides Rchb.f. 78 documented
Disa arida Vlok 76 documented
Disa obliqua (Lindl.) Bolus 75 documented
Disa reticulata Bolus 73 documented
Disa comosa (Rchb.f.) Schltr. 72 documented
Disa atricapilla (Harv. ex Lindl.) Bolus 70 documented
Disa fasciata Lindl. 70 documented
Disa rosea Lindl. 69 documented
Disa albomagentea E.G.H.Oliv. & Liltved 67 documented
Disa versicolor Rchb.f. 61 documented
Disa obtusa Lindl. 59 documented
Disa fragrans Schltr. 55 documented
Disa flexuosa (L.) Sw. 53 documented
Disa caulescens Lindl. 45 documented
Disa glandulosa Burch. ex Lindl. 41 documented
Disa biflora (L.) Druce 40 documented
Disa maculata L.f. 40 documented
Disa densiflora (Lindl.) Bolus 37 documented
Disa brevicornis (Lindl.) Bolus 36 documented
Disa woodii Schltr. 35 documented
Disa venusta Bolus 34 documented
Disa schlechteriana Bolus 33 documented
Disa nervosa Lindl. 32 documented
Disa ocellata Bolus 32 documented
Disa uncinata Bolus 28 documented
Disa patula Sond. 22 documented
Disa hallackii Rolfe 21 documented
Disa atrorubens Schltr. 20 documented
Disa cooperi Rchb.f. 20 documented
Disa lugens Bolus 17 documented
Disa bodkinii Bolus 16 documented
Disa multifida Lindl. 16 documented
Disa schizodioides Sond. 12 documented
Disa aemula Bolus 11 documented
Disa linderiana Bytebier & E.G.H.Oliv. 11 documented
Disa porrecta Sw. 11 documented
Disa virginalis H.P.Linder 11 documented
Disa micropetala Schltr. 9 documented
Disa oligantha Rchb.f. 9 documented
Disa aurata (Bolus) L.T.Parker & Koop. 8 documented
Disa baurii Bolus 8 documented
Disa karooica S.D.Johnson & H.P.Linder 8 documented
Disa neglecta Sond. 8 documented
Disa nivea H.P.Linder 8 documented
Disa pillansii L.Bolus 8 documented
Disa pygmaea Bolus 8 documented
Disa rufescens (Thunb.) Sw. 8 documented
Disa stricta Sond. 8 documented
Disa crassicornis Lindl. 7 documented
Disa procera H.P.Linder 7 documented
Disa salteri G.J.Lewis 7 documented
Disa afra Bolus 6 documented
Disa newdigateae L.Bolus 6 documented
Disa saxicola Schltr. 6 documented
Disa cardinalis H.P.Linder 5 documented
Disa draconis (L.f.) Sw. 5 documented
Disa similis Summerh. 5 documented
Disa minor (Sond.) Rchb.f. 4 documented
Disa richardiana Lehm. ex Bolus 4 documented
Disa richardiana Lem. ex Bolus 4 documented
Disa subtenuicornis H.P.Linder 4 documented
Disa alticola H.P.Linder 3 documented
Disa incarnata Lindl. 3 documented
Disa klugei McMurtry 3 documented
Disa staerkeriana McMurtry & Bytebier 3 documented
Disa tenuis Lindl. 3 documented
Disa thodei Schltr. ex Kraenzl. 3 documented
Disa venosa Sw. 4 below the evidence gate
Disa amoena H.P.Linder 3 below the evidence gate
Disa dracomontana Schelpe ex H.P.Linder 3 below the evidence gate
Disa clavicornis H.P.Linder 2 below the evidence gate
Disa harveyana Lindl. 2 below the evidence gate
Disa stairsii Kraenzl. 2 below the evidence gate
Disa triloba Lindl. 2 below the evidence gate
Disa welwitschii Rchb.f. 2 below the evidence gate
Disa aconitoides Sond. 1 below the evidence gate
Disa barbata (L.f.) Sw. 1 below the evidence gate
Disa conferta Bolus 1 below the evidence gate
Disa vasselotii Bolus & Schltr. 1 below the evidence gate
Disa vasselotii Bolus ex Schltr. 1 below the evidence gate
Disa × brendae H.P.Linder 0 below the evidence gate
Disa × nuwebergensis H.P.Linder 0 below the evidence gate
Disa × paludicola J.Stewart & J.C.Manning 0 below the evidence gate
Disa × vogelpoelii (H.P.Linder) Bytebier 0 below the evidence gate
Disa aequiloba Summerh. 0 below the evidence gate
Disa alinae Szlach. 0 below the evidence gate
Disa andringitrana Schltr. 0 below the evidence gate
Disa aperta N.E.Br. 0 below the evidence gate
Disa aristata H.P.Linder 0 below the evidence gate
Disa basutorum Schltr. 0 below the evidence gate
Disa begleyi L.Bolus 0 below the evidence gate
Disa borbonica Balf.f. & S.Moore 0 below the evidence gate
Disa brachyceras Lindl. 0 below the evidence gate
Disa brevipetala H.P.Linder 0 below the evidence gate
Disa buchenaviana Kraenzl. 0 below the evidence gate
Disa cedarbergensis H.P.Linder 0 below the evidence gate
Disa celata Summerh. 0 below the evidence gate
Disa cephalotes Rchb.f. 0 below the evidence gate
Disa cernua (Thunb.) Sw. 0 below the evidence gate
Disa chimanimaniensis (H.P.Linder) H.P.Linder 0 below the evidence gate
Disa cochlearis S.D.Johnson & Liltved 0 below the evidence gate
Disa cryptantha Summerh. 0 below the evidence gate
Disa danieleae Geerinck 0 below the evidence gate
Disa dichroa Summerh. 0 below the evidence gate
Disa ecalcarata (G.J.Lewis) H.P.Linder 0 below the evidence gate
Disa elegans Sond. ex Rchb.f. 0 below the evidence gate
Disa emini Kraenzl. 0 below the evidence gate
Disa engleriana Kraenzl. 0 below the evidence gate
Disa equestris Rchb.f. 0 below the evidence gate
Disa erubescens Rendle 0 below the evidence gate
Disa esterhuyseniae Schelpe ex H.P.Linder 0 below the evidence gate
Disa extinctoria Rchb.f. 0 below the evidence gate
Disa facula P.J.Cribb, C.Herrm. & Sebsebe 0 below the evidence gate
Disa forcipata Schltr. 0 below the evidence gate
Disa forficaria Bolus 0 below the evidence gate
Disa galpinii Rolfe 0 below the evidence gate
Disa gladioliflora Burch. ex Lindl. 0 below the evidence gate
Disa hircicornis Rchb.f. 0 below the evidence gate
Disa intermedia H.P.Linder 0 below the evidence gate
Disa introrsa Kurzweil, Liltved & H.P.Linder 0 below the evidence gate
Disa katangensis De Wild. 0 below the evidence gate
Disa lineata Bolus 0 below the evidence gate
Disa lisowskii Szlach. 0 below the evidence gate
Disa longifolia Lindl. 0 below the evidence gate
Disa longilabris Schltr. 0 below the evidence gate
Disa longipetala (Lindl.) Bolus 0 below the evidence gate
Disa macrostachya (Lindl.) Bolus 0 below the evidence gate
Disa maculomarronina McMurtry 0 below the evidence gate
Disa marlothii Bolus 0 below the evidence gate
Disa miniata Summerh. 0 below the evidence gate
Disa montana Sond. 0 below the evidence gate
Disa nigerica Rolfe 0 below the evidence gate
Disa nubigena H.P.Linder 0 below the evidence gate
Disa nyikensis H.P.Linder 0 below the evidence gate
Disa ochrostachya Rchb.f. 0 below the evidence gate
Disa oreophila Bolus 0 below the evidence gate
Disa ornithantha Schltr. 0 below the evidence gate
Disa ovalifolia Sond. 0 below the evidence gate
Disa perplexa H.P.Linder 0 below the evidence gate
Disa physodes Sw. 0 below the evidence gate
Disa polygonides Lindl. 0 below the evidence gate
Disa praecox (H.P.Linder) H.P.Linder 0 below the evidence gate
Disa pulchella Hochst. ex A.Rich. 0 below the evidence gate
Disa pulchra Sond. 0 below the evidence gate
Disa remota H.P.Linder 0 below the evidence gate
Disa renziana Szlach. 0 below the evidence gate
Disa robusta N.E.Br. 0 below the evidence gate
Disa rodantha Schltr. 0 below the evidence gate
Disa roeperocharoides Kraenzl. 0 below the evidence gate
Disa roseovittata McMurtry & G.McDonald 0 below the evidence gate
Disa rungweensis Schltr. 0 below the evidence gate
Disa sabulosa Bolus 0 below the evidence gate
Disa sanguinea Sond. 0 below the evidence gate
Disa sankeyi Rolfe 0 below the evidence gate
Disa satyriopsis Kraenzl. 0 below the evidence gate
Disa scullyi Bolus 0 below the evidence gate
Disa scutellifera A.Rich. 0 below the evidence gate
Disa spathulata (L.f.) Sw. 0 below the evidence gate
Disa telipogonis Rchb.f. 0 below the evidence gate
Disa tenella (L.f.) Sw. 0 below the evidence gate
Disa tenuicornis Bolus 0 below the evidence gate
Disa tysonii Bolus 0 below the evidence gate
Disa ukingensis Schltr. 0 below the evidence gate
Disa verdickii De Wild. 0 below the evidence gate
Disa vigilans McMurtry & T.J.Edwards 0 below the evidence gate
Disa walleri Rchb.f. 0 below the evidence gate
Disa walteri Schltr. 0 below the evidence gate
Disa zimbabweensis H.P.Linder 0 below the evidence gate
Disa zombica N.E.Br. 0 below the evidence gate
Disa zuluensis Rolfe 0 below the evidence gate

Why some species have no pagethe gate

This site is commercial, so it can only publish photographs licensed for commercial use. Roughly three quarters of the photographs on iNaturalist are CC BY-NC, which excludes them. A species needs at least three usable photographs before we will build it a page, because a page with one picture and no traits tells you nothing you could not get from a search result, and generating hundreds of thousands of those is precisely the practice that got the previous version of this site deleted.

So the species above without a link are not errors and they are not omissions. They are real, accepted plants that we cannot yet document to the standard we hold ourselves to, and the count in the photographs column is exactly how far short we fall.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. Accepted names, authorities, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. Photograph counts, restricted to CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA. Retrieved 2026-06-27.