Species Disa aconitoides
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Etymology of Disa:
Origin obscure. Börge Pettison believes the plant was named after Queen Disa who occurs in a Swedish legendary saga. The author, Peter Jonas Bergius, was a Swedish botanist.
Etymology of aconitoides:
Used by Theophrastus & Nicander for a poisonous plant growing on sheer cliffs, Aconitum is the wolf's bane or monk's hood and -oides denotes resemblance; i.e. it resembles Aconitum
Scientific name:
Disa aconitoides Sond.
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Protologue:
Linnaea 19: 91 (1846)
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Year published:
1846
Slender tuberous geophyte to 60 cm. Leaves cauline, lanceolate. Flowers many, mauve, spur massive, conical, laterally flattened, usually with rounded apex, 5--8 mm long, lateral sepals narrowly oblong, 5--7 mm long. Nov.--Dec. Grassland, SE (Knysna to tropical Africa).
Observations of Taxon
Disa aconitoides
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Janet M. Gibson (David)
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Disa aconitoides
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Auriol Batten (David)
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Disa aconitoides
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Elsa Pooley (David)
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Disa aconitoides
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Barbra Jeppe (David)
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Disa aconitoides
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David Gwynne-Evans (David)
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