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This species is accepted, and its native range is S. Africa (Drakensberg Mountains).

Native to:

Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Swaziland

Disa sankeyi Rolfe appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
Sankey, H.J. [264], South Africa K000077570 holotype

First published in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 5(3): 225 (1913)

Accepted by

  • Johnson, S. & Bytebier, B. (2015). Orchids of South Africa. A field guide: 1-536. Struik nature, Cape Town, South Africa.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2021. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2021. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0