Derivation of specific name
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hircicornis: with goat-like horns, presumably referring to the shape of the spur.
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Disa hircicornis Rchb. f. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=117340
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- Mark Hyde
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- Petra Ballings
Description
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Terrestrial herb, 30-60 cm tall. Leaves usually 2 on a separate sterile shoot,semi-erect, narrowly elliptic to linear, up to 30 cm long, folded along the length. Leaves along the fertile shoot, lanceolate, 5-20 cm long, mostly sheathing, mottled or barred red at the base. Inflorescence 6-20 cm long, densely 20-70-flowered; bracts as tall or taller than the flowers, lanceolate with apices often reflexed. Flowers facing down at an angle of c. 45°, deep, dusty purple to purple-red. Dorsal sepal forming a conical hood, 4-6 mm with slender ascending spur, 8-13 mm long, sharply curving back in the middle. Lateral sepals spreading, 7.5 mm long, oblong. Petals erect, 4-5.5 mm long. Lip pendent, linear to narrowly elliptic, 4-5.5 mm long.
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Disa hircicornis Rchb. f. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=117340
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Frequency
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Local and occasional
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Disa hircicornis Rchb. f. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=117340
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
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Angola, Nigeria, Cameroon, DRC, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Limpopo, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Disa hircicornis Rchb. f. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=117340
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- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Disa hircicornis: Brief Summary
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Portuguese
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Disa hircicornis é uma espécie de orquídea geralmente terrestre pertencente à subtribo Disinae. Esta espécie encontra-se dispersa pela África tropical e setentrional. Trata-se de planta com raízes tuberosas vilosas de poucas ramificações e caule sem ramificações nem pilosidades, com folhas geralmente anuais, inflorescência também sem ramificações, flores de sépala dorsal galeada e pétalas oblongas, labelo sem calcar, e coluna sem apêndices proeminentes, com duas polínias. É a espécie-tipo do subgnênero Hircicornes e seção homônima, caracterizada por plantas com flores de labelo elíptico ou espatulado e calcar longo.
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Disa hircicornis: Brief Summary
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Vietnamese
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Disa hircicornis là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Lan. Loài này được Rchb.f. mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1881.
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