Disa sankeyi
Species of flowering plant
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Disa sankeyi, commonly known as Sankey's disa, is a perennial plant and geophyte belonging to the genus Disa.[1] The plant is native to Eswatini, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, the Free State, and the Eastern Cape and occurs in the Drakensberg at altitudes of 2400–3000 m. The population in the Eastern Cape is threatened by crop cultivation, plantations and overgrazing. The population in KwaZulu-Natal is not threatened.[2]
| Disa sankeyi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Orchidoideae |
| Genus: | Disa |
| Species: | D. sankeyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Disa sankeyi Rolfe | |
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