Disa tenella
Species of flowering plant
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Disa tenella is a perennial plant and geophyte belonging to the genus Disa and is part of the fynbos and renosterveld.[1] The plant is endemic to the Western Cape and occurs from Porterville to Malmesbury and Gordon's Bay. It is extinct on the Cape Flats. The plant has a range of 2105 km2 in which only three to four subpopulations remain. More than 50% of the plant samples from before 1950 come from areas that were ceded to suburban development. The species' numbers are still declining due to invasive plants and crop cultivation.[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Orchidoideae |
| Genus: | Disa |
| Species: | D. tenella |
| Binomial name | |
| Disa tenella (L.f.) Sw. | |
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There are two subspecies:
- Disa tenella subsp. pusilla H.P.Linder
- Disa tenella subsp. tenella
