Disperis Wealei Group
Description:
Glabrous or rarely weakly hairy (Disperis cooperi) plants. Leaves 2-5, alternate. Median sepal mostly ovate to lanceolate and hooded, hood shallowly or deeply saccate, lateral sepals free; lip blade elongate and somewhat boatshaped, at base marginally fused to the entire lip appendage to form a concave structure, rarely (D. oxyglossa, D. tysonii) fusion absent or weak, blade always with verrucose elaiophores. Rostellum arms usually twisted outwards at tips.
Distribution:
South Africa and Zimbabwe, ranging into Madagascar.
Species:
| Disperis bosseri la Croix & P.J.Cribb | C. Madagascar. |
| Disperis circumflexa (L.) T.Durand & Schinz | Cape Prov. |
| Disperis circumflexa subsp. aemula (Schltr.) J.C.Manning | WSW. Cape Prov. |
| Disperis circumflexa subsp. circumflexa. | SW. Cape Prov. |
| Disperis concinna Schltr. | Zimbabwe to S. Africa. |
| Disperis cooperi Harv. | S. Africa. |
| Disperis fanniniae Harv. | S. Africa. |
| Disperis oxyglossa Bolus | S. Cape Prov. to KwaZulu-Natal |
| Disperis paludosa Harv. ex Lindl. | S. & SE. Cape Prov. |
| Disperis stenoplectron Rchb.f. | S. Africa. |
| Disperis tysonii Bolus | S. Africa. |
| Disperis wealei Rchb.f. | S. Africa. |
World Checklist of Monocotyledons. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.kew.org/wcsp/monocots/ accessed 1/10/2010
