Disperis Bolusiana group
Description:
Small hairy plants. Leaves two (rarely three), alternate. Median sepal ovate, forming a sac or hood, lateral sepals free; lip claw weakly or not at all fused with gynostemium, blade triangular, lorate and slightly concave or forming a cup together with base of appendage, appendage lorate, rarely absent (Disperis decipiens).
Distribution:
Mainly south-western parts of South Africa but ranging into tropical Africa.
Species:
| Disperis bodkinii Bolus | SW. Cape Prov. |
| Disperis bolusiana Schltr. | SW. Cape Prov. |
| Disperis bolusiana subsp. bolusiana | SW. Cape Prov. |
| Disperis bolusiana subsp. macrocorys (Rolfe) J.C.Manning | SW. Cape Prov. |
| Disperis cucullata Sw. | SW. Cape Prov. |
| Disperis decipiens Verdc. | Tanzania. |
| Disperis macowanii Bolus | Tanzania to S. Africa. |
| Disperis purpurata Rchb.f. | Cape Prov. |
| Disperis purpurata subsp. pallescens Bruyns | SW. & S. Cape Prov. |
| Disperis purpurata subsp. purpurata. | W. Cape Prov. |
| Disperis villosa (L.f.) Sw. | SW. & S. Cape Prov. |
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
