Disperis Micrantha Group
Description:
Almost always glabrous herbs. Leaves two, mostly alternate, rarely opposite or absent. Hood deep or spurred, lateral sepals free or fused at very base; lip claw weakly or extensively fused with gynostemium, blade flexed forward, flap-shaped or triangular, flat or convex, small in relation to appendage. Rostellum arms short and twisted outwards.
Distribution:
Southern and tropical Africa.
Species:
| Disperis breviloba Verdc. | S. Trop. Africa. |
| Disperis disiformis Schltr. | S. Africa. |
| Disperis galerita Rchb.f. | NW. & S. Ethiopia. |
| Disperis kilimanjarica Rendle | Kenya to Zambia. |
| Disperis meirax Rchb.f. | NW. Ethiopia. |
| Disperis micrantha Lindl. | Zimbabwe to S. Africa. |
| Disperis parvifolia Schltr. | Cameroon, SW. Tanzania to Malawi. |
| Disperis woodii Bolus | E. Cape Prov. to KwaZulu-Natal. |
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
