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Disa forcipata Schltr.

Forceps-shaped Disa (Disa forcipata)

This species is known from the type alone, which was collected in 1870 at an unknown place probably in the Knysna area of the Western Cape Province, South Africa.

The species was never found again and is considered extinct.

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Depiction from: ’Adolf Engler: Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 31. 1902’

(public domain)

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edited: 15.05.2021