Disa buchenaviana

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Proper noun

Disa buchenaviana f

1. A taxonomic species within the family Orchidaceae – a species of orchids native to Central Madagascar.

   Synonyms: Disa rutenbergiana f, Satyrium calceatum n

   • 1895 [1881], Alfred Russel Wallace, Island Life, or, The Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras, Including a Revision and Attempted Solution of the Problem of Geological Climates (overall work in English), Part II., Chapter XIX. Ancient Continental Islands: The Madagascar Group, page 440:

     Disa Buchenaviana, Commelina madagascarica, and Tachiadenus platypterus are fine blue-flowered plants, while the superb orchid Angræcum sesquipedale, Vinca rosea, Euphorbia splendens, and Stephanotis floribunda, have been long cultivated in our hot-houses.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Asparagales – order; Orchidaceae – family; Orchidoideae – subfamily; Diseae – tribe; Disinae – subtribe; Disa – genus

Further reading

• Disa (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Disa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Disa (Orchidaceae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Disa buchenaviana on Wikidata.Wikidata
• Disa buchenaviana protologue at the Biodiversity Heritage Library
• Disa buchenaviana at International Plant Name Index
• Disa buchenaviana at Plants of the World Online
• Disa buchenaviana at Tropicos
• Disa buchenaviana at The World Flora Online