Species within a genus

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DISA (La, G)
Disa (Le)
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

dives, dis, = rich, sumptuous, costly, splendid, precious.
Dis, Dios, ΔΙΣ, = Zeus.
(Various derivations are proposed. The most likely is in commemoration of Disa**, a legendary Swedish Queen.)

(ld, LS, Le)

Disa richardiana (La)

Location: (K)

For Louis-Claude Marie Richard (1754 – 1821), the author of the genus Liparis, or his son Achille Richard (1794 – 1852);**
-anus, = belonging to, connected with, pertaining to, used to form adjectives from nouns, particularly from geographical and personal names.
(Co, BL)