Haworthia attenuata

Haworthia attenuata
	Haworthia attenuata
Systematics
	Monocots
Order :	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family :	Grass trees (Xanthorrhoeaceae)
Subfamily :	Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae)
Genre :	Haworthia
Type :	Haworthia attenuata
Scientific name
	Haworthia attenuata
	( Haw. ) Haw.

Haworthia attenuata is a species of the genus Haworthia in the subfamily of the Affodil family (Asphodeloideae).

description

Haworthia attenuata grows stemless and sprouts. The narrowed, spreading, lanceolate-triangular leaves form a rosette with a diameter of up to 10 centimeters and a height of up to 13 centimeters. The leaf blade is up to 13 inches long and 1.5 inches wide. The leaf surface is rough. There are clearly raised warts on it that do not flow together.

The loose, sparsely branched inflorescence reaches a length of 24 to 28 centimeters. The upside-down flower tube is curved and the tepals are rolled back.

Systematics and distribution

Haworthia attenuata is widespread in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

The first description as Aloe attenuata by Adrian Hardy Haworth was published in 1804. In 1812 he placed the species in the genus Haworthia . There are numerous synonyms .

A distinction is made between the following varieties :

Haworthia attenuata var. Attenuata
Haworthia attenuata var. Radula (Jacq.) MBBayer

proof

literature

Martin Bruce Bayer , Ernst Jacobus van Jaarsveld : Haworthia attenuata . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 211 .

Individual evidence

^ Adrian Hardy Haworth: A new Arrangement of the Genus Aloe, with a chronological Sketch of the progressive Knowledge of that Genus, and of other succulent Genera . In: Transactions of the Linnean Society of London . Volume 7, Number 1, London 1804, p. 11 ( online ).
^ Adrian Hardy Haworth: Synopsis plantarum succulentarum cum descriptionibus synonymis locis, observationibus anglicanis culturaque . R. Taylor, London 1812, p. 92 ( online ).

Web links

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Haworthia attenuata var. Attenuata in the Red List of South African Plants
Haworthia attenuata var. Radula (Jacq.) MBBayer in the Red List of South African Plants

[1] Adrian Hardy Haworth: A new Arrangement of the Genus Aloe, with a chronological Sketch of the progressive Knowledge of that Genus, and of other succulent Genera . In: Transactions of the Linnean Society of London . Volume 7, Number 1, London 1804, p. 11 ( online ).

[2] Adrian Hardy Haworth: Synopsis plantarum succulentarum cum descriptionibus synonymis locis, observationibus anglicanis culturaque . R. Taylor, London 1812, p. 92 ( online ).