Haworthia cymbiformis

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

Haworthia cymbiformis is a species of the genus Haworthia in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae).

description

Haworthia cymbiformis usually grows stemless and sprouts. The broadly ovate to lanceolate, flat to concave leaves form a rosette with a diameter of up to 13 centimeters. The leaf blade, which is usually opaque, green and yellowish or tinged with pink in the sun, is usually a third as thick as it is wide.

The loose inflorescence reaches a length of up to 25 centimeters and consists of 10 to 15 white flowers .

Systematics and distribution

Haworthia cymbiformis is widespread in the South African province of Eastern Cape .

The first description as Aloe cymbiformis by Adrian Hardy Haworth was published in 1804. Henri-Auguste Duval placed the species in the genus Haworthia in 1809 .

There are numerous synonyms .

A distinction is made between the following varieties :

Haworthia cymbiformis var. Cymbiformis
Haworthia cymbiformis var. Incurvula (Poelln.) MBBayer
Haworthia cymbiformis var. Obtusa (Haw.) Baker
Haworthia cymbiformis var. Ramosa (GGSm.) MBBayer
Haworthia cymbiformis var. Reddii (CLScott) MBBayer
Haworthia cymbiformis var. Setulifera (Poelln.) MBBayer
Haworthia cymbiformis var. Transiens (Poelln.) MBBayer

proof

literature

Martin Bruce Bayer , Ernst Jacobus van Jaarsveld : Haworthia cymbiformis . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 214-215 .

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. 8 ( online ).
↑ Plantae succulentae in horto Alenconio . Paris 1809, p. 7.

Web links

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Haworthia cymbiformis var. Cymbiformis in the Red List of South African Plants
Haworthia cymbiformis var. Incurvula in the Red List of South African Plants
Haworthia cymbiformis var. Obtusa in the Red List of South African Plants
Haworthia cymbiformis var. Ramosa in the Red List of South African Plants
Haworthia cymbiformis var. Reddii in the Red List of South African Plants
Haworthia cymbiformis var. Setulifera 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. 8 ( online ).

[2] Plantae succulentae in horto Alenconio . Paris 1809, p. 7.