Haworthia decipiens
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Haworthia decipiens is a species of the genus Haworthia in the subfamily of the Affodil family (Asphodeloideae).
description
Haworthia decipiens grows without a trunk and sprouts slowly. The ascending, broadly egg-shaped, occasionally pointed leaves form a rosette with a diameter of up to 20 centimeters. The bright green leaf blade is relatively thin. There are a few thorns on the edge of the leaf and wide at their base .
The strong inflorescence reaches a length of up to 40 centimeters. The numerous, densely packed, broad flowers are flat at the base of the flower tube.
Systematics and distribution
Haworthia decipiens is common in the South African provinces of the Western Cape and Eastern Cape .
The first description by Karl von Poellnitz was published in 1930.
A distinction is made between the following varieties :
- Haworthia decipiens var. Decipiens
- Haworthia decipiens var. Cyanea M.B.Bayer
- Haworthia decipiens var. Minor M.B.Bayer
- Haworthia decipiens var. Pringlei (CLScott) MBBayer
proof
literature
- Martin Bruce Bayer , Ernst Jacobus van Jaarsveld : Haworthia decipiens . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 215 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Karl von Poellnitz: On the knowledge of the genus Haworthia Duv. II . In: Repertorium novarum specierum regni vegetabilis . Volume 28, number 6-13, 1930, p. 103 ( doi: 10.1002 / fedr.4870280607 ).
Web links
- Haworthia decipiens var. Decipiens in the Red List of South African Plants
- Haworthia decipiens var. Cyanea in the Red List of South African Plants
- Haworthia decipiens var. Minor in the Red List of South African Plants
- Haworthia bolusii var. Pringlei in the Red List of South African Plants