Haworthia fasciata
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Haworthia fasciata is a species of the genus Haworthia in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae).
description
Haworthia fasciata grows stemless and sprouts. The 60 to 80 upright, inwardly curved leaves form a rosette with a diameter of up to 15 centimeters and a stature height of 18 centimeters. The leaf blade is up to 6 inches long and 1.5 inches wide. There are white warts on the underside of the leaf. The leaf surface is rough.
The simple or occasionally branched inflorescence reaches a length of up to 30 centimeters. The upside-down flower tube is curved and the tepals rolled back.
Systematics and distribution
Haworthia fasciata is common in the South African province of Eastern Cape .
The first description as Apicra fasciata by Carl Ludwig von Willdenow was published in 1811. Adrian Hardy Haworth placed the species in the genus Haworthia in 1821 .
There are numerous synonyms .
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literature
- Martin Bruce Bayer , Ernst Jacobus van Jaarsveld : Haworthia fasciata . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 215-216 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Carl Ludwig von Willdenow: Comments on the genus Aloë . In: Magazine for the latest discoveries in natural history . Volume 5, Berlin 1811, p. 270 ( online ).
- ^ Adrian Hardy Haworth: Saxifragëarum enumeratio. Accedunt revisiones plantarum succulentarum . Wood, London 1821, p. 54 ( online ).
