Haworthia floribunda
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Haworthia floribunda is a species of the genus Haworthia in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae).
description
Haworthia floribunda grows stemless and sprouts slowly. The spread out, ovate-lanceolate, twisted leaves form a rosette with a diameter of up to 3 centimeters. The dark green leaf blade is opaque. The tip of the leaf is flattened and rounded. The leaf margins are rough to toothed.
The inflorescence reaches a length of up to 25 centimeters and consists of ten to 15 flowers . Only a few of the greenish white flowers are open at the same time.
Systematics and distribution
Haworthia floribunda is common in the Western Cape province of South Africa.
The first description by Karl von Poellnitz was published in 1936. A nomenclature synonym is Haworthia chloracantha var. Floribunda (Poelln.) Halda (1997).
A distinction is made between the following varieties :
- Haworthia floribunda var. Floribunda
- Haworthia floribunda var. Dentata M.B.Bayer
- Haworthia floribunda var. Major M.B.Bayer
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literature
- Martin Bruce Bayer , Ernst Jacobus van Jaarsveld : Haworthia floribunda . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 216 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Karl von Poellnitz: On the knowledge of the genus Haworthia Duval . In: Repertorium novarum specierum regni vegetabilis . Volume 40, number 1-10, 1936, p. 149 ( doi: 10.1002 / fedr.19360400108 ).
Web links
- Haworthia floribunda var. Floribunda in the Red List of South African Plants
- Haworthia floribunda var. Dentata in the Red List of South African Plants
- Haworthia floribunda var. Major in the Red List of South African Plants