Haworthia glauca

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

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

description

Haworthia glauca grows trunk-forming and sprouting. The numerous upright or inwardly curved leaves form a rosette with a diameter of up to 8 centimeters. The glauk- gray-green leaf blade is up to 6 inches long and 1.5 inches wide. There are no warts on the rough leaf surface.

The simple or occasionally branched inflorescence reaches a length of up to 30 centimeters. The upside-down flower tube is curved and the tepals are rolled back.

Systematics and distribution

Haworthia glauca is common in the South African province of Eastern Cape .

The first description by John Gilbert Baker was published in 1880. Nomenclatory synonyms are Haworthia reinwardtii subsp. glauca (Baker) Halda (1997) and Haworthia reinwardtii var. glauca (Baker) Halda (1997).

A distinction is made between the following varieties :

Haworthia glauca var. Glauca
Haworthia glauca var. Herrei (Poelln.) MBBayer

proof

literature

Martin Bruce Bayer , Ernst Jacobus van Jaarsveld : Haworthia glauca . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 216 .

Individual evidence

↑ JG Baker: A Synopsis of Aloineae and Yuccoideae . In: Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany . Volume 18, London 1881, p. 203 ( online ).

Web links

Commons : Haworthia glauca - collection of images, videos and audio files

Haworthia glauca var. Glauca in the Red List of South African Plants
Haworthia glauca var. Herrei in the Red List of South African Plants

[1] JG Baker: A Synopsis of Aloineae and Yuccoideae . In: Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany . Volume 18, London 1881, p. 203 ( online ).