Haworthia limifolia

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

Haworthia limifolia is a species of the genus Haworthia in the subfamily of the Affodill family (Asphodeloideae).

description

Haworthia limifolia grows without a trunk, sprouts slowly and can form runners. The 12 to 30 spread, ovate-lanceolate leaves form rosettes with a diameter of 5 to 7 centimeters. The light to very dark green or brownish green, opaque leaf blade is up to 6 inches long and 2 inches wide. The leaf surface is rough and covered with white or same-colored warts or confluent transverse ribs. The leaf margins and the leaf quill are rough.

The slender inflorescence reaches a length of up to 35 centimeters and consists of 15 to 20 flowers . The tips of the tepals are rolled back.

Systematics and distribution

Haworthia limifolia is distributed in Mozambique , Swaziland and the South African provinces of Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal .

The first description by Rudolf Marloth was published in 1910. There are numerous synonyms .

A distinction is made between the following varieties :

Haworthia limifolia var. Limifolia
Haworthia limifolia var. Gigantea M.B.Bayer
Haworthia limifolia var. Ubomboensis (I.Verd.) GGSm.

proof

literature

Martin Bruce Bayer , Ernst Jacobus van Jaarsveld : Haworthia limifolia . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 218-219 .

Individual evidence

^ Rudolf Marloth: Some new South African Succulents. Part II . Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa . Volume 1, number 2, 1910, p. 409 ( doi: 10.1080 / 00359191009520051 ).

Web links

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Haworthia limifolia var. Limifolia in the Red List of South African Plants
Haworthia limifolia var. Limifolia in the Red List of South African Plants

[1] Rudolf Marloth: Some new South African Succulents. Part II . Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa . Volume 1, number 2, 1910, p. 409 ( doi: 10.1080 / 00359191009520051 ).