Haworthia maculata
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Haworthia maculata is a species of the genus Haworthia in the subfamily of the Affodil family (Asphodeloideae).
description
Haworthia maculata grows stemless and sprouts. The numerous upright to spreading, ovate-lanceolate leaves form a rosette with a diameter of up to 8 centimeters. The purple-green leaf blade is 6 inches long and 1 inch wide. It is speckled with colorless dots. There are short thorns on the leaf edge and the leaf keel .
The inflorescence is slender and consists of 15 to 20 flowers , only a few of which are open at the same time. The white flowers have a yellowish throat and green veins.
Systematics and distribution
Haworthia maculata is widespread in the Western Cape province of South Africa.
The first description as Haworthia schuldtiana var. Maculata by Karl von Poellnitz was published in 1940. Martin Bruce Bayer raised the variety to the rank of a species in 1976.
A distinction is made between the following varieties :
- Haworthia maculata var. Maculata
- Haworthia maculata var. Intermedia (Poelln.) MBBayer
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literature
- Martin Bruce Bayer , Ernst Jacobus van Jaarsveld : Haworthia maculata . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 219 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Karl von Poellnitz: For the knowledge of Haworthia Duva . In: Repertorium novarum specierum regni vegetabilis . Volume 49, number 1-4, 1940, p. 25 ( doi: 10.1002 / fedr.19400490106 ).
- ↑ Martin Bruce Bayer: Haworthia Handbook . Kirstenbosch 1976, p. 130.
Web links
- Haworthia maculata var. Maculata in the Red List of South African Plants
- Haworthia maculata var. Intermedia in the Red List of South African Plants