Haworthia magnifica

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

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

description

Haworthia magnifica grows without a trunk and sprouts slowly. The spread, trimmed leaves form a rosette with a diameter of up to 8 centimeters. The leaf blade is dark green to purple in color. The end face is slightly translucent between the wires. The leaf margin is rough to finely thorn. There are small, slightly protruding warts on the leaf surface.

The slender inflorescence reaches a length of up to 40 centimeters and consists of 15 to 20 white, brownish-veined flowers , of which only a few are open at the same time. The tips of the outer tepals are pinched.

Systematics and distribution

Haworthia magnifica is common in the Western Cape province of South Africa.

The first description by Karl von Poellnitz was published in 1933.

Nomenclatory synonyms are Haworthia maraisii var. Magnifica (Poelln.) MBBayer (1976, incorrect name ICBN -Article 11.4) and Haworthia retusa var. Magnifica (Poelln.) Halda (1997).

A distinction is made between the following varieties :

Haworthia magnifica var. Magnifica
Haworthia magnifica var. Acuminata (MBBayer) MBBayer
Haworthia magnifica var. Atrofusca (GGSm.) MBBayer
Haworthia magnifica var. Dekenahii (GGSm.) MBBayer
Haworthia magnifica var. Splendens J.D.Venter & SAHammer

proof

literature

Martin Bruce Bayer , Ernst Jacobus van Jaarsveld : Haworthia magnifica . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 219-220 .

Individual evidence

^ Karl von Poellnitz: Three new Haworthia species . In: Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis . Volume 33, No. 8-17, 1933, pp. 239-240 ( doi: 10.1002 / fedr.19330330810 ).

Web links

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Haworthia magnifica var. Magnifica in the Red List of South African Plants
Haworthia magnifica var. Acuminata in the Red List of South African Plants
Haworthia magnifica var. Atrofusca in the Red List of South African Plants
Haworthia magnifica var. Dekenahii in the Red List of South African Plants
Haworthia magnifica var. Splendens in the Red List of South African Plants

[1] Karl von Poellnitz: Three new Haworthia species . In: Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis . Volume 33, No. 8-17, 1933, pp. 239-240 ( doi: 10.1002 / fedr.19330330810 ).