Haworthia maraisii

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

Haworthia maraisii is a species of the genus Haworthia in the subfamily of the Affodil family (Asphodeloideae).

description

Haworthia maraisii grows without a trunk and sprouts slowly. The few to many ovate-lanceolate, usually blunt leaves form a rosette with a diameter of 4 to 7 centimeters. The very dark green, opaque leaf blade is up to 4 centimeters long and 1 centimeter wide. The leaf surface is rough. There are small raised warts on it, which are sometimes thorny. The leaf edge and the leaf quill are covered with small thorns .

The slender inflorescence reaches a length of up to 30 centimeters. The flowers often have a yellow throat. The tips of the outer tepals are pinched.

Systematics and distribution

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

The first description by Karl von Poellnitz was published in 1935.

A nomenclatural synonym is Haworthia magnifica var. Maraisii (Poelln.) MBBayer (1977).

A distinction is made between the following varieties :

Haworthia maraisii var. Maraisii
Haworthia maraisii var. Meiringii M.B.Bayer
Haworthia maraisii var. Notabilis (Poelln.) MBBayer

proof

literature

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

Individual evidence

^ Karl von Poellnitz: A new Haworthia species: H. Maraisii . In: Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis . Volume 38, No. 13-25, 1935, p. 194 ( doi: 10.1002 / fedr.19350381303 ).

Web links

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

Haworthia maraisii var. Maraisii in the Red List of South African Plants
Haworthia maraisii var. Meiringii in the Red List of South African Plants
Haworthia maraisii var. Notabilis in the Red List of South African Plants

[1] Karl von Poellnitz: A new Haworthia species: H. Maraisii . In: Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis . Volume 38, No. 13-25, 1935, p. 194 ( doi: 10.1002 / fedr.19350381303 ).