Haworthia mirabilis

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

Dense population of Haworthia mirabilis var. Triebneriana

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

description

Haworthia mirabilis grows stemless and sprouts. The 10 to 15 clearly trimmed leaves form a rosette with a diameter of up to 7 centimeters. The dark green leaf blade is 3 to 4 inches long and 1.5 inches wide. Its tip is pointed. The translucent leaf surface is lined. The thorns on the leaf margin turn reddish in the sun.

The slender inflorescence reaches a length of up to 25 centimeters. The flowers are narrowly elongated and S-shaped in the bud stage. The inner tepals are excluded at their tips.

Systematics and distribution

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

The first description as Aloe mirabilis by Adrian Hardy Haworth was published in 1804. In 1812 he placed the species in the genus Haworthia .

Nomenclatory synonyms are Apicra mirabilis Willd. (1811, incorrect name ICBN -Article 11.4) and Haworthia retusa var. Mirabilis (Haw.) Halda (1997).

A distinction is made between the following varieties :

Haworthia mirabilis var. Mirabilis
Haworthia mirabilis var. Badia (Poelln.) MBBayer
Haworthia mirabilis var. Beukmannii (Poelln.) MBBayer
Haworthia mirabilis var. Calcarea M.B.Bayer
Haworthia mirabilis var. Consanguinea M.B.Bayer
Haworthia mirabilis var. Paradoxa (Poelln.) MBBayer
Haworthia mirabilis var. Sublineata (Poelln.) MBBayer
Haworthia mirabilis var. Triebneriana (Poelln.) MBBayer

proof

literature

Martin Bruce Bayer , Ernst Jacobus van Jaarsveld : Haworthia mirabilis . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 222-223 .

Individual evidence

^ Adrian Hardy Haworth: A new Arrangement of the Genus Aloe, with a chronological Sketch of the progressive Knowledge of that Genus, and of other succulent Genera . In: Transactions of the Linnean Society of London . Volume 7, Number 1, London 1804, p. 9 ( online ).
^ Adrian Hardy Haworth: Synopsis plantarum succulentarum cum descriptionibus synonymis locis, observationibus anglicanis culturaque . R. Taylor, London 1812, p. 95 ( online ).

Web links

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

Haworthia mirabilis var. Mirabilis in the Red List of South African Plants
Haworthia mirabilis var. Badia in the Red List of South African Plants
Haworthia mirabilis var. Beukmannii in the Red List of South African Plants
Haworthia mirabilis var. Calcarea in the Red List of South African Plants
Haworthia mirabilis var. Consanguinea in the Red List of South African Plants
Haworthia mirabilis var. Paradoxa in the Red List of South African Plants
Haworthia mirabilis var. Sublineata in the Red List of South African Plants
Haworthia mirabilis var. Triebneriana in the Red List of South African Plants
Haworthia mirabilis . In: S. Dressler, M. Schmidt, G. Zizka (Eds.): African plants - A Photo Guide. Senckenberg, Frankfurt / Main 2014.

[1] Adrian Hardy Haworth: A new Arrangement of the Genus Aloe, with a chronological Sketch of the progressive Knowledge of that Genus, and of other succulent Genera . In: Transactions of the Linnean Society of London . Volume 7, Number 1, London 1804, p. 9 ( online ).

[2] Adrian Hardy Haworth: Synopsis plantarum succulentarum cum descriptionibus synonymis locis, observationibus anglicanis culturaque . R. Taylor, London 1812, p. 95 ( online ).