Haworthia serrata

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

Haworthia serrata is a species of the genus Haworthia in the subfamily of the Affodill family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet serrata comes from Latin , means 'sawn' and refers to the thorns on the leaf edges.

description

Haworthia serrata grows without a stem and only rarely sprouts. The 20 to 30 narrow, pointed leaves form a rosette with a diameter of up to 7 centimeters. The bright yellowish green leaf blade is 6 centimeters long and 1 centimeter wide. There are translucent lines on the top of the sheet. The leaf edge and the leaf quill are thorny.

The powerful inflorescence reaches a length of up to 40 centimeters and consists of 20 to 30 flowers . The white flowers have a green vein.

Systematics and distribution

Haworthia serrata is widespread in the South African province of Western Cape near Heidelberg .

The first description by Martin Bruce Bayer was published in 1973.

A nomenclatory synonym is Haworthia chloracantha var. Serrata (MBBayer) Halda (1997).

proof

literature

Martin Bruce Bayer , Ernst Jacobus van Jaarsveld : Haworthia serrata . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 228 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 219.
^ Martin Bruce Bayer: Two new species of Haworthia (Liliaceae) . In: Journal of South African Botany . Volume 39, number 3, Kirstenbosch 1973, p. 249.

Web links

Haworthia serrata in the Red List of South African Plants
Herbarium evidence of Haworthia serrata

[1] Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 219.

[2] Martin Bruce Bayer: Two new species of Haworthia (Liliaceae) . In: Journal of South African Botany . Volume 39, number 3, Kirstenbosch 1973, p. 249.