Haworthia truncata
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Haworthia truncata var. Truncata |
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Haworthia truncata is a species of the genus Haworthia in the subfamily of the Affodil family (Asphodeloideae).
description
Haworthia truncata grows without a stem and sprouts slowly. The ten to twelve suddenly trimmed leaves are arranged in two rows on the shoot . The dark gray-green leaf blade is 1.2 to 4 inches wide and 0.3 to 1 inch thick. The semi-translucent end surfaces are flat to little furrowed. The leaf surface is rough. There are tiny warts on it.
The inflorescence reaches a length of up to 20 centimeters and consists of 20 to 30 flowers . The flowers are veined white and brownish.
Systematics and distribution
Haworthia truncata is widespread in the South African province of Western Cape in the Little Karoo .
The first description by Selmar Schönland was published in 1910.
A distinction is made between the following varieties :
- Haworthia truncata var. Truncata
- Haworthia truncata var. Maughanii (Poelln.) B.Fearn
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literature
- Martin Bruce Bayer , Ernst Jacobus van Jaarsveld : Haworthia truncata . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 227-228 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Selmar Schönland: On some Points in the Morphology and Biology of a new Species of Haworthia . In: Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa . Volume 1, Number 2, 1910, pp. 391-394.
Web links
- Haworthia truncata var. Truncata in the Red List of South African Plants
- Haworthia truncata var. Maughanii in the Red List of South African Plants