Haworthia turgida

Haworthia turgida
	Haworthia turgida var. Longibracteata
Systematics
	Monocots
Order :	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family :	Grass trees (Xanthorrhoeaceae)
Subfamily :	Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae)
Genre :	Haworthia
Type :	Haworthia turgida
Scientific name
	Haworthia turgida
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Haworthia turgida is a species of the genus Haworthia in the subfamily of the Affodil family (Asphodeloideae).

description

Haworthia turgida grows partially stemless and sprouting. The 20 to 40 ovate-lanceolate, recurved or slightly trimmed leaves form a rosette with a diameter of 5 to 10 centimeters. The yellow-green, firm leaf blade is 4 inches long and 1.2 inches wide. It is often as thick as it is wide. The leaf surface is usually speckled. The leaf edge and the leaf quill are thorny.

The inflorescence reaches a length of 15 to 20 centimeters and consists of 20 to 30 flowers . The slender flowers are brownish-white and have dark veins.

Systematics and distribution

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

The first description by Adrian Hardy Haworth was published in 1819.

A nomenclatory synonym is Aloe turgida (Haw.) Roem. & School f. (1829). Another synonym is Haworthia rodinii hort. (no year, nom. invalid ICBN -Article 29.1).

A distinction is made between the following varieties :

Haworthia turgida var. Turgida
Haworthia turgida var. Longibracteata (GGSN). MBBayer
Haworthia turgida var. Suberecta Poelln.

proof

literature

Martin Bruce Bayer , Ernst Jacobus van Jaarsveld : Haworthia turgida . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 227-228 .

Individual evidence

^ Adrian Hardy Haworth: Supplementum Plantarum Succulentarum: Sistens Plantas Novas Vel Nuper Introductas Sive Omissas . In: Synopsis Plantarum Succulentarum Cum Observationibus Variis Anglicanis . J. Harding, London 1819, p. 52 ( online ).

Web links

Commons : Haworthia turgida - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Haworthia turgida var. Turgida in the Red List of South African Plants
Haworthia turgida var. Longibracteata in the Red List of South African Plants
Haworthia turgida var. Suberecta in the Red List of South African Plants

[1] Adrian Hardy Haworth: Supplementum Plantarum Succulentarum: Sistens Plantas Novas Vel Nuper Introductas Sive Omissas . In: Synopsis Plantarum Succulentarum Cum Observationibus Variis Anglicanis . J. Harding, London 1819, p. 52 ( online ).