Huernia zebrina
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The Huernia zebrina is a type of plant from the subfamily of the silk plants (Asclepiadoideae) in the family of the dog poison plants (Apocynaceae). It comes from southern Africa and is cultivated as a houseplant because of its pretty flowers.
distribution
The natural distribution area of Huernia zebrina extends in southern Africa across Namibia , Botswana , Zimbabwe , Mozambique , Swaziland and the northern provinces of South Africa to Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal .
description
As with all members of the genus Huernia , it is a succulent plant. The low stems reach a maximum height of 15 cm and a diameter of up to 2 centimeters. The star-shaped flower has a diameter of about 6 to 7 centimeters; in the larger-flowered subspecies Huernia zebrina subsp. magniflora also up to 8.5 cm. It is cream-colored with red to purple stripes and lines, with five triangular, strongly striated, chestnut-brown corolla lobes. In the middle of the corolla sits a raised red circular ring (corolla). Due to its glossy surface, the blossom appears plastic-like artificial.
use
Huernia zebrina is cultivated as a houseplant because of its pretty flowers . It needs winter temperatures above 10 ° C to thrive. Propagation can be done with cuttings from pieces of trunk or seeds.
Systematics
The first description by the English botanist Nicholas Edward Brown was published in 1909 in Flora capensis by William Turner Thiselton-Dyer .
The following subspecies can be distinguished:
- Huernia zebrina subsp. zebrina (Syn .: Huernia zebrina subsp. magniflora (Phillips) LCLeach ): It occurs from southern Zimbabwe to South Africa.
- Huernia zebrina subsp. insigniflora (CAMaass) Bruyns (Syn .: Huernia insigniflora C.A. Maass ): It occurs in northern South Africa.
Web links
- Entry at GRIN - Taxonomy for Plants. (engl.)
- Entry on the subspecies "magniflora" at cactus-art.biz (engl.)
Individual evidence
- ↑ WT Thiselton-Dyer: Flora Capensis , 4 (1), 1909, p. 921. see entry in GRIN Taxonomy for Plants.
- ↑ a b Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Huernia - World Checklist of Selected Plant Families of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on November 13, 2018.