Haworthiopsis limifolia, formerly Haworthia limifolia, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Haworthiopsis, native to southern Africa and first described in 1910.[2][3]
Haworthiopsis limifolia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Asphodelaceae |
Subfamily: | Asphodeloideae |
Tribe: | Aloeae |
Genus: | Haworthiopsis |
Species: | H. limifolia
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Binomial name | |
Haworthiopsis limifolia (Marloth) G.D.Rowley[1]
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Distribution
editIt is native to southeastern Africa (southern Mozambique, Swaziland, KwaZulu-Natal, and Mpumalanga).[1][4]
Varieties
editIt is a relatively widespread species, with several known varieties, including arcana, gigantea, glaucophylla, keithii, striata, ubomboensis.[5][6][7]
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The white-striped "striata" variety, from the Pongola region of northern KwaZulu Natal
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The large "gigantea" variety, from Nongoma district, KwaZulu Natal
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The light-coloured "keithii" variety, from the Ubombo mountains, Swaziland.
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The smooth, blue-green glaucophylla variety from Barberton, South Africa.
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The smooth, slender-leaved "ubomboensis" variety, from the Ubombo mountains, Swaziland.
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Early development of flower stem.
References
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Haworthia limifolia.
- ^ a b c "Haworthiopsis limifolia", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2017-10-17
- ^ Haworthia limifolia - Haworthia Revisited
- ^ Marloth, Hermann Wilhelm Rudolf. 1910. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa i. 409
- ^ Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
- ^ Haworthia limifolia var arcana
- ^ Haworthia limifolia var gigantea
- ^ Haworthia limifolia varieties - Haworthia Updates