Haworthia mirabilis

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Haworthia mirabilis
Haworthia mirabilis at the botanical garden of Villa Durazzo-Pallavicini, Genova Pegli
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Xanthorrhoeaceae
Subfamily: Asphodeloideae
Genus: Haworthia
Species: H. mirabilis
Binomial name
Haworthia mirabilis
(Haw.) Haw.
Synonyms
  • Aloe mirabilis Haw.
  • Apicra mirabilis (Haw.) Willd.
  • Catevala mirabilis (Haw.) Kuntze
  • Haworthia beukmanii
  • Haworthia retusa var. mirabilis (Haw.) Halda
  • Haworthia willowmorensis

Haworthia mirabilis is a species of the genus Haworthia belonging to the family Xanthorrhoeaceae.

Etymology

The genus name Haworthia honors the British botanist Adrian Hardy Haworth (1767–1833), while the species epitheton mirabilis derives from Latin and means "wonderful”.

Description

Haworthia mirabilias is a succulent evergreen slow-growing species reaching a size of4- 45 cm in height. It is usually a solitary stemless plant The leaves are green, with longitudinal pale green lines along the upper surfaces and small teeth along the margins. They turn to brownish or reddish in the sun. The leaves form a rosette and the flowers are white and small, in an inflorescence.

Distribution

This species is native to South Africa.

Habitat

It grows on rocky areas at an altitude of about 500 meters.

Subspecies

  • Haworthia mirabilis var. badia (Poelln.) M.B.Bayer
  • Haworthia mirabilis var. beukmannii (Poelln.) M.B.Bayer
  • Haworthia mirabilis var. calcarea M.B.Bayer
  • Haworthia mirabilis var. consanguinea M.B.Bayer
  • Haworthia mirabilis var. mirabilis (autonym)
  • Haworthia mirabilis var. paradoxa (Poelln.) M.B.Bayer
  • Haworthia mirabilis var. sublineata (Poelln.) M.B.Bayer
  • Haworthia mirabilis var. triebneriana (Poelln.) M.B.Bayer

References

Bibliography

  1. Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. Welman, E. Reitief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. v. Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).
  2. Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 32: 18 (1977).


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