Haworthia bolusii
Haworthia bolusii plant in Hong Kong Park
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asphodelaceae
Subfamily: Asphodeloideae
Genus: Haworthia
Species:
H. bolusii
Binomial name
Haworthia bolusii
Synonyms[1]
  • Catevala bolusii (Baker) Kuntze
  • Haworthia arachnoidea var. bolusii (Baker) Halda
  • Haworthia blackbeardiana Poelln.
  • Haworthia inermis Poelln.
  • Haworthia batteniae C.L.Scott

Haworthia bolusii is a species of Haworthia that was originally described by John Gilbert Baker in 1880.[2]

It is closely related to the neighbouring species to the west, Haworthia decipiens, and it is native to the northern part of the Eastern Cape Province in South Africa.[1][3][4]

Varieties

  • Haworthia bolusii var. blackbeardiana (Poelln.) M.B.Bayer – south central and south Cape Province to Free State.
  • Haworthia bolusii var. bolusii – south Cape Province
  • Haworthia bolusii var. pringlei (C.L.Scott) M.B.Bayer – south Cape Province[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ "Haworthia bolusii". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries; Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
  3. ↑ Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  4. ↑ Zietsman, P.C. & Smith, G.F. (2010). Occurrence of Haworthia bolusii var. blackbeardiana in the Free State, South Africa. Bothalia 40: 58.


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