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Haworthia is a large genus of small succulent plants endemic to Southern Africa (Mozambique, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini and South Africa). [1]Like aloes and gasteria they are members of the subfamily Asphodeloideae and they generally resemble miniature aloes, except in their flowers, which are distinctive in appearance.
Linnaeus's Aloe species included two now placed in Haworthiopsis. The genus Haworthia was established by Henri Auguste Duval in 1809 for former Aloe species with smaller whitish two-lipped (bilabiate) flowers. Many additional taxa were later added, at both species and infraspecies ranks. This has been described as "causing a great deal of ...
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Haworthiopsis attenuata, formerly Haworthia attenuata, commonly known as zebra haworthia, is a small species of succulent plant from the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. As an ornamental , it is one of the most commonly cultivated of the Haworthiopsis species.
This species is one of the "retuse" species of Haworthia, meaning that it usually grows sunken beneath the ground with its flattened leaves only showing on the surface.Its rosette of succulent leaves are turned back ("retuse") so as to provide a flat and level face, on the surface of the ground.
Haworthia magnifica is a succulent evergreen slow-growing species reaching a size of 40 cm in height. Its shape and brownish-greenish color serve to camouflage this plant on the ground. Its shape and brownish-greenish color serve to camouflage this plant on the ground.
In this form, it is similar to other retuse haworthias (e.g. Haworthia retusa, Haworthia bayeri, Haworthia springbokvlakensis, Haworthia pygmaea, Haworthia mirabilis and Haworthia magnifica). A distinctive feature is the convex shape of the leaf faces. The faces appear to bulge upwards, with the leaf tips bent back downwards.
Haworthia zantneriana is a species of the genus Haworthia in the family Asphodelaceae, subfamily Asphodeloideae, [1] endemic to the southern parts of the Western Cape and Eastern Cape Provinces in South Africa. It is considered a synonym of Haworthia chloracantha var. zantneriana.