Biology:Haworthia parksiana

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Haworthia parksiana
Haworthia parksiana 1e.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asphodelaceae
Subfamily: Asphodeloideae
Genus: Haworthia
Species:
H. parksiana
Binomial name
Haworthia parksiana
Poelln.

Haworthia parksiana is a species of succulent plant native to the Western Cape of South Africa .[1] Regarded as the smallest and one of the rarest types of Haworthia in the wild,[2] it is thought to be most closely related to Haworthia floribunda.[3] It grows in rosettes up to about 4 centimetres (1.6 in) in diameter,[4] and is often hidden in the ground.[2]

References

  1. "Haworthia parksiana Poelln." (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/536155-1. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Fred Dortort (19 November 2014). The Timber Press Guide to Succulent Plants of the World: A Comprehensive Reference to More than 2000 Species. Timber Press. p. 275. ISBN 978-1-60469-357-7. 
  3. Doreen Court (1 June 2000). Succulent Flora of Southern Africa. CRC Press. p. 276. ISBN 978-90-5809-323-3. 
  4. Weightman, Bill (1978). "An Example of Convergent Evolution". The National Cactus and Succulent Journal 33 (2): 31–32. ISSN 0027-8858. https://www.jstor.org/stable/42789844. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1591744 entry