Biology:Haworthia parksiana
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
Haworthia parksiana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Asphodelaceae |
Subfamily: | Asphodeloideae |
Genus: | Haworthia |
Species: | H. parksiana
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Binomial name | |
Haworthia parksiana Poelln.
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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
- ↑ "Haworthia parksiana Poelln." (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/536155-1.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Doreen Court (1 June 2000). Succulent Flora of Southern Africa. CRC Press. p. 276. ISBN 978-90-5809-323-3.
- ↑ 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
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haworthia parksiana.
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