Biology:Haworthiopsis limifolia
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asphodelaceae |
| Subfamily: | Asphodeloideae |
| Tribe: | Aloeae |
| Genus: | Haworthiopsis |
| Species: | H. limifolia
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| Binomial name | |
| Haworthiopsis limifolia (Marloth) G.D.Rowley[1]
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Haworthiopsis limifolia, formerly Haworthia limifolia, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Haworthiopsis, native to southern Africa and first described in 1910.[2][3]
Distribution
It is native to southeastern Africa (southern Mozambique, Swaziland, KwaZulu-Natal, and Mpumalanga).[1][4]
Varieties
It is a relatively widespread species, with several known varieties, including arcana, gigantea, glaucophylla, keithii, striata, ubomboensis.[5][6][7]
The white-striped "striata" variety, from the Pongola region of northern KwaZulu Natal
The large "gigantea" variety, from Nongoma district, KwaZulu Natal
The light-coloured "keithii" variety, from the Ubombo mountains, Swaziland.
The smooth, blue-green glaucophylla variety from Barberton, South Africa .
The smooth, slender-leaved "ubomboensis" variety, from the Ubombo mountains, Swaziland.
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Haworthiopsis limifolia", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew), http://wcsp.science.kew.org/namedetail.do?name_id=490814, retrieved 2017-10-17
- ↑ Haworthia limifolia - Haworthia Revisited
- ↑ Marloth, Hermann Wilhelm Rudolf. 1910. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa i. 409
- ↑ Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
- ↑ Haworthia limifolia var arcana
- ↑ Haworthia limifolia var gigantea
- ↑ Haworthia limifolia varieties - Haworthia Updates
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