Haworthia cymbiformis in flowers. (*)
| Haworthia cymbiformis |
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| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Plantae
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| (unranked): |
Angiosperms
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| (unranked): |
Monocots
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| Order: |
Asparagales
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| Family: |
Asphodelaceae
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| Genus: |
Haworthia
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| Species: |
Haworthia cymbiformis
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| Binomial name |
Haworthia cymbiformis
(Willd.) Haw. Duval, 1809 |
Haworthia cymbiformis is a species of the genus Haworthia in the family Asphodelaceae.
Plants are small with a rosette. Leaves are thick, light green.
The main characteristic of this species is that the end of the leaves is transparent. In the wild, the sun is very bright. the plant grows mostly buried by sand and only this transparent end of the leaves is above the ground.
Some other genus such as Fenestraria show transparent end of leaves.
Cultivars
* Haworthia cymbiformis var. cymbiformis : cultivar type.
* Haworthia cymbiformis var. cymbiformis f. agavoides : dark green leaves.
* Haworthia cymbiformis var. cymbiformis f. bilineata
* Haworthia cymbiformis var. cymbiformis f. planifolia : flat rosettes, smaller than cultivar type.
* Haworthia cymbiformis var. incurvula
* Haworthia cymbiformis var. obtusa
* Haworthia cymbiformis var. ramosa
* Haworthia cymbiformis var. reddii
* Haworthia cymbiformis var. setulifera
External links
* (French) photos on www.AIAPS.org
