Haworthiopsis viscosa

Common name:

Family: Asphodelaceae

Synonym(s): <i>Haworthia viscosa</i> (L.) Haw.

Country of Origin: Mistkraal, Grootrivier Valley, Eastern Cape, S. Africa

Description: The species was previously included in Haworthia subgenus Hexangulares. Phylogenetic studies demonstrated that subgenus Hexangulares was actually relatively unrelated to other haworthias and so it was moved to the new genus Haworthiopsis.⁵

Uses:

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Source: Steve Hammer

Provenance:

Rcvd as Haworthia viscosa (L.) Haw.
(R. Kent #82) Mistkraal, Grootrivier Valley, Eastern Cape, S. Africa 

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Classification:

• Division: Magnoliophyta
• Class: Liliopsida
• SubClass: monocots
• Order: Asparagales
• SubOrder:
• Family: Asphodelaceae
• SubFamily: Asphodeloideae
• Tribe:
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References:

1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Wednesday, 04 March, 2020.
2. WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ALast accessed on Wednesday, 04 March, 2020.
3. Angiosperm Phylogeny Website at MoBot. Last accessed on Wednesday, 04 March, 2020.
4. Wikipedia. Last accessed on Wednesday, 04 March, 2020.
5. Manning, John, et al. A Molecular Phylogeny and Generic Classification of Asphodelaceae Subfamily Alooideae: A Final Resolution of the Prickly Issue of Polyphyly in the Alooids? Systematic Botany, vol. 39, no. 1, 2014, pp. 55–74., www.jstor.org/stable/24546120. Last accessed on Wednesday, 04 March, 2020.

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