Haworthia magnifica ist eine Pflanzenart der Gattung Haworthia in der Unterfamilie der Affodillgewächse (Asphodeloideae).
Haworthia magnifica wächst stammlos und langsam sprossend. Die ausgebreiteten, gestutzten Laubblätter bilden eine Rosette mit einem Durchmesser von bis zu 8 Zentimeter. Die Blattspreite ist dunkelgrün bis purpurfarben. Die Endfläche ist zwischen den Adern leicht durchscheinend. Der Blattrand ist rau bis fein bedornt. Auf der Blattoberfläche befinden sich kleine leicht vorstehende Warzen.
Der schlanke Blütenstand erreicht eine Länge von bis zu 40 Zentimeter und besteht aus 15 bis 20 weißen, bräunlich geäderten Blüten, von denen nur wenige gleichzeitig geöffnet sind. Die Spitzen der äußeren Perigonblätter sind gequetscht.
Haworthia magnifica ist in der südafrikanischen Provinz Westkap verbreitet.
Die Erstbeschreibung durch Karl von Poellnitz wurde 1933 veröffentlicht.[1]
Nomenklatorische Synonyme sind Haworthia maraisii var. magnifica (Poelln.) M.B.Bayer (1976, unkorrekter Name ICBN-Artikel 11.4) und Haworthia retusa var. magnifica (Poelln.) Halda (1997).
Es werden folgende Varietäten unterschieden:
Haworthia magnifica ist eine Pflanzenart der Gattung Haworthia in der Unterfamilie der Affodillgewächse (Asphodeloideae).
Haworthia magnifica is a species of the genus Haworthia belonging to the family Asphodelaceae.
It is popular as an ornamental in cultivation, especially in the form of its unique and colourful variety, "splendens".
The genus name Haworthia honors the British botanist Adrian Hardy Haworth (1767–1833), while the species name "magnifica" derives from the Latin word “Magnificus” meaning "magnificent”.
Haworthia magnifica is a succulent evergreen slow-growing species reaching a size of 40 cm in height. Its shape and brownish-greenish color serve to camouflage this plant on the ground. It is usually a solitary stemless plant. The leaves are approximately triangular, about 3,5 cm long, with longitudinal pale brown or greyish veines along the upper surfaces and small teeth along the edges. The leaves form a rosette of about 8 cm in diameter. Flowers are white and small, forming an inflorescence of about 40 cm.
This highly variable species is one of the "retuse" species of Haworthia, meaning that it usually grows sunken beneath the ground with its flattened leaves only showing on the surface. Its rosette of succulent leaves are turned back ("retuse") so as to provide a flat and level face, on the surface of the ground. In this form, it is similar to other retuse haworthias (e.g. Haworthia pygmaea, Haworthia bayeri, Haworthia springbokvlakensis, Haworthia mirabilis, Haworthia emelyae and Haworthia retusa).[1]
It can usually be distinguished from its relatives however, by its dark green leaves which become purple in full sun exposure. (This species is almost as dark as its relative Haworthia maraisii.) The leaves have a scabrous (rough) sub-tuberculate, slightly translucent surface, covered in faint, parallel lines and sometimes light flecked markings. The leaves have rough margins, often with tiny spines, and have sharp tapering tips.
This species is native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa.[2]
It grows on bushes and rocks at an altitude of about 220 meters.
Near the Gouritz river, the slender-leaved forms - which were previously classed as a variety of Haworthia retusa - are now labelled as the variety "acuminata". The extremely dark (almost black) plants, with rounded leaf tips and extremely rough leaf surface, are known as variety "atrofusca". In the north-east of this species range, the variety "dekenahii" is distinguished by its blunt-tipped leaves which have prominent silver flecks and tubercles. In the far east of its range, the plants have copious light-coloured fleck-markings, and the variety "splendens" is named from these plants.[3]
The ornate "splendens" variety, at the botanical garden of Villa Durazzo-Pallavicini, Genova Pegli
Haworthia magnifica is a species of the genus Haworthia belonging to the family Asphodelaceae.
It is popular as an ornamental in cultivation, especially in the form of its unique and colourful variety, "splendens".
Haworthia magnifica es una especie de planta suculenta perteneciente a la familia Xanthorrhoeaceae. Es originaria de Sudáfrica.[1]
Es una planta suculenta perennifolia que alcanza un tamaño de 40 cm de altura. Se encuentra a una altitud de 225 metros en Sudáfrica.[2]
Haworthia magnifica fue descrita por Karl von Poellnitz y publicado en Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 33: 239, en el año 1933.[3]
Haworthia magnifica es una especie de planta suculenta perteneciente a la familia Xanthorrhoeaceae. Es originaria de Sudáfrica.
Haworthia magnifica là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Măng tây. Loài này được Poelln. mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1933.[1]
Haworthia magnifica là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Măng tây. Loài này được Poelln. mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1933.