Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Asphodelaceae
Subfamilia: Asphodeloideae
Genus: Haworthiopsis

Overview of species

H. attenuata  H. bruynsii  H. coarctata  H. fasciata  H. glauca  H. granulata  H. koelmaniorum  H. limifolia  H. longiana  H. nigra  H. pungens  H. reinwardtii  H. scabra  H. sordida  H. tessellata  H. venosa  H. viscosa  H. woolleyi
Nothospecies: (2)
H. × rigida  H. × tauteae

Name

Haworthiopsis G.D.Rowley, Alsterworthia Int., Special Issue 10: 4 (2013)

  • Type species: Haworthiopsis coarctata (Haw.) G.D.Rowley, Alsterworthia Int., Special Issue 10: 4 (2013)

Synonyms

  • Homotypic
    • Haworthia sect. Hexangulares Uitewaal, Succulenta (Amsterdam) 5: 51. (1947)
  • Heterotypic
    • Aloe sect. Parviflorae Haw., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 7: 6. (1804)
    • Haworthia sect. Trifariae Haw., Saxifrag. enum. 2: 49. (1821)
    • Haworthia sect. Luridae Haw., Saxifrag. enum. 2: 50. (1821)
    • Aloe sect. Luridae (Haw.) Salm-Dyck, Aloes Mesembr. 1: sect. 7. (1836)
    • Aloe subgen. Parviflorae (Haw.) Salm- Dyck, Aloes Mesembr. 1.: Tabula synoptica Sectionum. (1836)
    • Aloe sect. Tessellatae Salm-Dyck, Aloes Mesembr. 1: sect. 8. (1836)
    • Aloe sect. Tortuosae Salm-Dyck, Aloes Mesembr. 1: sect. 4. (1836)
    • Aloe sect. Triquetrae Salm-Dyck, Aloes Mesembr. 1: sect. 3. (1836)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Africa
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Mozambique.
    • Southern Africa
      • Cape Provinces, Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Swaziland, Northern Provinces.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDGW – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

  • Rowley, G.D. 2013. Generic concepts in the Alooideae, Part 4 Haworthiopsis and Tulista: old wine in new bottles. Alsterworthia International. The Succulent Asphodelaceae Journal, Special Issue 10: 4.

Additional references

  • Gildenhuys, S.D. & Klopper, R.R. 2016. A synoptic review and new infrageneric classification for the genus Haworthiopsis (Xanthorrhoeaceae: Asphodeloideae). Phytotaxa 265(1): 1–26. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.265.1.1
  • Manning, J. Boatwright, J.S., Daru, B.H., Maurin, O. & Bank, M.V.D. 2014. A molecular phylogeny and generic classification of Asphodelaceae subfamily Alooideae: a final resolution of the prickly issue of polyphyly in the alooids? Systematic Botany 39(1): 55–74. DOI: 10.1600/036364414X678044 Full text PDF from ResearchGate Reference page. 

Vernacular names


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