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Scientific Name | Haworthiopsis reinwardtii (Salm-Dyck) G.D.Rowley |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | ASPHODELACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2014/03/26 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A range-restricted (EOO 1900 km²), but locally common species that is not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | Peddie to East London and Port Alfred. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Albany Thicket |
Description | Grassy, rocky slopes. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Notes |
| Haworthiopsis reinwardtii is difficult to distinguish from the widespread and common H. coarctata, and they may be the same species (Bayer 1999). |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Haworthiopsis reinwardtii (Salm-Dyck) G.D.Rowley | Least Concern | 2014.1 | | Haworthia reinwardtii (Salm-Dyck) Haw. var. brevicula G.G.Sm. | Data Deficient (Taxonomically Problematic) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Haworthia reinwardtii (Salm-Dyck) Haw. var. reinwardtii | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Bayer, M.B. 1973. Natural variation and species delimitation in Haworthia Duval. - Part 3. Haworthia reinwardtii Haw. and Haworthia coarctata Haw. National Cactus and Succulent Journal 28:80.
Bayer, M.B. 1982. The new Haworthia handbook. National Botanical Gardens of South Africa.
Bayer, M.B. 1999. Haworthia Revisited: A revision of the genus. Umdaus Press, Hatfield.
Raimondo, D., von Staden, L., Foden, W., Victor, J.E., Helme, N.A., Turner, R.C., Kamundi, D.A. and Manyama, P.A. 2009. Red List of South African Plants. Strelitzia 25. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
Rowley, G.D. 2013. Generic concepts in the Alooideae. Part 3 - The phylogenetic story. Alsterworthia International Special Issue 10:1-6.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2014. Haworthiopsis reinwardtii (Salm-Dyck) G.D.Rowley. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2024/09/14 |
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