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Scientific Name | Haworthiopsis coarctata (Haw.) G.D.Rowley |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | ASPHODELACEAE |
Synonyms | Haworthia coarctata Haw. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2014/03/25 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread, common and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | Port Elizabeth to Port Alfred and Adelaide. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Albany Thicket, Savanna |
Description | Crevices on rock faces and ravines. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Notes |
| Haworthiopsis coarctata is easily confused with H. reinwardtii, and the two may be the same species (Bayer 1999). |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Haworthiopsis coarctata (Haw.) G.D.Rowley | Least Concern | 2014.1 | | Haworthia coarctata Haw. var. coarctata | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Haworthia coarctata Haw. var. tenuis (G.G.Sm.) M.B.Bayer | Critically Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Haworthia coarctata Haw. var. adelaidensis (Poelln.) M.B.Bayer | Data Deficient (Taxonomically Problematic) | 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. 1999. Haworthia Revisited: A revision of the genus. Umdaus Press, Hatfield.
Cocks, M. and Dold, A.P. 2000. The Medicinal Plant Trade in the Eastern Cape Province. Unpublished report on behalf of the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, South Africa, Pretoria.
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 coarctata (Haw.) G.D.Rowley. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/01/25 |
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