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Scientific Name | Haworthia decipiens Poelln. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | ASPHODELACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Taxonomically Problematic |
Assessment Date | 2014/03/19 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden, R.R. Klopper & J.C. Manning |
Justification | A variable species that is difficult to distinguish from other Haworthia species, particularly Haworthia cooperi. Until taxonomically resolved, the risk of extinction of H. decipiens cannot be assessed. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Notes |
| Haworthia has been plagued with an overprolification of names, recognising variation over similarity, and causing much confusion (Bayer and Manning 2012). The genus needs to be revised using population-level molecular techniques in order for species concepts to be resolved (J.C. Manning pers. comm. 2014). |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Haworthia decipiens Poelln. | Data Deficient (Taxonomically Problematic) | 2014.1 | | Haworthia kemari M.Hayashi | Rare | 2011.1 | | Haworthia decipiens Poelln. var. cyanea M.B.Bayer | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Haworthia decipiens Poelln. var. decipiens | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Haworthia kemari M.Hayashi | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Haworthia decipiens Poelln. var. minor M.B.Bayer | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Haworthia decipiens Poelln. var. xiphiophylla (Baker) M.B.Bayer | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Haworthia virella (M.B.Bayer) M.Hayashi | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Bayer, M.B. 1982. The new Haworthia handbook. National Botanical Gardens of South Africa.
Bayer, M.B. and Manning, J.C. 2012 (Updated online 2013). The Haworthia nomenclator: A list of accepted species with some guidelines for infraspecific names. Haworthia Update 7(4):30-40.
Hayashi, M. 2003. H. decipiens and its relatives. Haworthia Study 9:11-12.
Manning, J.C., Boatwright, J.S., Daru, B.H., Maurin, O. and Van der Bank, M. 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.
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.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L., Klopper, R.R. & Manning, J.C. 2014. Haworthia decipiens Poelln. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/07/02 |
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