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Scientific Name | Haworthia pulchella M.B.Bayer |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | ASPHODELACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Taxonomically Problematic |
Assessment Date | 2014/03/24 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo, L. von Staden, R.R. Klopper & J.C. Manning |
Justification | A taxonomically problematic species that is difficult to distinguish from other Haworthia species. Until resolved, its risk of extinction cannot be assessed. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Touwsrivier to Laingsburg and Anysberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | Shaded rock crevices in dry mountain fynbos. |
Population |
Haworthia pulchella is seldom proliferous and very slow growing (Bayer 1982).
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Population trend | Stable |
Notes |
| 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 pulchella M.B.Bayer var. pulchella | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Haworthia pulchella M.B.Bayer var. globifera M.B.Bayer | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Bayer, M.B. 1973. Two new species of Haworthia (Liliaceae). Journal of South African Botany 39(3):249-254.
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.
Breuer, I. 2000. The world of Haworthias. (Vol. 2: Descriptions, pp. 341-859). Ingo Breuer, Germany.
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2000. Cape Plants: A conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9. National Botanical Institute, Cape Town.
Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2012. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape Flora. Strelitzia 29. South African National Biodiversity Institute, 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.
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Citation |
| Raimondo, D., von Staden, L., Klopper, R.R. & Manning, J.C. 2014. Haworthia pulchella M.B.Bayer. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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