PLANTAE / PHANEROGAMAE / ANTHOPHYTA / ASPARAGALES / ASPHODELACEAE / ALOOIDEAE / HAWORTHIA / CYMBIFORMIS / RAMOSA
Plant caulescent, rosette 50 mm diam. and high, the bare stem above ground about 5 cm long, 7 mm diam., the young plants developing from the axil of the lower leaves which after drying off leave a branched stem with many young plants, the branches about 4 cm long by 5 mm diam. and provided with many aerial roots, the stem and branches prostrate and decumbent, and with the many branched plant forming dense clusters. Leaves somewhat crowded, incurved, the young erect, the older erect-spreading, somewhat tender, up to 35 mm long, 22 mm broad, 6 mm thick near the tip, obovate, abruptly acuminate; end-awn 1 mm long, naked, reddish-pellucid; face flat from the middle to base, concave to near tip, with a somewhat central raised concolorous line and about 12 somewhat indistinctly reticulate lines and a few pellucid oblong spots near the tip on some of the leaves, light green; back rounded, with about 20 indistinctly reticulate lines and several narrow longitudinal long and short oblong pellucid spots near the tip, light green becoming reddish near tip; keel central on most leaves, usually with a second one alongside, entire; margins acute below and greenish-white, rounded and pellucid in the upper half, entire. Peduncle simple, terete, fully 1.5 mm diam., 18 cm long including the raceme, very light brown below; raceme about 5 cm long, about 15 flowers and buds, 1-3 open simultaneously; pedicels 2 mm long, 1 mm diam., dark brownish-green; sterile bracts 6-8, the lowest 2-3 cm from the base of peduncle; fertile bracts 4.5 mm long, deltoid acuminate, white, with a fine, very pale brown nerve; perianth greyish-white, 15 mm long, the 3.5 mm subglobose cylindrical-triangular base only slightly constricted above, oblong, erect-spreading, slightly curved; upper segments obtuse, recurved, the face colour of the 2 outer ones white with a fine dark brown nerve, spreading, the inner one pink with a fine greenish-brown nerve; lower-segments obtuse, recurved, face colour of the 2 outer pinkish-brown with a fine brown nerve, slightly replicate, spreading, the inner one channelled, the face colour pure white with a broad brown nerve; stamens 4.5-5 and 4-4.5 mm long; ovary 2.5-3 mm long, slightly over 1.25 mm diam., dull brownish-green; style 0.75 mm long, bent, capitate, dull white. From: Smith, GG. 1944. Some new species and varieties in the genus Haworthia II. J. S. African Bot. 10: 11-24. [CC BY] As: Haworthia ramosa G.G.Sm.
The name ramosa (branching) refers to the way in which this plant forms long branched stems, a character found in no other Haworthia in this section, so far recorded. Aerial roots are often found on several Haworthia species and varieties, principally in the Section Coarctatae, usually on the under-side of a prostrate plant, but branching rarely occurs except sometimes in a damaged plant. With Haworthia ramosa, many aerial roots are developed on the upright and prostrate main stems or branches. This plant is near Haworthia cymbiformis Haw. in the general appearance of the rosettes, but these are smaller in diameter and much longer. From: Smith, GG. 1944. Some new species and varieties in the genus Haworthia II. J. S. African Bot. 10: 11-24. [CC BY] As: Haworthia ramosa G.G.Sm.
It grows in masses on a krantz facing south. From: Smith, GG. 1944. Some new species and varieties in the genus Haworthia II. J. S. African Bot. 10: 11-24. [CC BY] As: Haworthia ramosa G.G.Sm.
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Occurrence in the Flora of Southern Africa (FSA) countries and South African provinces. Residence status indicates if a taxon is indigenous, endemic, naturalised or invasive in a specific region. This data is based on specimen records and literature
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Names and Sources
Published in: Haworthia Revisited: 60 (1999)
Type: South Africa, Wooldridge, Smith 3168 (NBG)
Haworthia ramosa G.G.Sm.
Published in: J. S. African Bot. 10: 22 (1944)
Haworthia cymbiformis (Haw.) Duval var. cymbiformis f. ramosa (G.G.Sm.) M.B.Bayer
Published in: Haworthia Handbook: 149 (1976)
Classification
KINGDOM Plantae
SUBKINGDOM Phanerogamae
PHYLUM Anthophyta
ORDER Asparagales
FAMILY Asphodelaceae
SUBFAMILY Alooideae
GENUS Haworthia
SPECIES cymbiformis
VARIETY ramosa
8 results for Haworthia cymbiformis (Haw.) Duval var. ramosa (G.G.Sm.) M.B.Bayer
Barcode: NBG0069137-0 Collector(s) & number: Smith, GG, 3168 | 1940-3-
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Barcode: NBG0111869-0 Collector(s) & number: Smith, GG, 3168 | 1943-10-
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Barcode: NBG0221877-0 Collector(s) & number: Van Jaarsveld, EJ, 16829 | 2002-11-8
General notes: Thicket biome. Cliff face. Well-drained, stony and gravel soil. Sandstone. S aspect. No biotic effect seen. Succulent. Cluster on cliff.
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Barcode: NBG0111715-0 Collector(s) & number: Smith, GG, 3169 | 1940-2-
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Barcode: NBG0132286-0 Collector(s) & number: Bayer, MB, 4648 | 1972--
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Barcode: NBG0069256-0 Collector(s) & number: Smith, GG, 3105 | 1940-1-
General notes: On krantz facing NE.
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Barcode: NBG0118845-0 Collector(s) & number: Smith, GG, 3168 | --
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Barcode: NBG0118846-0 Collector(s) & number: Smith, GG, 3168 | --
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2012
PERIODICAL/JOURNAL
The Haworthia Nomenclator: A list of accepted species with some guidelines for infrapecific names Bayer, MB; Manning, JCHaworthiad: 1-23
1999
1976
1944
PERIODICAL/JOURNAL
Some new species and varieties in the genus Haworthia II Smith, GGJournal of South African Botany 10: 11-24
No results found for Haworthia cymbiformis (Haw.) Duval var. ramosa (G.G.Sm.) M.B.Bayer
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