Haworthiopsis × lisbonensis

Haworthiopsis × lisbonensis, formerly Haworthia lisbonensis, is an ornamental succulent plant, considered a hybrid of unknown parentage.[2]

Haworthiopsis × lisbonensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asphodelaceae
Subfamily: Asphodeloideae
Tribe: Aloeae
Genus: Haworthiopsis
Species:
H. × lisbonensis
Binomial name
Haworthiopsis × lisbonensis
(Resende) Gildenh. & Klopper[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Haworthia lisbonensis Resende

History

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Haworthiopsis × lisbonensis is named after Lisbon, as the original plant was discovered by António Gomes Amaral in the collection of the Botanical Garden of the University of Lisbon. Gomes Amaral brought it to the attention of Flávio Resende, a Portuguese botanist, who described it as Haworthia lisbonensis in 1946.[3] It has since been moved to the genus Haworthiopsis, and it is currently considered a hybrid, rather than a true species.[2][4]

Flávio Resende shared living material with several of his correspondents around the world, and the plant is still found in cultivation.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Haworthiopsis × lisbonensis", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2023-06-13
  2. ^ a b c Smith, G.F.; Silva, V. (2019). "Notes on five nothospecies published by or in honour of Flávio Resende in the mid-1900s in Haworthia, now Haworthiopsis (Asphodelaceae subfam. Alooideae)". Haseltonia. 2019 (26): 43–51. doi:10.2985/026.026.0107. S2CID 211533879.
  3. ^ Resende, F.; Pinto-Lopes, J. (1946). "Suculentas africanas IV. Contribution to a better geno-sistematical knowledge of the Coarctatae Section of the genus Haworthia Duval". Portugaliae Acta Biologica, Série B. 2 (1/2): 175–194.
  4. ^ Gildenhuys, S.D.; Klopper, R.R. (2016). "A synoptic review and new infrageneric classification for the genus Haworthiopsis (Xanthorrhoeaceae: Asphodeloideae)". Phytotaxa. 265 (1): 1–26. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.265.1.1. hdl:2263/57046.