Haworthia scabra var. smitii, 2016

Gildenhuys, Sean D. & Klopper, Ronell R., 2016, A synoptic review and new infrageneric classification for the genus Haworthiopsis (Xanthorrhoeaceae: Asphodeloideae), Phytotaxa 265 (1), pp. 1-26 : 17-18

15d. var. smitii (Poelln.) Gildenh. & Klopper comb. et stat. nov.

Bas.:— Haworthia smitii Von Poellnitz (1938e: 186) ≡ Haworthia pumila var. smitii (Poelln.) Halda (1997: 36) . Type (lectotype designated by Breuer 1998: 245):—(icon) “ Haworthia smitii v.P.” (B) later published in Poellnitz (1938e: 187).

Distribution: —Despite being well represented in collections, not much is known about the distribution of this variety, but it is reported to have come from the conglomerate hills to the east of Oudtshoorn, Western Cape, South Africa.