The genus Haworthia was named in honor of Adrian Hardy Haworth (1767-1833), an English entomologist, botanist and carcinologist – hard to believe but it means a person who studies crustaceans – and in his case, his specialty was shrimp.
Truncata comes from the Latin truncatus meaning cut off and, in this case, the tops of the leaves are perpendicular and perfectly straight across, as if cut off. Hawarthias are native to South Africa and are members of the Order Asparagales like our asparagus.
Dear Sura,
Beautifully written. I have quite recently read the whole series of Jean Auel (I think six books). And I am glad to read 60 mio. and 5 mio. years. 29 mio. could be improved to 30 …
Shabbat shalom
David
I thought the first volume was the best. All your comments are taken seriously.
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