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Jun 01, 2021 - 06:50 AM
Good question!
Taxonomy, or the naming of things, is an ever changing anomaly that's more indecisive than a stereotypical cat at the front door.
I say this because zebra plant used to be an Aloe, but isn't any longer. In fact, a lot of Haworthia plants used to be Aloe before getting moved into Haworthia.
Now, although we at Mountain Crest haven't caught up with this change fully yet, zebra plant is a Haworthiopsis; not Haworthia! A lot of the more "firm" Haworthia got moved into a new genus called Haworthiopsis, and I imagine that will change in the next few decades or so. I hope this helps, or was at least entertaining!
Taxonomy, or the naming of things, is an ever changing anomaly that's more indecisive than a stereotypical cat at the front door.
I say this because zebra plant used to be an Aloe, but isn't any longer. In fact, a lot of Haworthia plants used to be Aloe before getting moved into Haworthia.
Now, although we at Mountain Crest haven't caught up with this change fully yet, zebra plant is a Haworthiopsis; not Haworthia! A lot of the more "firm" Haworthia got moved into a new genus called Haworthiopsis, and I imagine that will change in the next few decades or so. I hope this helps, or was at least entertaining!
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