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Epithet: pringlei
Derivation: Honors (1) Cyrus Guernsey Pringle (1838-1911), an American botanist who spent a career of 35 years cataloguing the plants of North America; (2) the South African Victor L. Pringle, who first collected Haworthia bolusii var. pringlei (formerly Haworthia pringlei) in 1973.
Pronunciation: PRING-lee-eye

While the generic name must be unique, two or more genera often share the same specific epithet. Moreover, the same epithet can be used for subspecies, varieties, and forms within a species. Here is a list of plants that share this epithet.