Asparagus africanus

Asparagus africanus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Asparagaceae
Subfamilia: Asparagoideae
Genus: Asparagus
Species: Asparagus africanus
Varietates: A. a. var. africanus – A. a. var. puberulus

Name

Asparagus africanus Lam., Encycl. 1: 295 (1783)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Asparagopsis lamarckii Kunth, Enum. Pl. 5: 87 (1850), nom. illeg.
  • Protasparagus africanus (Lam.) Oberm., S. African J. Bot. 2: 243 (1983).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Angola; Benin; Botswana; Burkina; Burundi; Cape Provinces; Central African Repu; Chad; Djibouti; Equatorial Guinea; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Free State; Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Ivory Coast; Kenya; KwaZulu-Natal; Lesotho; Malawi; Mozambique; Namibia; Niger; Nigeria; Northern Provinces; Rwanda; Senegal; Somalia; Sudan; Swaziland; Tanzania; Togo; Uganda; Zambia; Zare; Zimbabwe, Socotra; Continental: Asia-Temperate India; Oman; Saudi Arabia; Yemen References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Lamarck, J.-B. 1783. Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique 1: 295. BHL
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2015. Asparagus africanus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2015 Dec. 28. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2015. Asparagus africanus. Published online. Accessed: Dec. 28 2015.
• Tropicos.org 2015. Asparagus africanus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 28 Dec. 2015.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Asparagus africanus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

English: African asparagus

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