Asparagus africanus

Life-forms

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 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. 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 on the internet. Accessed: 2015 Dec. 28.
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