Asparagus setaceus

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 setaceus

Name

Asparagus setaceus (Kunth) Jessop, Bothalia 9: 51. 1966.

Synonyms

Basionym
- Asparagopsis setacea Kunth, Enum. Pl. 5: 82. 1850.
Homotypic
- Protasparagus setaceus (Kunth) Oberm., S. African J. Bot. 2: 244. 1983.
Heterotypic
- Asparagus plumosus Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 613. 1875.
- Asparagus zanzibaricus Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 614. 1875.
- Asparagus plumosus nanus Van Geert, Nursery Cat. (Auguste Van Geert) 83: 4. 1882.
- Asparagus tenuissimus Van Geert, Nursery Cat. (Auguste Van Geert) 83: 4. 1882.
- Asparagus lujae De Wild., Pl. Nov. Horti Then.: t. 34. 1905.
- Asparagus plumosus var. tenuissimus (Van Geert) L.H.Bailey, Cycl. Amer. Hort.: 106. 1906.
- Asparagus asiaticus var. amharicus Pic.Serm., Miss. Stud. Lago Tana 7(1): 194. 1951.
- Protasparagus plumosus (Baker) Oberm., S. African J. Bot. 2: 244. 1983.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Greece (introduced)
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Macaronesia
  - Canary Islands, Madeira (introduced)
- Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Ethiopia
- Regional: East Tropical Africa
  - Kenya, Tanzania
- Regional: South Tropical Africa
  - Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
- Regional: Southern Africa
  - Botswana, Cape Provinces, Lesotho, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Swaziland, Northern Provinces
- Regional: Western Indian Ocean
  - Chagos Archipelago (introduced), Comoros, Mauritius (introduced)
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Eastern Asia
  - Ogasawara-shoto (introduced)
Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Regional: Indian Subcontinent
  - Bangladesh (introduced)
Continental: Australasia
- Regional: Australia
  - Norfolk Islands, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia (introduced)
- Regional: New Zealand
  - New Zealand North (introduced)
Continental: Pacific
- Regional: Southwestern Pacific
  - Niue, New Caledonia, Samoa, Tonga (introduced)
- Regional: South-Central Pacific
  - Cook Islands (introduced)
- Regional: Northwestern Pacific
  - Marianas (introduced)
Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Southwestern U.S.A.
  - California (introduced)
- Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Florida (introduced)
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest (introduced)
Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Central America
  - Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras (introduced)
- Regional: Caribbean
  - Bermuda, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago (introduced)
- Regional: Western South America
  - Ecuador, Galápagos (introduced)
- Regional: Brazil
  - Brazil South (introduced)
- Regional: Southern South America
  - Argentina Northeast, Uruguay (introduced)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Jessop, J.P. 1966. The Genus Asparagus in Southern Africa. Bothalia 9(1): 31–96. DOI: 10.4102/abc.v9i1.1576 Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Asparagus setaceus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.
Asparagus setaceus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Aspersievaring
English: Emerald asparagus fern
suomi: Unelma
lea faka-Tonga: tāupoʻou
中文: 文竹