Asparagus suaveolens

Asparagus suaveolens

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 suaveolens

Name

Asparagus suaveolens Burch., 1822

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Asparagopsis suaveolens (Burch.) Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 617 (1875).
  • Protasparagus suaveolens (Burch.) Oberm., S. African J. Bot. 2: 244 (1983).
• Homotypic
  • Asparagus spinescens Steud. ex Schult. & Schult.f. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 7: 334 (1829), nom. illeg.
  • Asparagus triacanthus Willd. ex Schult. & Schult.f. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 7: 334 (1829), nom. illeg.
  • Asparagopsis spinescens Kunth, Enum. Pl. 5: 93 (1850).
  • Asparagopsis triacantha Kunth, Enum. Pl. 5: 91 (1850).
  • Asparagopsis zeyheri Kunth, Enum. Pl. 5: 92 (1850).
  • Asparagus stipulaceus var. spinescens (Kunth) Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 618 (1875).
  • Asparagus spinosissimus Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 315 (1898).
  • Asparagus omahekensis K.Krause, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 51: 447 (1914).
  • Asparagus intangibilis Dinter, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 29: 269 (1931).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Botswana; Cape Provinces; Free State; Kenya; KwaZulu-Natal; Lesotho; Malawi; Mozambique; Namibia; Northern Provinces; Swaziland; Tanzania; Zimbabwe References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Burchell, W.J., 1822. Trav. S. Africa 1: 226

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Asparagus suaveolens in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jan. 14. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Asparagus suaveolens. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 14 2019.
• The Plant List 2013. Asparagus suaveolens in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jan. 14.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Asparagus suaveolens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 Jan. 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Wild asparagus

For more multimedia, look at Asparagus suaveolens on Wikimedia Commons.