Asparagus asparagoides

Taxonavigation

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

Asparagus asparagoides (L.) Druce, Rep. Bot. Exch. Club Soc. Brit. Isles 3: 414 (1914).

Basionym
- Medeola asparagoides L., Sp. Pl.: 339 (1753).
Homotypic
- Myrsiphyllum asparagoides (L.) Willd., Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 2: 25 (1808).
- Elide asparagoides (L.) Kerguélen, Collect. Partim. Nat. 8: xiii (1993).
Heterotypic
- Medeola angustifolia Mill., Gard. Dict. ed. 8: n.° 2 (1768).
  - Myrsiphyllum angustifolium (Mill.) Willd., Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 2: 25 (1808).
  - Asparagus medeoloides var. angustifolius (Mill.) Baker in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 6: 273 (1896).
- Dracaena medeoloides L.f., Suppl. Pl.: 203 (1782).
  - Asparagus medeoloides (L.f.) Thunb., Prodr. Pl. Cap.: 66 (1794).
- Ruscus volubilis Thunb., Prodr. Pl. Cap.: 13 (1794).
- Medeola latifolia Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 252 (1796).
- Myrsiphyllum falciforme Kunth, Enum. Pl. 5: 107 (1850).
  - Asparagus medeoloides var. falciformis (Kunth) Baker in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 6: 273 (1896).
- Elachanthera sewelliae F.Muell., Vict. Naturalist 3: 108 (1886).
- Luzuriaga sewelliae (F.Muell.) K.Krause in H.G.A.Engler, Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2, 15a: 379 (1930).
- Asparagus kuisibensis Dinter, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 29: 270 (1931).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe (introduced)
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - Baleares, Corse, Portugal, Spain.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Italy, Sicilia.
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Macaronesia (introduced)
  - Azores, Canary Islands, Madeira.
- Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Ethiopia.
- Regional: East Tropical Africa
  - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.
- Regional: South Tropical Africa
  - Malawi, Zimbabwe.
- Regional: Southern Africa
  - Cape Provinces, Lesotho, Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Swaziland, Northern Provinces.
Continental: Australasia (introduced)
- Regional: Australia
  - Norfolk Islands, New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia.
- Regional: New Zealand
  - New Zealand North, New Zealand South.
Continental: Northern America (introduced)
- Regional: Southwestern U.S.A.
  - California.
Continental: Southern America (introduced)
- Regional: Southern South America
  - Argentina Northeast.

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Hassler, M. 2022. Asparagus asparagoides. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 23. Reference page.
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English: African asparagus fern, Bridal creeper, Bridal-veil creeper, Gnarboola, Smilax, Smilax asparagus