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Asparagus gillettii

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Name

Identification
Asparagus leptocladodius Chiov. [family ASPARAGACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Data not digitized, Isotype of Asparagus gillettii Chiov. [family ASPARAGACEAE ] Verified by Data not digitized,
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  • Asparagus gillettii
  • Asparagus leptocladodius

Flora

Entry for ASPARAGUS leptocladodius Chiov. [family ASPARAGACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by Sebsebe Demissew [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
ASPARAGUS leptocladodius Chiov. [family ASPARAGACEAE], (1940).
ASPARAGUS racemosus Engl. var. ruspolii [family ASPARAGACEAE], in Ann. R. Ist. Bot. Roma 9: 245 (1902).
ASPARAGUS gillettii Chiov. [family ASPARAGACEAE], (1941);. type: N1, “Elmis”, Gillett 4501 (K holo., FT iso.).
Information
Erect or scandent shrub up to 2 m high; branches glabrous to puberulous, terete, white, peeling off, with straight spines 4–17 mm long. Cladodes clustered, 2–15 together, flattened, curved, 10–60 mm long, triangular. Racemes 1–2.5 cm long, often condensed and umbel-like; pedicels 3–6 mm long, articulated at or below the middle. Bracts ovate, 1–1.5 x 0.5 mm, white, falling quickly. Tepals white, 2.5–4 mm long. Stamens shorter than tepals; anthers black. Ovary with 6–8 ovules in each cell; style 0.3–0.7 mm long, 2–3-branched. Berry red, 6–9 mm in diam., 1-seeded. Seeds 4–5 mm in diam.
Range
N1–3; S1, 2
Altitude range
15–1800 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Carter 933; Thulin, Hedrén & Abdi Dahir 7215; Gillett & Hemming 24793.
Distribution (external)
Djibouti
Ethiopia
Kenya

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