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Name

Identification
Asparagus rivalis Burch. ex Kies [family ASPARAGACEAE ] Verified by Unknown, Asparagus asiaticus L. [family ASPARAGACEAE ] Verified by Unknown, Asparagus africanus Lam. [family ASPARAGACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by J.P.Jessop,
Related name
  • Asparagus africanus
  • Asparagus rivalis
  • Asparagus asiaticus

Flora

Entry for ASPARAGUS asiaticus Linn. [family ASPARAGACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, page 253, (1897) Author: (By J. G. BAKER).
Names
ASPARAGUS asiaticus Linn. [family ASPARAGACEAE], Sp. Plant. 313;—Linn. Mant. 366; Miller, Dict. edit. viii. No. 8; Bresl. Diss. No. 12; Willd. Sp. Plant. ii. 153; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 618.
Asparagopsis Willdenowii Kunth [family ], Enum. v. 86.
Asparagopsis scoparia Kunth [family ], Enum. v. 80.
Asparagus rivalis Burchell [family ASPARAGACEAE], Trav. i. 400.
Asparagus mitis A. Rich [family ASPARAGACEAE], Fl. Abyss. ii. 319–320.
Asparagus scaberulus A. Rich [family ASPARAGACEAE], Fl. Abyss. ii. 319–320.
Asparagus capensis [family ASPARAGACEAE], Linn. Herb.
Information
main stem slender, subterete, green, glabrous, sarmentose; main prickles small; branches long, slender; cladodia subulate, rigid, ascending, 1/4– 1/2 in. long, 3–12 in a cluster; flowers axillary, generally 1–4-nate; pedicels 1/4 in. long, articulated below the middle; perianth campanulate, 1/8 in. long; segments oblong, obtuse, spreading horizontally; stamens nearly as long as the perianth-segments; anthers oblong, 1/3 the length of the filament; ovules 5–6 in a cell; berry globose, 1/6 in. diam., 1-seeded. null
Range
Also Tropical Africa and Tropical Asia.
Distribution
CENTRAL REGION Colesberg, Shaw! Aliwal North Div.; banks of the Orange River, near Aliwal North, 4300 ft., Drège, 4481b!EASTERN REGION Natal, Gerrard, 70! Delagoa Bay, Bolus!KALAHARI REGION Bechuanaland; Maadji Mountain, Burchell, 2376! Kosi Fontein, Burchell, 2587!

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