Protasparagus longicladus [family ASPARAGACEAE]

Herbarium
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Compton Herbarium, Cape Town (SAM)
Collection
Flora of Southern Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of South Africa, (2003) Author: Dr J.P. Roux
Names
Protasparagus longicladus [family ASPARAGACEAE]
Common names
Asparagus longicladus N.E. Br.: 298 (1921).
Information
Scandent or shrubby, tall. Rhizome and roots not seen. Stems and branches minutely pubes­cent, grey to brown. Spines short, broad, exserted. Cladodes in dense fascicles, filiform, 25-50 mm long, soft. Flowers in dense, sessile, globose fascicles pressed against the stems amongst cladodes; bracts small, numerous; tepals ± 3 mm long, white; stalk + 8 mm long, articu­lated near base. Stamens typical; anthers yellow. Ovary with 4 ovules in each locule; obovoid; style short with 3 broad, recurved stigmas. Berry ± 7 mm in diameter.
Habitat
According to notes on Kerfoot 7464, this species is 'A thorny scrambler of variable form; it may form dense masses in canopies of trees'.
Use
20. Protasparagus longicladus Protasparagus longicladus Protasparagus longicladus Protasparagus longicladus Protasparagus longicladus Protasparagus longicladus (N.E. Br.) B. Mathew in Kew Bulletin 44,1: 181 (1989). Type: Zimbabwe, Victoria Falls, FA. Rogers 3523 (K, holo.; PRE, photo.!).
Range
Recorded from Namibia (Caprivi Strip) and north-western Botswana; also from Zimbabwe and Zambia, often collected around Lake Kariba; rocky hills in woodland. Map 17.
Protasparagus longicladus [family ASPARAGACEAE]
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