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Asparagus laricinus Burch. [family ASPARAGACEAE]
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (2006) Author: SEBSEBE DEMISSEW
Names
Asparagus laricinus Burch. [family ASPARAGACEAE], Travels Int. S. Africa 1: 537 (1822); Bresler, Dissert. inaug.: 40 (1826); Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg. 7(1): 337 (1829); Kunth, Enum. Pl. 5: 75 (1850); Baker in J.L.S. 14: 620 (1875); Baker in Fl. Cap. 6: 267 (1896); Sölch et al., Fl. Südwest-Afr.: 31 (1961); Jessop in Bothalia 9: 60 (1966). Type: South Africa, Cape Province, Hay between Griquatown and Wittewater, Burchell 1871 (K!, holo.)
Asparagus angolensis Baker [family ASPARAGACEAE], in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, 1: 254 (1878). Type: Angola, Huilla, Welwitsch 3879 (K!, holo.)
Protasparagus laricinus (Burch.) Oberm. [family ASPARAGACEAE], in S. Afr. Journ. Bot. 2: 244 (1983)
Information
Spiny shrubs 1– 3 m high, erect or climbing or sometimes trailing; young stems and branches whitish, ribbed, minutely hispidulous or glabrous, turning brown and smooth with age; spines short, hard, straight or slightly curved, on stems and below branches 3.5– 6(– 8) mm, below cladode fascicles 1.5– 2 mm long. Cladodes up to 10 in a fascicle, filiform, 8– 15(– 20) mm long when mature, fairly equal in length. Flowers 1– 8, on outside of cladode fascicles; bracts overlapping, ± membranous, ovate, 1.5× 1 mm, rounded at apex; pedicel 5– 6 mm long, articulated in the lower half, below the middle. Tepals 2.5– 4 mm long, white; stamens with red or orange anthers; ovary 3-locular with 5– 6 ovules in each locule; style short, ± 1 mm long (incl. stigma) with 3 short, spreading stigmas. Berry red, 6– 8 mm in diameter, 1-seeded.
Range
DISTR. T 4, 7
Altitude range
(750– )1700– 2400 m
Distribution
TANZANIA Sumbawanga District N Sanga Forest, 31 Nov. 1961, Robinson 4838!;TANZANIA Mbeya District Poroto Mts, 16 May 1957, Richards 9756!;TANZANIA Iringa District E slope above Lake Ngwazi, 1 km above Ngwazi Dam, 11 Aug. 1971, Perdue & Kibwa 11025!
Distribution (external)
; Angola
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Botswana
Namibia
South Africa
Notes
Bidgood et al. 3550 fromT4 is included here due to its ribbed branches and red-colored fruits, but differs by having wider cladodes ± 0.5 mm and the absence of spines below cladode fascicles. More material from the area is needed to establish the correct identity of the specimen.
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (2006) Author: SEBSEBE DEMISSEW
Names
Asparagus laricinus Burch. [family ASPARAGACEAE], Travels Int. S. Africa 1: 537 (1822); Bresler, Dissert. inaug.: 40 (1826); Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg. 7(1): 337 (1829); Kunth, Enum. Pl. 5: 75 (1850); Baker in J.L.S. 14: 620 (1875); Baker in Fl. Cap. 6: 267 (1896); Sölch et al., Fl. Südwest-Afr.: 31 (1961); Jessop in Bothalia 9: 60 (1966). Type: South Africa, Cape Province, Hay between Griquatown and Wittewater, Burchell 1871 (K!, holo.)
Asparagus angolensis Baker [family ASPARAGACEAE], in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, 1: 254 (1878). Type: Angola, Huilla, Welwitsch 3879 (K!, holo.)
Protasparagus laricinus (Burch.) Oberm. [family ASPARAGACEAE], in S. Afr. Journ. Bot. 2: 244 (1983)
Information
Spiny shrubs 1– 3 m high, erect or climbing or sometimes trailing; young stems and branches whitish, ribbed, minutely hispidulous or glabrous, turning brown and smooth with age; spines short, hard, straight or slightly curved, on stems and below branches 3.5– 6(– 8) mm, below cladode fascicles 1.5– 2 mm long. Cladodes up to 10 in a fascicle, filiform, 8– 15(– 20) mm long when mature, fairly equal in length. Flowers 1– 8, on outside of cladode fascicles; bracts overlapping, ± membranous, ovate, 1.5× 1 mm, rounded at apex; pedicel 5– 6 mm long, articulated in the lower half, below the middle. Tepals 2.5– 4 mm long, white; stamens with red or orange anthers; ovary 3-locular with 5– 6 ovules in each locule; style short, ± 1 mm long (incl. stigma) with 3 short, spreading stigmas. Berry red, 6– 8 mm in diameter, 1-seeded.
Range
DISTR. T 4, 7
Altitude range
(750– )1700– 2400 m
Distribution
TANZANIA Sumbawanga District N Sanga Forest, 31 Nov. 1961, Robinson 4838!;TANZANIA Mbeya District Poroto Mts, 16 May 1957, Richards 9756!;TANZANIA Iringa District E slope above Lake Ngwazi, 1 km above Ngwazi Dam, 11 Aug. 1971, Perdue & Kibwa 11025!
Distribution (external)
; Angola
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Botswana
Namibia
South Africa
Notes
Bidgood et al. 3550 fromT4 is included here due to its ribbed branches and red-colored fruits, but differs by having wider cladodes ± 0.5 mm and the absence of spines below cladode fascicles. More material from the area is needed to establish the correct identity of the specimen.
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (2006) Author: SEBSEBE DEMISSEW
Names
Asparagus laricinus Burch. [family ASPARAGACEAE], Travels Int. S. Africa 1: 537 (1822); Bresler, Dissert. inaug.: 40 (1826); Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg. 7(1): 337 (1829); Kunth, Enum. Pl. 5: 75 (1850); Baker in J.L.S. 14: 620 (1875); Baker in Fl. Cap. 6: 267 (1896); Sölch et al., Fl. Südwest-Afr.: 31 (1961); Jessop in Bothalia 9: 60 (1966). Type: South Africa, Cape Province, Hay between Griquatown and Wittewater, Burchell 1871 (K!, holo.)
Asparagus angolensis Baker [family ASPARAGACEAE], in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, 1: 254 (1878). Type: Angola, Huilla, Welwitsch 3879 (K!, holo.)
Protasparagus laricinus (Burch.) Oberm. [family ASPARAGACEAE], in S. Afr. Journ. Bot. 2: 244 (1983)
Information
Spiny shrubs 1– 3 m high, erect or climbing or sometimes trailing; young stems and branches whitish, ribbed, minutely hispidulous or glabrous, turning brown and smooth with age; spines short, hard, straight or slightly curved, on stems and below branches 3.5– 6(– 8) mm, below cladode fascicles 1.5– 2 mm long. Cladodes up to 10 in a fascicle, filiform, 8– 15(– 20) mm long when mature, fairly equal in length. Flowers 1– 8, on outside of cladode fascicles; bracts overlapping, ± membranous, ovate, 1.5× 1 mm, rounded at apex; pedicel 5– 6 mm long, articulated in the lower half, below the middle. Tepals 2.5– 4 mm long, white; stamens with red or orange anthers; ovary 3-locular with 5– 6 ovules in each locule; style short, ± 1 mm long (incl. stigma) with 3 short, spreading stigmas. Berry red, 6– 8 mm in diameter, 1-seeded.
Range
DISTR. T 4, 7
Altitude range
(750– )1700– 2400 m
Distribution
TANZANIA Sumbawanga District N Sanga Forest, 31 Nov. 1961, Robinson 4838!;TANZANIA Mbeya District Poroto Mts, 16 May 1957, Richards 9756!;TANZANIA Iringa District E slope above Lake Ngwazi, 1 km above Ngwazi Dam, 11 Aug. 1971, Perdue & Kibwa 11025!
Distribution (external)
; Angola
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Botswana
Namibia
South Africa
Notes
Bidgood et al. 3550 fromT4 is included here due to its ribbed branches and red-colored fruits, but differs by having wider cladodes ± 0.5 mm and the absence of spines below cladode fascicles. More material from the area is needed to establish the correct identity of the specimen.
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