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Asparagus scaberulus A.Rich. [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 scaberulus A.Rich. [family ASPARAGACEAE], Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 320 (1851); Sebsebe Demissew in Fl. Somalia 4: 25 (1995) & Fl. Eth. & Erit. 6: 68 (1997). Type: Ethiopia, Tigray, Choho, Quartin-Dillon s.n. (P!, holo. & iso.)
Asparagus asiaticus (Rich.) Engler var. scaberulus [family ASPARAGACEAE], Hochgebirgsfl. trop. Afr.: 169 (1892)
Asparagus exuvialis [family ASPARAGACEAE], sensu Agnew, U.K.W.F. ed. 2: 311 (1994), non Burch.
Information
Erect to climbing shrub to 2 m high; branches purplish brown greyish, terete, smooth or lined, sometimes peeling, glabrous; spines 1– 3 mm long, curved downwards, also on the terminal branches. Cladodes in fascicles of 4– 25(– 35), flexible, straight or bent, 15– 30 mm long, flattened, angled, sometimes forming grooves on the upper side. Flowers in fascicles of (2– )3– 6, axillary or terminal; bracts ovate, ± 1 mm long, membranous; pedicel 4– 10 mm long, articulated at the middleor below. Tepals white, ± equal, 3– 4 mm long; stamens shorter than the perianth, anthers yellow; ovary 3-locular with 5 ovules in each locule; style ± 1 mm long with 3-‑ branched stigma. Berry red, 4– 5 mm in diameter, 1-seeded.
Range
DISTR. U 1; K 1, 2, 1/4, 6, 7, T 1, 2, 5
Altitude range
(60– )350– 1200(– 1700) m
Distribution
UGANDA Karamoja District near Moroto, 24 June 1962, Miller 582!KENYA Northern Frontier Province Dandu, 3 Apr. 1952, Gillett 12682!;TANZANIA Masai District Ngorongoro Conservation area, Olduwai Camp, 21 Oct. 1989, Chuwa 2877!;KENYA Turkana District Lorengipe, 9 Apr. 1954, Hemming 260!;KENYA Tana River District Galole, Nov. 1964, Makin in EA 13055!TANZANIA Masai District 13 km S of Namanga, 12 Dec. 1959, Verdcourt 2523!;TANZANIA Kondoa District near Mangaloma, 21 Dec. 1927, Burtt 868!
Distribution (external)
; Ethiopia
Eritrea
Somalia
Notes
Newbould 2850, collected fromK1, is included under this species, but stems are pubescent – unusual for this species.
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 scaberulus A.Rich. [family ASPARAGACEAE], Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 320 (1851); Sebsebe Demissew in Fl. Somalia 4: 25 (1995) & Fl. Eth. & Erit. 6: 68 (1997). Type: Ethiopia, Tigray, Choho, Quartin-Dillon s.n. (P!, holo. & iso.)
Asparagus asiaticus (Rich.) Engler var. scaberulus [family ASPARAGACEAE], Hochgebirgsfl. trop. Afr.: 169 (1892)
Asparagus exuvialis [family ASPARAGACEAE], sensu Agnew, U.K.W.F. ed. 2: 311 (1994), non Burch.
Information
Erect to climbing shrub to 2 m high; branches purplish brown greyish, terete, smooth or lined, sometimes peeling, glabrous; spines 1– 3 mm long, curved downwards, also on the terminal branches. Cladodes in fascicles of 4– 25(– 35), flexible, straight or bent, 15– 30 mm long, flattened, angled, sometimes forming grooves on the upper side. Flowers in fascicles of (2– )3– 6, axillary or terminal; bracts ovate, ± 1 mm long, membranous; pedicel 4– 10 mm long, articulated at the middleor below. Tepals white, ± equal, 3– 4 mm long; stamens shorter than the perianth, anthers yellow; ovary 3-locular with 5 ovules in each locule; style ± 1 mm long with 3-‑ branched stigma. Berry red, 4– 5 mm in diameter, 1-seeded.
Range
DISTR. U 1; K 1, 2, 1/4, 6, 7, T 1, 2, 5
Altitude range
(60– )350– 1200(– 1700) m
Distribution
UGANDA Karamoja District near Moroto, 24 June 1962, Miller 582!KENYA Northern Frontier Province Dandu, 3 Apr. 1952, Gillett 12682!;TANZANIA Masai District Ngorongoro Conservation area, Olduwai Camp, 21 Oct. 1989, Chuwa 2877!;KENYA Turkana District Lorengipe, 9 Apr. 1954, Hemming 260!;KENYA Tana River District Galole, Nov. 1964, Makin in EA 13055!TANZANIA Masai District 13 km S of Namanga, 12 Dec. 1959, Verdcourt 2523!;TANZANIA Kondoa District near Mangaloma, 21 Dec. 1927, Burtt 868!
Distribution (external)
; Ethiopia
Eritrea
Somalia
Notes
Newbould 2850, collected fromK1, is included under this species, but stems are pubescent – unusual for this species.
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 scaberulus A.Rich. [family ASPARAGACEAE], Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 320 (1851); Sebsebe Demissew in Fl. Somalia 4: 25 (1995) & Fl. Eth. & Erit. 6: 68 (1997). Type: Ethiopia, Tigray, Choho, Quartin-Dillon s.n. (P!, holo. & iso.)
Asparagus asiaticus (Rich.) Engler var. scaberulus [family ASPARAGACEAE], Hochgebirgsfl. trop. Afr.: 169 (1892)
Asparagus exuvialis [family ASPARAGACEAE], sensu Agnew, U.K.W.F. ed. 2: 311 (1994), non Burch.
Information
Erect to climbing shrub to 2 m high; branches purplish brown greyish, terete, smooth or lined, sometimes peeling, glabrous; spines 1– 3 mm long, curved downwards, also on the terminal branches. Cladodes in fascicles of 4– 25(– 35), flexible, straight or bent, 15– 30 mm long, flattened, angled, sometimes forming grooves on the upper side. Flowers in fascicles of (2– )3– 6, axillary or terminal; bracts ovate, ± 1 mm long, membranous; pedicel 4– 10 mm long, articulated at the middleor below. Tepals white, ± equal, 3– 4 mm long; stamens shorter than the perianth, anthers yellow; ovary 3-locular with 5 ovules in each locule; style ± 1 mm long with 3-‑ branched stigma. Berry red, 4– 5 mm in diameter, 1-seeded.
Range
DISTR. U 1; K 1, 2, 1/4, 6, 7, T 1, 2, 5
Altitude range
(60– )350– 1200(– 1700) m
Distribution
UGANDA Karamoja District near Moroto, 24 June 1962, Miller 582!KENYA Northern Frontier Province Dandu, 3 Apr. 1952, Gillett 12682!;TANZANIA Masai District Ngorongoro Conservation area, Olduwai Camp, 21 Oct. 1989, Chuwa 2877!;KENYA Turkana District Lorengipe, 9 Apr. 1954, Hemming 260!;KENYA Tana River District Galole, Nov. 1964, Makin in EA 13055!TANZANIA Masai District 13 km S of Namanga, 12 Dec. 1959, Verdcourt 2523!;TANZANIA Kondoa District near Mangaloma, 21 Dec. 1927, Burtt 868!
Distribution (external)
; Ethiopia
Eritrea
Somalia
Notes
Newbould 2850, collected fromK1, is included under this species, but stems are pubescent – unusual for this species.
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