Asparagaceae (version 1.2)

ASPARAGACEAE    
Literature:    
Obermeyer, A. A. (1992) FSA 5(3)    
[The following account has been compiled from the FSA account and from SRGH. Many points remain unclear and the list is highly provisional]    
     
1113.000 ASPARAGUS L.    
MYRSIPHYLLUM Willd.    
PROTASPARAGUS Oberm.    
Asparagus aethiopicus L. N MT02
Asparagus africanus Lam. NWCES SRGH
Protasparagus africanus (Lam.) Oberm. sens. lat.    
Asparagus asparagoides (L.) Wight NCES SRGH
Myrsiphyllum asparagoides (L.) Willd.    
Asparagus aspergillus Jessop NWCE SRGH
Protasparagus aspergillus (Jessop) Oberm.    
[Asparagus cooperi Baker    
occurs up to the northern South African border and therefore might occur.    
Protasparagus cooperi (Baker) Oberm.   ]
Asparagus falcatus L.    
var. falcatus WES SRGH
Protasparagus falcatus (L.) Oberm.    
Asparagus densiflorus (Kunth) Jessop E SRGH
Protasparagus densiflorus (Kunth) Oberm.    
Asparagus exuvialis Burch. WS SRGH
Protasparagus exuvialis (Burch.) Oberm.    
Asparagus laricinus Burch. NWCES SRGH
Protasparagus laricinus (Burch.) Oberm.    
Asparagus longicladus N.E. Br. W FSA
Protasparagus longicladus (N.E. Br.) B. Mathew    
Asparagus plumosus Baker NWCES SRGH
Protasparagus plumosus (Baker) Oberm.    
Asparagus racemosus Willd. NWCS SRGH
Protasparagus racemosus (Willd.) Oberm.    
Asparagus schroederi Engl. NWCS SRGH
Protasparagus schroederi (Engl.) Oberm.    
Asparagus suaveolens Burch. WCS SRGH
Protasparagus suaveolens (Burch.) Oberm.    
Asparagus virgatus Baker CES SRGH
Protasparagus virgatus (Baker) Oberm.  
Asparagus sp. no. 1 (Mshasha 59) W SRGH
     
[The following spp. are recorded for Zimbabwe in FSA 5(3). Neither the equivalent names in Asparagus nor the internal distributions are known]    
     
Protasparagus edulis Oberm. E FSA
Protasparagus nodulosus Oberm.    
Protasparagus pendulus Oberm.    
     

Compiled by: Mark Hyde, 2002-10
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Last modified: Tuesday 26 December 2006 08:31 pm