Asparagus pendulus (Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L. Mey.

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Status: Native
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Habitat: In open dry Acacia-Combretum-Terminalia scrub, Commiphora and mopane woodland, open grassland and margins of sandy pans.
Altitude range: (metres) Up to 1400 m
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Worldwide distribution: Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Caprivi Namibia.
Zimbabwe distribution: N,W
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Literature:

Demissew, S. (2008). Asparagaceae Flora Zambesiaca 13(1) Page 5.

Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 115.


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Flora of Botswana: Asparagus pendulus
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Flora of Malawi: Asparagus pendulus
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Asparagus pendulus.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=180950, retrieved 19 March 2024

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