1113.000 Asparagus
MYRSIPHYLLUM Willd.
PROTASPARAGUS Oberm.
Fayaz, F. (2011) Encyclopedia of Tropical Plants Firefly Books, New Zealand
Description of the genus
Perennial herbs or sub-shrubs, usually with short rhizomes, erect or climbing, generally branched with green, flat cladodes in axils. Leaves appressed to stem, not green, scale-like; base spurred, often extending to spines. Inflorescence an axillary cluster, sometimes racemes or umbels, rarely solitary; bracteoles membranous. Perianth campanulate or sub-globose; segments free, occasionally connate at base. Fruit berries. Seeds 1-few. Comment: Asparagus aethiopicus L. and A. densiflorus (Kunth) Jessop are two additional species listed for Zimbabwe in SABONET Report 33 (Mapaura & Timberlake, 2004: 85-86). This is likely based on misidentified specimens at SRGH since both species are not considered to occur in Zimbabwe by Demissew in Flora Zambesiaca 13(1), 2008. Worldwide: 130-140 species, in the Old World excluding Australasia Zimbabwe: 21 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| africanus Lam. var. africanus | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| africanus Lam. var. puberulus (Baker) Sebsebe | N,C,E,S | |
| asparagoides (L.) Druce | N,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| aspergillus Jessop | N,W,C,S | |
| buchananii Baker | W,S | |
| chimanimanensis Sebsebe [NrEnd] | E | Description, Image |
| divaricatus (Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L. Mey. | E | |
| edulis (Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L. Mey. | W,E | |
| exuvialis Burch. | W,S | |
| falcatus L. | E,S | Description, Image |
| flagellaris (Kunth) Baker | W | |
| flavicaulis (Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L. Mey. subsp. flavicaulis | C | |
| laricinus Burch. | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| longicladus N.E. Br. | W | |
| nodulosus (Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L. Mey. | E,S | |
| pendulus (Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L. Mey. | N,W | |
| racemosus Willd. | C | |
| schroederi Engl. | N,W,C,S | |
| setaceus (Kunth) Jessop | N,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| suaveolens Burch. | W,C,S | |
| virgatus Baker | C,E,S | Description, Image |
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