African Plant Database


Asparagus virgatus Baker
Family : ASPARAGACEAE
Protologue : Refug. Bot. t. 214
Information on the genus : Asparagus
 
 
Status
Status for SA : accepted (present)
Status for TA : accepted (present)
 
Synonym(s) Homotypic
 Protasparagus virgatus (Baker) Oberm.
 
Synonym(s) Heterotypic
=Asparagus virgatus var. capillaris Baker (1875)
 
Ecology and distribution
South. Afr.
Biol./Eco : perennial-Shrub- Ht 0.3 - 1.4 m. Alt: 30 - 1950 m. Distribution: NAM, EC, FS, GA, KN, LP, MP, NC, NW, SWZ

Bibliography for Southern Africa :
  • Ethnobotany of the Kwanyama Ovambos : 107 (1985).
  • Fl. Australia 46: 494 (1987).
  • Bothalia 25[1&2]: 205-209 (1995).
 
More info on :
see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative
see under The International Plant Name Index
see under Flora of Mozambique
see under African Plants - a Photo Guide
see under Flora of Zimbabwe
 
Map
carte afrique num 34672
 
Record n°34672 modified 2007-03-21
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