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. Worldwide: 130-140 species, in the Old World excluding Australasia Mozambique: 31 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| africanus Lam. var. puberulus (Baker) Sebsebe | T,MS,M | |
| africanus Lam. var. africanus | N,Z,MS,GI,M | Description, Image |
| asparagoides (L.) Druce | MS (other?) | Description, Image |
| aspergillus Jessop | N,Z,MS | |
| buchananii Baker | N,Z,T,MS,M | |
| chimanimanensis Sebsebe [NrEnd] [LR-nt] | MS | Description, Image |
| densiflorus (Kunth) Jessop | M | Image |
| devenishii (Oberm.) Fellingham & N. L. Mey. | MS | |
| divaricatus (Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L. Mey. | M | |
| edulis (Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L. Mey. | M | |
| exuvialis Burch. | GI,M | |
| falcatus L. var. falcatus | N,Z,MS,GI,M | Description, Image |
| flagellaris (Kunth) Baker | N,Z,T,MS | |
| humilis Engl. | N,M | |
| krebsianus (Kunth) Jessop | N,Z,T | |
| laricinus Burch. | MS | Description, Image |
| longicladus N.E. Br. | T | |
| lynetteae (Oberm.) Fellingham & N. L. Mey. [NrEnd] | M | |
| macowanii Baker | M | |
| migeodii Sebsebe | Z | |
| minutiflorus (Kunth) Baker | GI,M | |
| natalensis (Baker) Fellingham & N.L. Mey. | GI,M | |
| pendulus (Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L. Mey. | T | |
| petersianus Kunth [NrEnd] | N,Z,MS | Description, Image |
| psilurus Baker | MS | |
| racemosus Willd. | MS | |
| radiatus Sebsebe [NrEnd] [VU] | M | |
| schroederi Engl. | N,Z,T | |
| setaceus (Kunth) Jessop | N,Z,MS,GI,M | Description, Image |
| suaveolens Burch. | GI | |
| virgatus Baker | N,GI,MS,M | Description, Image |
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