Asparagus cooperi Baker

First published in Gard. Chron., n.s., 1: 818 (1874)
This name is a synonym of Asparagus africanus var. africanus

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in synonymising this name:

  • Demissew, S. (2006). Asparagaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-22. [Cited as Asparagus africanus.]
  • Timberlake, J.R. & Martins, E.S. (eds.) (2008). Flora Zambesiaca 13(1): 1-140. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Asparagus africanus.]

This name was accepted following an alternative taxonomy by these authorities:

  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. [Cited as Asparagus cooperi.]
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Asparagus cooperi.]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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