Asparagaceae
Asparagus

Asparagus petersianus Kunth

First published in Enum. Pl. 5: 72 (1850)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tanzania to Mozambique. It is a scrambling shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Mozambique, Tanzania

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Demissew, S. (2006). Asparagaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-22.
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Timberlake, J.R. & Martins, E.S. (eds.) (2008). Flora Zambesiaca 13(1): 1-140. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Enum. Pl. 5: 72 (1850).
  • in F.T.A. 7: 427 (1898).
  • ―Baker in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 614 (1875);
  • ―Garcke in Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot.: 520 (1864).
  • ―Sebsebe Demissew in F.T.E.A., Asparagaceae: 5 (2006).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Demissew, S. (2006). Asparagaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-22.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Baker in Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany 14: 614 (1875).
  • Garcke in Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot.: 520 (1864).
  • Kunth, Enum. Pl. 5: 72 (1850).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • 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/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • 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/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0