Asparagaceae
Asparagus

Asparagus adscendens Roxb.

First published in Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 2: 153 (1832)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Pakistan to W. Himalaya and NW. India. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

India, Pakistan, West Himalaya

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Ali, S.I. & Khan, S.W. (2009). Asparagaceae. Flora of Pakistan 217: 1-23. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • Balkrishna, A. (2018). Flora of Morni Hills (Research & Possibilities): 1-581. Divya Yoga Mandir Trust.
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • Rechinger, K.H., Browicz, K., Persson, K. & Wendelbo, P. (1990). Flora Iranica 165: 1-194. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Balkrishna, A. (2018). Flora of Morni Hills (Research & Possibilities): 1-581. Divya Yoga Mandir Trust.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
[868] India K002850199 Yes
Haines, H.H. [2058] India K002850195 Yes
Griffith [s.n.] Afghanistan K002974406 Yes
[s.n.] India K001738258 Yes
[1043] India K001738259 Yes
[15634] India K002850209 Yes
[s.n.] India K002850197 Yes
[51457] K002850201 Yes
[22814] K002850204 Yes
[23141] India K002850208 Yes
s.coll. [5858] Afghanistan K002974404 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [26093] India K002850194 Yes
[5745D] K002850207 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [3016] India K002850192 Yes
[22814] K002850203 Yes
Collett, H. [s.n.] K002850187 Yes
[1123] India K002850196 Yes
[1742] India K002850206 Yes
[s.n.] K002850210 Yes
[27290] India K002850205 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [23630] K002850188 Yes
Haines, H.H. [2058] India K002850193 Yes
[23992] India K002850200 Yes
[s.n.] K002850213 Yes
Rich, H.H. [B 234] K002850191 Yes
Edgeworth [131] India K002850190 Yes
[s.n.] K002850212 Yes
Ramsay, C.B. [s.n.] K002850186 Yes
[22336] India K002850202 Yes
[1313] India K002850211 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Art and Illustrations in Digifolia

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew

  • EBC Common Names

    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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 2025. 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