Asparagus densiflorus (Kunth) Jessop

First published in Bothalia 9: 65 (1966)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mozambique (Inhaca Islands) to S. Africa. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the subtropical biome. It is used as a medicine and has environmental uses and social uses.

Distribution

Native to:

Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Swaziland

Introduced into:

Bangladesh, Caroline Is., Galápagos, Greece, New South Wales, Pakistan, Queensland, Spain, St.Helena

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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PAFTOL

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • (2024). http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/pubs-online/pdf/op156p171-177.pdf. epublication.
  • Ali, S.I. & Khan, S.W. (2009). Asparagaceae. Flora of Pakistan 217: 1-23. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • Bosser, J. & al. (eds.) (1978). Flore des Mascareignes 177-188 IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
  • Dimopoulos, P., Raus, T., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, T., Iatrou, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A., & Tzanoudakis, D. (2013). Vascular plants of Greece. An annotated checklist: 1-372. Botanic gardens and botanical museum Berlin-Dahlem, Berlin and Hellenic botanical society, Athens.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2002). Flora of North America North of Mexico 26: 1-723. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • Timberlake, J.R. & Martins, E.S. (eds.) (2008). Flora Zambesiaca 13(1): 1-140. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Flora Zambesiaca

  • in Bothalia 9: 65 (1966).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2021). https://dx.doi.org/10.5209/bocm.75354. epublication.
  • Ali, S.I. & Khan, S.W. (2009). Asparagaceae. Flora of Pakistan 217: 1-23. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • George, A.S. (ed.) (1987). Flora of Australia 45: 1-521. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Jaramillo Díaz, P. & Guézou, A. (2017). CDF Checklist of Galapagos Vascular Plants - FCD Lista de especies de Plantas Vasculares de Galápagos http://www.darwinfoundation.org/datazone/checklists/vascular-plants/.
  • Kitalong, A.H., DeMeo, R.A. & Holm, T. (2008). Native Trees Palau. A field guide: 1-236.
  • Lambdon, P. (2012). Flowering plants & ferns of St Helena: 1-624. Pisces publications for St Helena nature conservation group.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • Timberlake, J.R. & Martins, E.S. (eds.) (2008). Flora Zambesiaca 13(1): 1-140. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Dempewolf, H., Eastwood, R. J., Guarino, L., Khoury, C. K., Müller, J. V. & Toll, J. (2014). Adapting agriculture to climate change: a global initiative to collect, conserve, and use crop wild relatives. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, 38, 369-377.
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • Ulian, T., Sacandé, M., Hudson, A., & Mattana, E. (2017). Conservation of indigenous plants to support community livelihoods: the MGU–Useful Plants Project. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 60:668-683.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 9, 1970 Burchell, W.J. [3061] K000255888 Type Yes
Jul 1, 1965 Ecklon; Zeyher [1061] South Africa K000255720 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jul 1, 1965 Cooper, T. [402] K000255885 Type Yes
Jul 1, 1965 Cooper, T. [402] K000255884 Type Yes
Jul 1, 1965 Tyson, W. [3158] K000255883 Type Yes
Jul 1, 1965 Wood [355] South Africa K000255721 Holotype Yes
Jul 1, 1965 Burchell [4208] South Africa K000255719 Unknown Type Material Yes
Cadet, T. [3571] Reunion K002866146 Yes
s.coll. [H3870/63] K002867402 Yes
s.coll. [178] K002867396 Yes
Al-Mokhtar, J. [480] Iraq K002867385 Yes
Jessop, J.P. [612] South Africa K000255718 Type Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002867379 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002867378 Yes
Miller, O.B. [2240] Zimbabwe K002865894 No
McOwan [1772] K000255886 Type Yes
Watson [183-87] South Africa K002867393 Yes
Green, P.S. [2027] Australia K002853857 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002867401 Yes
Cooper, T. [3603] South Africa K001651420 Yes
Jafri, S.M.H. [3659] Pakistan K002867383 Yes
Rodd, A. [136257] Australia K002853855 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002867395 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002867397 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002867377 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002867386 Yes
s.coll. [3302] South Africa K002866861 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002867399 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002867403 Yes
Watson [183-87] K002867392 Yes
Wood, J.M. [1626] South Africa K002866860 Yes
Nicolas, F. [1011] Mexico K002867327 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002867380 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002867387 Yes
Bhatnagar, J.K. [H595-56] India K002867389 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002867400 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002867394 Yes
Lau, J.; Cory, C. [2244] K002867376 Yes
Bourne [2411] K002867384 Yes
K:SPC-36919.000 No
Sutherland [s.n.] South Africa K001651421 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002867381 Yes
Hu, S.Y.; Yung, K.H. [251] Hong Kong K002867390 Yes
Hu, S.Y.; But, P. [23150] Hong Kong K002867374 Yes
Bourne [4583] K002867382 Yes
Ross, J.H. [1889] South Africa K002866862 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002867391 Yes
[G. Uhe] [1285] Australia K002853856 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002867398 Yes
Bhatnagar, J.K. [H.585/56] K002867388 Yes
Hu, S.Y. [5380] Hong Kong Asparagus sprengeri K002974907 Yes
Chow [905] Asparagus sprengeri K002974906 Yes
Gvile, D.P.M. [3126] Hong Kong Asparagus sprengeri K002974905 Yes

Sources

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    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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    • 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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    • Copyright applied to individual images
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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0