Asparagaceae
Asparagus

Asparagus falcatus L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 313 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SW. Ethiopia to S. Africa, Arabian Peninsula, India, Sri Lanka. It is a climbing perennial or shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cape Provinces, Comoros, Ethiopia, Gulf States, India, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Bermuda, Mexico Central, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Chaudhary, S.A. (2001). Flora of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 3: 1-368. Ministry of Agriculture & Water, Riyadh.
  • Dassanayake (ed.) (2000). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 14: 1-307. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta.
  • Demissew, S. & Nordal, I. (2010). Aloes and other Lilies of Ethiopia and Eritrea, ed, 2: 1-351. Shama Books, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
  • Demissew, S. (2006). Asparagaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-22.
  • Edwards, S., Demissew, S. & Hedberg, I. (eds.) (1997). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 6: 1-586. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Espejo Serena, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (1993). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 1(2): 1-70. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F.
  • 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.
  • Jongbloed, M., Western, R.A. & Boer, B. (2000). Annotated Check-list for plants in the U.A.E.: 1-90. Zodiac Publishing, Dubai.
  • Maire, R. (1958). Flore de l'Afrique du Nord 5: 1-307. Paul Lechevalier, Paris.
  • Perrier de la Bathie, H. (1938). Flore de Madagascar et des Comores (Plantes Vasculaires) 40: 1-147. Typographie Firmin-Didot et Cie., Paris.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Timberlake, J.R. & Martins, E.S. (eds.) (2008). Flora Zambesiaca 13(1): 1-140. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A Handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Sp. Pl.: 313 (1753).
  • in F.C. 6: 271 (1896);
  • in F.T.A. 7: 435 (1898).
  • ―Baker in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 626 (1875);
  • ―Jessop in Bothalia 9: 69 (1966).
  • ―Kunth, Enum. Pl. 5: 71 (1850).
  • ―Sebsebe Demissew in F.T.E.A., Asparagaceae: 14 (2006).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Chaudhary, S.A. (2001). Flora of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 3: 1-368. Ministry of Agriculture & Water, Riyadh.
  • Demissew, S. (2006). Asparagaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-22.
  • Espejo Serena, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (1993). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 1(2): 1-70. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F.
  • Perrier de la Bathie, H. (1938). Flore de Madagascar et des Comores (Plantes Vasculaires) 40: 1-147. Typographie Firmin-Didot et Cie., Paris.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Timberlake, J.R. & Martins, E.S. (eds.) (2008). Flora Zambesiaca 13(1): 1-140. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A Handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by Sebsebe Demissew [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Agnew, A.D.Q. & Agnew, S., Upland Kenya Wild Flowers, ed. 2: 311 (1994) pro parte.
  • Baker, Fl. Cap. 271 (1896).
  • Baker, Journ. Linn. Soc. 14: 626 (1875)
  • Blundell, Wild Fl. E.Afr.: fig. 534 (1987).
  • Bresler, Dissert. inaug.: 2 (1826).
  • E. Lind & A. Tallantire, Some Common Flowering Plants of Uganda p. 203 (1962).
  • Jessop in Bothalia 9: 69 (1966).
  • Kunth, Enum. Pl. 5: 71 (1850).
  • L., Sp. Pl. 1: 313 (1753).
  • R. O. Williams, Useful and Ornamental Plants in Zanzibar and Pemba p. 133 (1949).
  • Sebsebe Demissew in Fl. Somalia 4: 26 (1995)
  • Sebsebe Demissew, Fl. Eth. & Erit. 6: 70 (1996) pro parte.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 8, 1970 Saunders, W.W. [s.n.] 27CPPOO K000255725 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jul 1, 1965 Wood [1351] South Africa K000255726 Type Yes
Jul 1, 1965 Cooper [1448] South Africa K000255723 Type Yes
[78] Sri Lanka K002850218 Yes
Troupin, G. [8104] Rwanda K002854190 Yes
[2298] Sri Lanka K002850216 Yes
Meeuse; Strey [10430] South Africa K002866946 Yes
Jessop, J.P. [662] South Africa K002866937 Yes
Rodin, R.J. [4171] Mozambique K002865827 Yes
Frontier-Tanzania [898] Tanzania K002865073 Yes
Wood, J.M. [227] South Africa K002866920 Yes
Frazier, J. [1165] Tanzania K002865046 Yes
Wilkin, P. [737] Zimbabwe K002865851 Yes
Matimele, H. [HM2651] Mozambique K001346297 Yes
Forest Plot [TSET L005] Mozambique K001346156 Yes
Datizua, C.; Langa, C.; Osborne, J.; Zandamela, J.; Melecuane, B. (driver) [CD52] Mozambique K001346583 Yes
Kirk (Dr) [s.n.] Mozambique K002865826 Yes
Boaler, S.B. [B33] Somalia K002854402 Yes
Lebrun, J.A. [9830] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002854184 Yes
Moomaw, J.C. [1046] Kenya K002865058 Yes
Buitendag, E. [757] South Africa K002866940 Yes
Toms, K.E. [152] Tanzania K002865038 Yes
Lewalle, J. [1750] Rwanda K002854188 Yes
de Koning, J.; Hiemstra, F. [9013] Mozambique K002865844 Yes
Eggeling, W.J. [596] Uganda K002865053 Yes
van der Ben, D. [806] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002854181 Yes
Gerstner, J. [2421] South Africa K002866929 No
Kirk (Dr) [s.n.] Mozambique K002865825 Yes
Adamson, J.; Bally, P.R.O. [343] Kenya K002865060 Yes
de Koning, J.; Hiemstra, F. [9013] Mozambique K002865842 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K002866948 No
Harris, B.J. [3638] Tanzania K002865040 Yes
Grey, F.W. [s.n.] South Africa K002866924 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002867405 Yes
Pócs, T. [87007 F] Tanzania K002865049 Yes
[s.n.] Sri Lanka K002850221 Yes
de Koning, J. [7807] Mozambique K002865830 Yes
de Lemos, F.; Balsinhas, A.A. [153] Mozambique K002865831 Yes
Grandvaux Barbosa, L.A.; de Lemos, F.; Collins, G.B. [7791] Mozambique K002865821 Yes
Rudatis, H. [1323] South Africa K002866942 Yes
Swynnerton [91] K002865845 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [9623] Kenya K002865054 Yes
Clarke, G.P. [3450] Tanzania K002865076 Yes
[745] Sri Lanka K002850227 Yes
s.coll. [2747] Rwanda K002854186 Yes
Kuntze, C.E.O. [s.n.] Tanzania K002867404 Yes
[s.n.] K002850217 Yes
[8689] Sri Lanka K002850226 Yes
Van Son, G. [28669] Zimbabwe K002865846 Yes
Orcutt, C.R. [3879] Jamaica K002867328 Yes
Rawlins, S. [443] Kenya K002865063 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [7003] Kenya K002865061 Yes
[23602] Sri Lanka K002850219 Yes
Grandvaux Barbosa, L.A.; Carvalho, M.; Collins, G.B. [2905] Mozambique K002865822 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002867408 Yes
Frontier-Tanzania [1265] Tanzania K002865078 Yes
Friis, I.; Bidgood, S.; Wondefrash, M.; Getu Tefera [9650] Ethiopia K002854399 Yes
Humblot, L. [234] Comoros K002866109 Yes
Stauffer, H.U. [600A] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002854179 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002867407 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] Mozambique K002865829 Yes
[548] Sri Lanka K002850220 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [7854] Saudi Arabia K002974436 Yes
Mogg, A.O.D. [27235] Mozambique K002865836 Yes
Edwards, D. [1685] South Africa K002866933 Yes
[502] Sri Lanka K002850229 Yes
Frontier-Tanzania [2308] Tanzania K002865072 Yes
Drummond, R.B. [7858] Zimbabwe K002865848 Yes
Buitendag, E. [1278] South Africa K002866941 No
{Luke; Robertson} [2080] Kenya K002865056 Yes
Frazier, J. [1199] K002865042 Yes
Harris, B.J.; Tadros; Kasembe; Mwasumbi [BJH3116] Tanzania K002865043 Yes
Codd, L.E.W.; de Winter, B. [5554] South Africa K002866949 Yes
{Dr. Kirk} [s.n.] Tanzania K002865037 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K002865050 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [2056 A] Kenya K002865059 Yes
Hornby, A.J. [1002] Mozambique K002865823 Yes
van der Schijff, H.P. [1130] South Africa K002866945 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002867406 Yes
Pignal; Rouhan, G.; Ibrahim, Y. [3411] Comoros K002866108 Yes
Wells; Edwards [61] South Africa K002866943 Yes
van der Schijff, H.P. [572] South Africa K002866950 Yes
Jansen, P.C.M.; de Koning, J.; Zunguze, D. [7506] Mozambique K002865840 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [5417] Saudi Arabia K002974435 Yes
Smeds, H. [1408] Ethiopia K002854400 Yes
Jansen, P.C.M.; de Koning, J. [7342] Mozambique K002865839 Yes
Troupin [8409] Rwanda K002854191 Yes
Lebrun, J.A. [7783] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002854183 Yes
Munro, H.K. [s.n.] South Africa K002866925 Yes
Mavi, S. [204] Zimbabwe K002865853 Yes
Scheepers, J.C. [731] South Africa K002866922 Yes
Goldblatt, P. [5571] South Africa K002866934 Yes
Gomes; Sousa [1846] Mozambique K002865828 Yes
Rodin, R.J. [4706] South Africa K002866935 Yes
Frazier, J. [1165] Tanzania K002865044 Yes
{Greenway} [4781] Tanzania K002865070 Yes
Mogg, A.O.D. [29413] Mozambique K002865834 Yes
Newbould, J.G.B. [961] Somalia K002854403 Yes
Gomes, A.F.; Sousa [2146] Mozambique K002865841 Yes
Mogg, A.O.D. [28341] Mozambique K002865837 Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [18965] Kenya K002865064 Yes
Eastwood, A.R. [s.n.] South Africa K002866919 Yes
Hutchinson, J.; Gillett, J.B. [3218] South Africa K002865852 Yes
Donald, G.H. [87] Nigeria K002853981 Yes
Graham, R.M. [2206] Kenya K002865062 Yes
Gillett, J.B.; Hemming, C.F.; Watson, R.M.; Julin, H. [25185] Somalia K002854401 Yes
van der Ben, D. [806] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002854180 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002867409 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [1970] Tanzania K002865048 Yes
Kirk (Dr) [s.n.] Tanzania K002865065 Yes
Festo, L.; Bayona, W. [332] Tanzania K002865068 Yes
Frontier-Tanzania [1083] Tanzania K002865074 Yes
Frontier-Tanzania [1994] Tanzania K002865075 Yes
Lebrun, J.A. [9830] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002854182 Yes
Frontier-Tanzania [416] Tanzania K002865077 Yes
Goldsmith, B. [123/62] Zimbabwe K002865847 Yes
Batty, M. (Mrs.) [185] Tanzania K002865089 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [1201] Tanzania K002865036 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [1293] Saudi Arabia K002974434 Yes
van der Merwe, F. [310] South Africa K002866953 Yes
Festo, L.; Bayona, W. [777] Tanzania K002865067 Yes
Christiaensen [353] Rwanda K002854185 Yes
Osborne, J.; Ernesto, A.; Matimele, H.; Mucaleque, P.; Tanleque, C. [JO1290] Mozambique K000569615 Yes
s.coll. [8986] Mozambique K002865843 Yes
Edwards, D. [1774] South Africa K002866951 Yes
Mogg, A.O.D. [27561] Mozambique K002865835 Yes
[27565] Sri Lanka K002850230 Yes
Wylie, J. [s.n.] South Africa K002866952 Yes
Vaughan, J.H. [710] K002865039 Yes
Magogo, F.; Glover, P. [304] Kenya K002865055 Yes
Troupin [8464] Rwanda K002854189 Yes
Jessop, J.P. [665] South Africa K002866931 Yes
Batty, M. (Mrs.) [293] Tanzania K002865041 Yes
[252] Sri Lanka K002850223 Yes
Mogg, A.O.D. [J 29545] Mozambique K002865832 Yes
[906] Sri Lanka K002850225 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [1938] Tanzania K002865045 Yes
Lye, K.A.; Rwaburindore, P. [4442] Uganda K002865052 Yes
[373] Sri Lanka K002850224 Yes
[2298] K002850222 Yes
Dawe, M.T. [470] Uganda K002865051 Yes
Fakih, S.A.; Abdulla, M. [446] Tanzania K002865066 Yes
Groenendijk, E.M.C. [2023] Mozambique K002865824 Yes
Jessop, J.P. [671] South Africa K002866932 No
Gerrard, W.T. [746] South Africa K002866926 Yes
s.coll. [2833] Rwanda K002854187 Yes
Forsskal, P. [s.n.] Yemen K002974437 No
Bos, J.J. [1143] South Africa K002866939 No
Tinley, K.L. [2710] Mozambique K002865833 Yes
[745] Sri Lanka K002850228 Yes
Galpin, E.E. [13649] South Africa K002866930 No
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K002866936 Yes
Mogg, A.O.D. [27235] Mozambique K002865838 Yes
[4460] Sri Lanka K002850215 Yes
Luke, Q.; Kabuye, C.; Robertson, A.; Mungai, G.; Mathenge, S. [TPR 365] Kenya K002865057 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [1578] Tanzania K002865047 Yes
Wilkin, P. [737] Zimbabwe K002865850 Yes
Cheadle [635] South Africa K002866938 Yes
Mavi, S. [484] Zimbabwe K002865849 Yes
{Burchell} [5232] South Africa K002866923 Yes
Vahrmeijer, J. [494] South Africa K002866944 Yes
Ruffo; Mmari [3203] Tanzania K002865071 Yes
Cooper [s.n.] South Africa K000255724 Type Yes
Vahrmeijer, J. [431] South Africa Asparagus falcatus var. ternifolius K002866956 Yes
Wearne, W.D. [10] South Africa Asparagus falcatus var. ternifolius K002866962 Yes
Hutchinson, J.; Gillett, J.B. [4303] South Africa Asparagus falcatus var. ternifolius K002866960 Yes
Hutchinson, J.; Gillett, J.B. [4303] South Africa Asparagus falcatus var. ternifolius K002866961 Yes
Moll, E.J. [4242] South Africa Asparagus falcatus var. ternifolius K002866966 Yes
Nel, M.D.S. [61] South Africa Asparagus falcatus var. ternifolius K002866965 Yes
Morris, J.W. [540] South Africa Asparagus falcatus var. ternifolius K002866959 Yes
van Breda; Joubert [2121] South Africa Asparagus falcatus var. ternifolius K002866955 Yes
Codd, L.E.W.; de Winter, B. [5061] South Africa Asparagus falcatus var. ternifolius K002866957 Yes
Strey, R.G. [11335] South Africa Asparagus falcatus var. ternifolius K002866964 Yes
Alexander Prior, R.C. [s.n.] South Africa Asparagus falcatus var. ternifolius K002866963 Yes
Jessop, J.P. [702] South Africa Asparagus falcatus var. ternifolius K002866954 No
Codd, L.E. [2036] South Africa Asparagus falcatus var. ternifolius K002866967 Yes
Schlieben, H.J. [7360] South Africa Asparagus falcatus var. ternifolius K002866958 Yes
Henderson, L. [480] South Africa Asparagus falcatus var. ternifolius K002866968 Yes

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