Asparagus pubescens Baker

First published in Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 1: 254 (1878)
This name is a synonym of Asparagus 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 var. puberulus.]

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

  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Asparagus pubescens.]
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1968). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(1): 1-276. [Cited as Asparagus pubescens.]

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 7: 430.
  • in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. 1: 254 (1878)

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 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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