Asparagus racemosus Willd.

First published in Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 2: 152 (1799)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa to N. Australia. It is a climber and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Burkina, Cambodia, Central African Republic, East Himalaya, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Maluku, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria, Northern Territory, Oman, Pakistan, Queensland, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Yemen, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Jamaica, Mauritius, Rodrigues, Trinidad-Tobago

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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PAFTOL

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.
  • Ali, S.I. & Khan, S.W. (2009). Asparagaceae. Flora of Pakistan 217: 1-23. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • Andrews, F.W. (1956). The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: 1-579. T.Buncle & co., LTD., Arbroath, Scotland.
  • Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
  • Balkrishna, A. (2018). Flora of Morni Hills (Research & Possibilities): 1-581. Divya Yoga Mandir Trust.
  • Bosser, J. & al. (eds.) (1978). Flore des Mascareignes 177-188 IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(2): 1-94. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Ghazanfar, S.A. (1992). An Annotated Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Oman and their Vernacular names. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2: 1-153.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Hara, H., Stearn, W.T. & Williams, H.J. (1978). An Enumeration of the Flowering Plants of Nepal 1: 1-154. Trustees of British Museum, London.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1968). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(1): 1-276.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590.
  • Noltie, H.J. (1994). Flora of Bhutan 3(1): 1-456. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
  • Perrier de la Bathie, H. (1938). Flore de Madagascar et des Comores (Plantes Vasculaires) 40: 1-147. Typographie Firmin-Didot et Cie., Paris.
  • Rechinger, K.H., Browicz, K., Persson, K. & Wendelbo, P. (1990). Flora Iranica 165: 1-194. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
  • Smitinand, T. & Larsen, K. (eds.) (1978). Flora of Thailand 1: 1-694. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Tanaka, N., Koyama, T. & Murata, J. (2005). The flowering plants of Mt. Popa, central Myanmar - Results of Myanmar-Japanese joint expeditions, 2000-2004. Makinoa 5: 1-102.
  • 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.
  • Van Steenis, C.G.G.J. (ed.) (1979-1983). Flora Malesiana 9: 1-600. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A Handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Zhengyi, W. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2000). Flora of China 24: 1-431. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Chev. Bot. 645.
  • Sp. Pl. 2: 152 (1799)

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Sp. Pl. 2: 152 (1799).
  • in F.T.A. 7: 434 (1898).
  • ―Baker in F.T.A. 7: 434 (1898).
  • ―Baker in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 623 (1875);
  • ―Engler, Hochgeb. Trop. Afrika: 169 (1892).
  • ―Jessop in Bothalia 9: 72 91966).
  • ―Sebsebe Demissew in F.T.E.A., Asparagaceae: 12 (2006).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Adams, C.D. (1972). Flowering Plants of Jamaica: 1-848. University of the West Indies, Mona.
  • Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
  • Bosser, J. & al. (eds.) (1978). Flore des Mascareignes 177-188 IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(2): 1-94. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • 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. (2006). Asparagaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-22.
  • Dy Phon, P. (2000). Dictionnaire des plantes utilisées au Cambodge: 1-915. Chez l'auteur, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
  • 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.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Fosberg, F.R. (1957). The Maldive islands, Indian Ocean. Atoll Research Bulletin 58: 1-37.
  • Ghazanfar, S.A. (1992). An Annotated Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Oman and their Vernacular names. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2: 1-153.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1968). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(1): 1-276.
  • Hộ, P.-H. (1993). Câycỏ Việtnam. An Illustrated flora of Vietnam 3(1): 1-603d. Pham-hoang Ho, Montréal.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Perrier de la Bathie, H. (1938). Flore de Madagascar et des Comores (Plantes Vasculaires) 40: 1-147. Typographie Firmin-Didot et Cie., Paris.
  • Smitinand, T. & Larsen, K. (eds.) (1978). Flora of Thailand 1: 1-694. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Tanaka, N., Koyama, T. & Murata, J. (2005). The flowering plants of Mt. Popa, central Myanmar - Results of Myanmar-Japanese joint expeditions, 2000-2004. Makinoa 5: 1-102.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Van Steenis, C.G.G.J. (ed.) (1979-1983). Flora Malesiana 9: 1-600. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.
  • 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, t. 140 (1994).
  • Baker in Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany 14: 623 (1875).
  • Baker, Flora of Tropical Africa 7: 434 (1898).
  • Blundell, Wild Fl. E.Afr.: fig. 246 (1987).
  • Engler, Hochgebirgsfl. trop. Afr.: 169 (1892).
  • Hepper in Flora of West Tropical Africa 3: 93 (1968).
  • Jessop in Bothalia 9: 72 (1966).
  • Sebsebe Demissew in Fl. Somalia 4: 26 (1995)
  • Sebsebe Demissew, Fl. Eth. & Erit. 6: 71 (1997).
  • Wight, Ic. Pl. Ind. Or.: t. 2056 (1853).
  • Willd., Sp. Pl. 2: 152 (1799).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1994 Schimp. [374] Ethiopia K000255648 Type Yes
Jacob, K.C. [17549] India K002850118 Yes
Fischer; Gage [107] India K002850119 Yes
Jessop, J.P. [590] South Africa K002866973 Yes
Edwards, I.B. [778] Zambia K002866035 Yes
Smeds, H. [1388] Ethiopia K002854390 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [5472] Tanzania K002854859 Yes
Haines, H.H. [3571] India K002850051 Yes
Jessop, J.P. [646] South Africa K002866986 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [16487] India K002850117 Yes
Story, R. [2649] South Africa K002867000 Yes
s.coll. [3852] Angola K002865762 Yes
Schomburgk, R. [169] Australia K002853859 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [8114] India K002850079 Yes
Luke, P.; Luke, W.R.Q.; Butynski, T.; Ehardt, C.; Jones, T. [8405] Tanzania K002854912 Yes
[Bourne] [725] India K002850128 Yes
[Law] [[624]] India K002850172 Yes
Kuntze, C.E.O. [s.n.] South Africa K002866984 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] New Caledonia K002853885 Yes
Lewalle, J. [2886] Burundi K002854153 Yes
Marcan, A. [334] Thailand K002853796 Yes
Walker [s.n.] Sri Lanka K002850141 Yes
Chandler, P. [993] Uganda K002854916 Yes
Meyer, F.G. [8052] Ethiopia K002854379 Yes
Dümmer, R.A. [s.n.] Kenya K002854874 Yes
van Someren [75] Kenya K002854868 Yes
Bloembergen, S. [3153] Indonesia K002853829 Yes
Rodin, R.J. [1228] South Africa K002866974 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] India K002850129 Yes
s.coll. [7539] Tanzania K002854858 Yes
s.coll. [5154] India K002850053 Yes
Nair, N.B. [269] Sri Lanka K002850146 Yes
Friis, I.; Hounde, A.; Jacobsen, K. [374] Ethiopia K002854383 Yes
van Someren [75] Kenya K002854867 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [8665] South Africa K002866970 Yes
Mavi, S. [1227] Zimbabwe K002865756 Yes
Meyerhoff, E. [34] Kenya K002854872 Yes
Perdue, R.E.; Kibuwa, S.P. [8247] Kenya K002854878 Yes
Jacob, K.C. [11357] India K002850109 Yes
Mlangwa, J.A.; Shengena, A.A. [658] Tanzania K002854897 Yes
Collins, E.E. [302] Thailand K002853795 Yes
Jaeger, P. [8209] Sierra Leone K002853904 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K002866991 No
Fosberg, F.R.; Nair, N.B. [53574] Sri Lanka K002850135 Yes
Lushington, A.W. [s.n.] India K002850114 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [9683] Kenya K002854852 Yes
de Wilde, J.J.F.E. [5995] Ethiopia K002854398 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [20831] India K002850116 Yes
Wirawan, N. [794] Sri Lanka K002850143 Yes
Comanor, P.L. [871] Sri Lanka K002850145 Yes
Schimper [725] Sudan K002854376 Yes
Archibald, E.E.A. [3623] South Africa K002866982 Yes
Story, R. [1766] South Africa K002866993 Yes
MacOwan [1808] South Africa K002866988 Yes
Snowden, J.D. [1036] Uganda K002854860 Yes
[J. D. H.]; Lobb [s.n.] India K002850097 Yes
Lakshnakara, M.C. [10002] Thailand K002853806 Yes
Jacob, K.C. [10527] India K002850108 Yes
Andrianjafy, N.M.; Phillipson, P.; Ranaivojaona, R.; Lukbe, R. [1660] Madagascar K002866042 Yes
s.coll. [[25602]] South Africa K002866989 Yes
Lawrence, E. [546] Tonga K002853887 Yes
Fernandes, J. [1616] India K002850104 Yes
Williams; Stainton [8293] Nepal K002850157 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5153] K001104945 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [3860] K002850093 Yes
Kisena [1111] Tanzania K002854905 Yes
Galpin, E.E. [5737] South Africa K002866972 Yes
s.coll. [1674] Malaysia K002853777 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [13841] Kenya K002854883 Yes
Field, A. [127] British Indian Ocean Territory K002853888 Yes
Alves Pereira, J. [3333] Guinea-Bissau K002853897 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [13755] South Africa K002866996 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [B 8804] Kenya K002854875 Yes
Festo, L.; Bayona, W. [325] Tanzania K002854889 Yes
[Law. Studes] [4] K002850173 Yes
Lorzing, J.A. [6699] Indonesia K002853827 Yes
Brown, N.E. [s.n.] K002867428 Yes
Gilliland, H.B. [115] Zimbabwe K002866034 Yes
Haines, H.H. [2139] India K002850089 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002850170 Yes
[G. Graib] [s.n.] India K002850138 Yes
Cunningham, A. [1] Australia K002853868 Yes
Narayanaswami, V. [160] India K002850110 Yes
Iversen, S.T.; Persson, E.; Pettersson, B. [87502] Tanzania K002854899 Yes
Harley, W.J. [1504] Liberia K002853910 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [26087] India K002850073 Yes
Bell [4238] India K002850057 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [B 4780] Kenya K002854876 Yes
Grierson, A.J.C.; Long, D.G. [1712] Bhutan K002850069 Yes
Schimper, M.W. [1075] Ethiopia K002854381 Yes
s.coll. [5861] K002850165 Yes
Swinbourne, R. [700] Australia K002853872 Yes
Jones, S. [1] Ethiopia K002854392 Yes
Fosberg, F.R.; Mueller-Dombois, D. [50087] Sri Lanka K002850137 Yes
Perrottet [305] India K002850121 Yes
Kurz, S. [s.n.] India K001738257 Yes
Glover; Gwynne; Samuel [1094] Kenya K002854881 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [8805] Kenya K002854849 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [14929] Kenya K002854884 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [188] India K002850058 Yes
Simon, G. [290] Tanzania K002854895 Yes
Maas Geesteranus, R.A. [5915] Kenya K002854871 Yes
Oldeman, R.A.A. [614] Cote d'Ivoire K002853911 Yes
Sedgwick, L.J. [4013] India K002850055 Yes
Jessop, J.P. [630] South Africa K002866985 Yes
Hohenacker, R.F. [300] India K002850169 Yes
Townsend, C.C. [2214] Kenya K002854877 Yes
Kingdon-Ward, F. [37537] Malaysia K002853774 Yes
s.coll. [5862] India K002850092 Yes
Jessop, J.P. [643] South Africa K002866997 No
Mooney, H.F. [6179] Ethiopia K002854388 Yes
Battiscombe, E. [1046] Kenya K002854851 Yes
Forbes, L.M. [235] Uganda K002854862 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [8683] India K002850083 Yes
[Bourne] [s.n.] India K002850132 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [26090] India K002850075 Yes
Hornby, R.M. (Mrs.) [3232] Zimbabwe K002865755 Yes
J.D.H. [s.n.] India K002850158 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [278] K002850084 Yes
Christiaensen [764] Rwanda K002854150 Yes
Grey-Wilson; Phillips [279] Nepal K002850066 Yes
Drummond, J. [26091] India K002850076 Yes
[A. Cuirllus Rull] [2656] Bhutan K002850068 Yes
Peter, G.A. [44192] Tanzania K002854891 Yes
Put [2041] Thailand K002853805 Yes
Ritchie [737] K002850171 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [15008] Ethiopia K002854384 Yes
Martin, J.B. [39] Australia K002853864 Yes
Glanville, R.R. [393] Sierra Leone K002853909 Yes
Jefford, T.G.; Juniper, B.E.; Newbould, J. [2683] Tanzania K002854857 Yes
Meebold, A. [7644] India K002850112 Yes
Inayat [22817] K002850061 Yes
Azancot de Menezes [608] Angola K002865758 Yes
[J. D. H.] [632] K002850087 Yes
Hedberg, O. [240] Tanzania K002854900 Yes
Kerr, A. [13112] Thailand K002853800 Yes
Law; [Storks] [4] K002850168 Yes
Fischer, C.E.C. [179] India K002850120 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [19515] Thailand K002853803 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Botswana K002865757 Yes
[Kabir] [15230] India K002850071 Yes
Guého, J. [15221] Mauritius K002866048 No
Zollinger, H. [2572] Indonesia K000292090 Type Yes
Gillett, J.B. [19007] Kenya K002854873 Yes
Cooper, T. [2255] South Africa K001651422 Yes
Barneo, E. [1824] India K002850122 Yes
Wirawan, N. [794] Sri Lanka K002850144 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Madagascar K002866045 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [4594] Thailand K002853807 Yes
Matthew, K.M. [15389] India K002850131 Yes
s.coll. [3293] Malaysia K002853776 Yes
Chippendale, G. [8255] Australia K002853871 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [19947] Thailand K002853802 Yes
Greenwood, W. [543] Fiji K002853886 Yes
Hedberg, O. [259] Tanzania K002854901 Yes
Law; [Storks] [4] K002850167 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [4274] Thailand K002853799 Yes
Smitinand, T.; Sleumer, H.O. [1361] Thailand K002853812 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [23594] India K002850078 Yes
Jessop, J.P. [597] South Africa K002866999 Yes
Matthew, K.M. [45374] India K002850106 Yes
Burbidge, K. [s.n.] Sierra Leone K002853900 Yes
[Bourne] [3362] India K002850124 Yes
Jackson, J.K. [J2845] Sudan K002854374 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [s.n.] Sierra Leone K002853907 Yes
[J. D. H] [s.n.] India K001738256 Yes
Hooker, J.D. [s.n.] India K000901276 Type Yes
Dowson, W.J. [313] Uganda K002854915 Yes
Dassanayake, M.D. [D-621] Sri Lanka K002850153 Yes
Thulin, M.; Hunde, A.; Tadesse, M. [3391] Ethiopia K002854394 Yes
Soleman, R. [7504] Tanzania K002854898 Yes
s.coll. [5754] Nepal K000901271 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mooney, H.F. [1632] India K002850085 Yes
Cowan, J.M. [s.n.] K002850164 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [14552] India K002850111 Yes
Walker [56] Sri Lanka K002850139 Yes
Grimshaw, J.M. [94585] Tanzania K002854854 Yes
s.coll. [2299] Sri Lanka K000901273 Type Yes
s.coll. [2300] Sri Lanka K002850140 Yes
Wight, R. [5754] India K000901272 Unknown Type Material Yes
Roxburgh, W. [s.n.] India K000901269 Unknown Type Material Yes
Roxburgh, W. [s.n.] India K000901268 Unknown Type Material Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] India K002850130 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [9166] India K002850082 Yes
Waas, S. [1129] Sri Lanka K002850155 Yes
Davidse, G.; Sumithraarachchi, D.B. [8977] Sri Lanka K002850151 Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 5153] K001104947 Unknown Type Material Yes
Simon, G. [318] Tanzania K002854896 Yes
Damel [s.n.] Australia K002853860 Yes
Smeds, H. [1388] Ethiopia K002854391 Yes
Dassanayake, M.D. [436] Sri Lanka K002850150 Yes
Bourne [s.n.] India K002850133 Yes
Keke; Crawford, S.; Grey-Wilson, C.; Long, D.; McBeath, R.; Noltie, H.; Sinnott, M.; Subedi, M.; Zmarzty, S. [1178] Nepal K002850064 Yes
Brown, R. [s.n.] Australia K000901282 Unknown Type Material Yes
Fernandes, J. [586] India K002850103 Yes
Frame, G.W. [159] Tanzania K002854894 Yes
s.coll. [240] Ethiopia K002854380 Yes
Maas Geesteranus, R.A. [5474] Kenya K002854879 Yes
Specht, R.L. [241] Australia K002853870 Yes
Fischer, C.E.C. [1935] India K002850113 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [9683] Kenya K002854845 Yes
Williams; Stainton [8235] Nepal K002850156 Yes
[K] [4934] Zimbabwe K002865754 Yes
Kerfoot, O. [2922] Kenya K002854866 Yes
Bally [B5516] Kenya K002854846 Yes
Balaka, J.L.; Seyani, J.H.; Tawakali, E.J. [1159] Malawi K002865751 Yes
Thomas, J. [s.n.] K002850062 Yes
{Drège} [3489b] K002866978 Yes
Gilges, W. [416] Zambia K002865752 Yes
[Bourne] [364] India K002850126 Yes
Martensz, P. [AE725] Australia K002853862 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [1559] India K002850086 Yes
[J. D. H.] [s.n.] India K002850059 Yes
Sedgwick, L.J. [3987] K002850105 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O.; Duyfjes, B.E.E. [11041] Ethiopia K002854382 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [14617] Ethiopia K002854387 Yes
Jayasuriya, A.H.M.; Waas, S.; Peeris, S. [1386] Sri Lanka K002850152 Yes
Boden Kloss, C. [s.n.] Thailand K002853813 Yes
Fosberg, F.R.; Jayasuria, M. [52784] Sri Lanka K002850134 Yes
Maas Geesteranus, R.A. [6052] Kenya K002854870 Yes
Kisena [1111] Tanzania K002854906 Yes
s.coll. [3849] Angola K002865760 Yes
Pleyte, D.R. [106] Indonesia K002853828 Yes
Brass, L.J. [19015] Australia K002853861 Yes
Russell-Smith, J.; Lucas, D. [2449] Australia K002853865 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002867427 Yes
Dassanayake, M.D. [436] Sri Lanka K002850149 Yes
Hooker [563] K002853869 Yes
Elia, J.; Kindeketa, W.; Mollel, N. [91] Tanzania K002854893 Yes
Bent, J.T. [189] K002974402 Yes
Troupin [6495] Rwanda K002854152 Yes
Wood, J.J. [29] India K002850081 Yes
Cameron (Lt) [s.n.] Tanzania K002854909 Yes
Geesink, R.; Hattink, T.; Phengklai, C. [6939] Thailand K002853809 Yes
Battiscombe, E. [s.n.] Kenya K002854848 Yes
Brown, A.S. [1216] Sudan K002854375 Yes
s.coll. [3859] India K002850052 Yes
Scheffler [244] Tanzania K002854855 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [26089] India K002850070 Yes
Dassanayake, M.D. [436] Sri Lanka K002850148 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [26088] India K002850074 Yes
Maconochie, J.R. [3647] K002974403 Yes
Morton, J.K.; Gledhill, D. [SL3084] Sierra Leone K002853901 Yes
Sanford, W.W. [5504] Cameroon K002854149 Yes
Kuchar, P. [24632] Tanzania K002854910 No
Eggeling, W.J. [1166] Uganda K002854863 Yes
[C. K.] [1044] India K002850067 Yes
Wrigley, J.; Telford, I.R.H. [042945] Australia K002853863 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [13841] Kenya K002854882 Yes
Deane, H. [s.n.] India K002850072 Yes
Baldwin, J.T. [9837] Guinea K002853899 Yes
Keke [1178] Nepal K002850065 Yes
Parry, N.E. (Mrs) [305] India K002850099 Yes
Roth [550] Ethiopia K002854389 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [15074] India K002850115 Yes
Hedberg, O. [86] Kenya K002854864 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [14617] Ethiopia K002854386 Yes
Story, R. [1766] South Africa K002866995 Yes
King [s.n.] India K002850160 Yes
Hamant [2863] Malaysia K002853775 Yes
Gardner, G. [s.n.] Sri Lanka K000901274 Type Yes
Mlangwa, J.A. [106] Tanzania K002854904 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001651427 No
Battiscombe, E. [1046] Kenya K002854850 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [4471] Sierra Leone K002853906 Yes
Eyles, F. [4934] Zimbabwe K002865753 Yes
Glover, P.E.; Gwynne, M.D.; Samuel; Tucker [2324] Kenya K002854886 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [1961] Thailand K002853811 Yes
J.D.H. [s.n.] India K002850161 Yes
Mlangwa, J.A. [106] Tanzania K002854903 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [2647] Sierra Leone K002853908 Yes
Haines, H.H. [509 a] K002850080 Yes
Ferreira, R.E.C. [1001] Uganda K002854917 Yes
Bar, N.L. [6657] India K002850100 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [10376] Tanzania K:SPC-23776.000 No
Simpson, N.D. [9521] Sri Lanka K002850091 Yes
Peter, G.A. [43557] Tanzania K002854892 Yes
Morton; Jarr. [SL3258] Sierra Leone K002853902 Yes
Ramsay, C.B. [61] India K002850060 Yes
Malhotra, C.L. [42650] India K002850088 Yes
Mwachala, G. [EW 389] Kenya K002854869 Yes
Burger, W. [1505] Ethiopia K002854393 Yes
Peter, G.A. [47046] Tanzania K002854890 Yes
[Mying] [113] India K002850054 Yes
Morton, J.K.; Gledhill, D. [SL1921] Sierra Leone K002853905 Yes
Nair, N.B. [269] Sri Lanka K002850147 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [2096] Thailand K002853808 Yes
Mahinde, S. Game Scout [HSM/158] Tanzania K002854908 Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [18526M] Malawi K002867004 Yes
Ferreira, R.E.C. [1000] Uganda K002854913 No
s.coll. [59] Tanzania K002854902 Yes
Grandvaux Barbosa, L.A.; de Lemos, F. [8646] Mozambique K002865750 Yes
Friis, I.; Harris, T.; Assefa Hailu; Ermias Getachew [13850] Ethiopia K002854396 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [16195] Thailand K002853801 Yes
Meyer, F.G. [8052] Ethiopia K002854378 Yes
[Bourne] [1231] India K002850125 Yes
Battiscombe, E. [1193] Kenya K002854847 Yes
s.coll. [3848] Angola K002865761 Yes
s.coll. [2848] India K002850163 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K002866977 Yes
[Pul] [17] Thailand K002853804 Yes
Muller [s.n.] Australia K002853867 Yes
Troupin, G. [8161] Rwanda K002854151 Yes
R. W. [Mder] [s.n.] India K002850101 Yes
[J D. H]; [J. J.] [s.n.] India K002850096 Yes
Strey, R.G. [3719] South Africa K002866971 Yes
Mesfin, T.; Kagnew, G.Y. [2360] Ethiopia K002854397 Yes
Story, R. [1766] South Africa K002866994 Yes
TRB. [4067] India K002850056 Yes
Glover; et al. [2324] Kenya K002854887 Yes
Gossweiler, J. [406] Angola K002865759 Yes
Cooper, T. [1511] South Africa K001651424 Yes
Pierce, R. [1819] Kenya K002854885 Yes
Zeyher [4] South Africa K001651423 Yes
Balfour, I.B. [s.n.] Mauritius K002866046 Yes
Cooper, T. [1511] South Africa K001651426 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [8804] Kenya K:SPC-04414.000 No
Drummond, J.R. [26092] India K002850077 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5153] K001104946 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ismail, A.b. [89506] Malaysia K002853778 Yes
Saldanha, C.J. [16902] India K002850174 Yes
Schomburgk, R. [250] Thailand K002853797 Yes
Lace, J.H. [6323] Burma K002850142 Yes
Bourne [3039] India K002850127 Yes
Muller, F. [s.n.] Australia K002853858 Yes
Kerfoot, O. [4057] Kenya K002854880 Yes
Snowden, J.D. [1036] Uganda K002854861 Yes
Comins, D.M. [1254] South Africa K002866983 Yes
Baldwin, J.T. [9691] Guinea K002853898 Yes
Matthew, K.M. [45374] India K002850107 Yes
s.coll. [46] Madagascar K002866044 Yes
[P. Kurilo] [877 A] K002850166 Yes
Jessop, J.P. [594] South Africa K002866981 Yes
Dyer, R.A. [1124] South Africa K002866979 Yes
[J. D. H.]; [J. J.] [s.n.] India K002850094 Yes
Grimshaw, J.M. [94585] Tanzania K002854853 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [11754] India K002850159 Yes
Perry, R.A. [2571] Australia K002853866 Yes
Parry, W.E. [759] India K002850095 Yes
Smitinand, T.; Sleumer, H.O. [1341] Thailand K002853814 Yes
Pleyte, D.R. [22] Indonesia K002853830 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [504] Sudan K002854377 Yes
s.coll. [5752] India K000901270 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jayasuriya, A.H.M.; Waas, S.; Peeris, S. [1386] Sri Lanka K002850136 Yes
Baron, R. [s.n.] Madagascar K002866043 Yes
Long, F.R. [140] South Africa K002866975 Yes
[illegible] [88] India K002850123 Yes
[L. M. T. Lassia] [s.n.] India K002850098 Yes
Jessop, J.P. [611] South Africa K002866987 Yes
Jaeger, P. [9804] Sierra Leone K002853903 Yes
Barnes, E. [316] India K002850050 Yes
Dassanayake, M.D. [D-631] Sri Lanka K002850154 Yes
Collins, E.E. [132] Thailand K002853798 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K002867429 Yes
Zeyher [s.n.] South Africa K001651425 Yes
Duthie, J. [2078] India K002850063 Yes
Smeds, H. [1387] Ethiopia K002854385 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [25608] Tanzania K002854856 Yes
Jayesuriye, M. [D749] Sri Lanka K002850090 Yes
Jessop, J.P. [604] South Africa K002866980 Yes
{Burchell} [2889] South Africa K002866990 Yes
Walker, A.W. [222] Sri Lanka K000901275 Type Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [10376A] Tanzania K:SPC-23391.000 No
Westphal, E.; Westphal-Stevels, J.M.C. [949] Ethiopia K002854395 Yes
Middleton, D.J.; Suddee, S.; Davies, S.J.; Hemrat, C. [850] Thailand K002853810 Yes
Luke, Q.; Powys, A.; Luke, P.A. [9453] Kenya K002854888 Yes
J.D.H. [s.n.] India K002850162 Yes
Brown, R. [5663] Australia K000901281 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bojer [s.n.] K002866047 Yes
Bell [6155] India K002850102 Yes
[Malinda] [HSM/158] Tanzania K002854907 Yes
Verdcourt [3816] Kenya K002854865 Yes
Jacquemont, V. [537] India Asparagus jacquemontii K000901267 Type Yes
Pierre, L. [s.n.] Asparagus acerosus K002853782 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5152] Burma Asparagus acerosus K001104944 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 5152] Burma Asparagus acerosus K001104940 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5152] Burma Asparagus acerosus K001104937 Unknown Type Material Yes
Marcan, A. [2523] Thailand Asparagus acerosus K002853781 Yes
s.coll. [[H 45152]] Asparagus acerosus K002850184 Yes
s.coll. [1317] Asparagus acerosus K002850176 Yes
Thorel (M. le Dr) [2133] Asparagus acerosus K002853779 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5152] Asparagus acerosus K001104943 Unknown Type Material Yes
Lobb, T. [394] Asparagus acerosus K002850183 Yes
s.coll. [5860] Burma Asparagus acerosus K002850182 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5152] Burma Asparagus acerosus K001104936 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5152] India Asparagus acerosus K001104941 Unknown Type Material Yes
McClelland [s.n.] Asparagus acerosus K002850181 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [11754] India Asparagus acerosus K002850175 Yes
Hooker, J.D.; Thomson, T. [s.n.] Asparagus acerosus K002850185 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [43130] Asparagus acerosus K002850177 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [2626] Thailand Asparagus acerosus K002853780 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5152] Burma Asparagus acerosus K001104938 Unknown Type Material Yes
Roxburgh, W. [s.n.] India Asparagus acerosus K000901277 Unknown Type Material Yes
[Megin Griffith] [s.n.] Asparagus acerosus K002850179 Yes
Roxburgh, W. [s.n.] India Asparagus acerosus K000901278 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gamble, J.S. [1317 A] Asparagus acerosus K002850180 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5152] Asparagus acerosus K001104942 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5152] Burma Asparagus acerosus K001104939 Unknown Type Material Yes
Lobb [394] Asparagus acerosus K002850178 Yes

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