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Taxon: Asparagus densiflorus (Kunth) Jessop

Genus: Asparagus
Family: Asparagaceae. Also placed in: Liliaceae
Nomen number: 300048
Place of publication: Bothalia 9:65. 1966
Name verified on: 16-Apr-1996 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 02-Dec-1998
Species priority site is: Northeast Regional PI Station (NE9).
Accessions: 19 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.


Economic importance:


Distributional range:

Native:
  • AFRICA
    Southern Africa: South Africa - Cape Province, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal
Other:
  • naturalized in Australia, New Zealand, s.e. United States, & West Indies

References:

  • Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. 1993. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62. (Pl SAfr) [= Protasparagus densiflorus (Kunth) Oberm.].
  • Dyer, R. A. et al., eds. 1963–. Flora of southern Africa. (F SAfr) [= Protasparagus densiflorus (Kunth) Oberm.].
  • Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. (Zander ed14)
  • Fellingham, A. C. & N. L. Meyer. 1995. New combinations and a complete list of Asparagus species in southern Africa (Asparagaceae). Bothalia 25:206.
  • Huttleston, D. G. 1970. Baileya 17:59.
  • Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
  • Keighery, G. 1996. Pl. Protect. Quart. 11(2):50.
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3) 118.
  • Parsons, W. T. & E. G. Cuthbertson. 1992. Noxious weeds of Australia. (Noxweed Aust)
  • Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
  • Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora. (Eur Gard F)
  • Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. (Invasive Pl Spec)
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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Asparagus densiflorus (Kunth) Jessop:

  • PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for images:

  • PlantSystematics.org
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?300048 (22 November 2009)

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