Taxon: Asphodelus tenuifolius Cav.

Economic importance:

• Weed: also potential seed contaminant   (fide Atlas WWeed; WorldWeeds)
  

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Distributional range:

Native:

• AFRICA
  Macaronesia: Spain - Canary Islands
  Northern Africa: Algeria; Egypt; Libya; Morocco; Tunisia
  Northeast Tropical Africa: Eritrea; Somalia; Sudan; Yemen - Socotra
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Arabian Peninsula: Bahrain; Kuwait; Saudi Arabia; Yemen
  Western Asia: Cyprus; Egypt - Sinai; Iran; Iraq; Israel; Jordan
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: India; Pakistan

References:

• Ali, S. I. & S. M. H. Jafri, eds. 1976–. Flora of Libya. (F Libya)
• Bosser, J. M. et al., eds. 1976–. Flores des Mascareignes. (F Mascar) [= A. fistulosus var. tenuifolius (Cav.) Baker].
• Boulos, L. 1995. Flora of Egypt checklist. (L Egypt)
• Boulos, L. 1999–. Flora of Egypt. (F Egypt)
• Chowdhery, H. J. & B. M. Wadhwa. 1984. Flora of Himachal Pradesh. (F Himachal)
• Díaz Lifante, Z. & B. Valdés. 1996. Revisión del género Asphodelus L. (Asphodelaceae) en el Mediterráneo occidental. Boissiera 52:153.
• Hansen, A. & P. Sunding. 1993. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 4. Sommerfeltia vol. 17. (L Macar ed4)
• Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989–. Flora of Ethiopia. (and Eritrea. 2000) (F Ethiop) [= A. fistulosus L.].
• Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds. (Atlas WWeed)
• Holm, L. et al. 1997. World weeds: natural histories and distribution. (WorldWeeds)
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard) [= A. fistulosus L.].
• Izquierdo Z., I. et al., eds. 2004. Lista de especies silvestres de Canarias: hongos, plantas y animales terrestres. (L Canaries)
• Jahandiez, E. & R. Maire. 1931–1941. Catalogue des plantes du Maroc. (L Maroc)
• Meikle, R. D. 1977–1985. Flora of Cyprus. (F Cyprus)
• Pignatti, S. 1982. Flora d'Italia. (F Ital)
• Quézel, P. & S. Santa. 1962–1963. Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie. (F Alger)
• Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica. (F Iran)
• Thulin, M., ed. 1993–. Flora of Somalia. (F Somalia) [= A. fistulosus L.].
• Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966–. Flora of Iraq. (F Iraq)
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur) [= A. fistulosus L.].
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora. (Eur Gard F) [= A. fistulosus L.].
• Wood, J. R. I. 1997. A handbook of the flora of Yemen. (F Yemen) [= A. fistulosus var. tenuifolius (Cav.) Baker].
• Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. 1966–. Flora palaestina. (F Palest)

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Synonyms:

• (≡) Asphodelus fistulosus var. tenuifolius (Cav.) Baker
  

Check other databases for Asphodelus tenuifolius Cav.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• 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
• 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.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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