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Taxon: Asparagus retrofractus L.

Genus: Asparagus
Family: Asparagaceae. Also placed in: Liliaceae
Nomen number: 5541
Place of publication: Sp. pl. 1:313. 1753
Typification: View record from Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project of the Natural History Museum of London.
Name verified on: 16-Apr-1996 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 02-Dec-1998
Species priority site is: Northeast Regional PI Station (NE9).

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

Common names:

  • aspargo-de-jardim   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005)
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Economic importance:


Distributional range:

Native:
  • AFRICA
    Southern Africa: Namibia; South Africa - Cape Province

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 retrofractus (L.) Oberm.].
  • Dyer, R. A. et al., eds. 1963–. Flora of southern Africa. (F SAfr) [= Protasparagus retrofractus (L.) Oberm.].
  • Fellingham, A. C. & N. L. Meyer. 1995. New combinations and a complete list of Asparagus species in southern Africa (Asparagaceae). Bothalia 25:208.
  • Gibbs Russell, G. E. et al. 1985. List of species of Southern African plants, ed. 2. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa v. 51.; v. 56. 1987 (L SAfr)
  • Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
  • Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
  • Obermeyer, A. A. 1983. Protasparagus Oberm., nom. nov.: new combinations. S. African J. Bot. 2:244. [= Protasparagus retrofractus (L.) Oberm.].
  • Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
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Check other databases for Asparagus retrofractus L.:

  • 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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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?5541 (22 November 2009)

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