Checklist: Asparagaceae

ASPARAGACEAE

Introduction:

This is a checklist of taxa generated from the database. Genera and species which are purely cultivated have been excluded.

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Asparagus laricinus
Literature:   
Chase, M.W., Reveal, J.L. & Fay, M.J. (2009) A subfamilial classification for the expanded asparagalean families Amaryllidaceae, Asparagaceae and Xanthorrhoeaceae. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 161 132-136 
Demissew, S. (2008) Asparagaceae Flora Zambesiaca 13(1)  
Obermeyer, A.A. (1992) Asparagaceae Flora of Southern Africa 5(3)  
  
NamesFZ Divisions
  
1113.000 ASPARAGUS L. 
MYRSIPHYLLUM Willd. 
PROTASPARAGUS Oberm. 
Asparagus africanus Lam.
var. africanus B,N,W
Protasparagus africanus (Lam.) Oberm.
Asparagus africanus Lam.
var. puberulus (Baker) Sebsebe B,N,W,C,E,S
Asparagus pubescens Baker
Asparagus asparagoides (L.) Druce
Myrsiphyllum asparagoides (L.) Willd.
Asparagus aspergillus Jessop B
Protasparagus aspergillus (Jessop) Oberm.
Asparagus buchananii Baker B,N,W,C,S
Asparagus flagellaris (Kunth) Baker N,W,C,E,S
Asparagus laricinus Burch. W,E
Asparagus angolensis Baker
Protasparagus laricinus (Burch.) Oberm.
Asparagus longicladus N.E. Br.
Protasparagus longicladus (N.E. Br.) B. Mathew
Asparagus migeodii Sebsebe N,W
Asparagus nelsii Schinz B,N,C,S
Asparagus pendulus (Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L. Mey. B,E,S
Asparagus psilurus Baker W,C
Asparagus richardsiae Sebsebe N,C
Asparagus rogersii R.E.Fr. B,N,C
Asparagus schroederi Engl. N,C,E,S
Protasparagus schroederi (Engl.) Oberm.
Asparagus setaceus (Kunth) Jessop N,E
Asparagus plumosus Baker
Protasparagus plumosus (Baker) Oberm.
Protasparagus setaceus (Kunth) Oberm.
Asparagus virgatus Baker E
Asparagus virgatus Baker var. capillaris Baker
Protasparagus virgatus (Baker) Oberm.

Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Nicholas Wightman, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-25

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2025). Flora of Zambia: Checklist: Asparagaceae].
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/utilities/utility-display-checklist.php?family_id=23, retrieved 3 April 2025

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