Asparagaceae
Asparagus

Asparagus schroederi Engl.

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 32: 97 (1902)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa. It is a scrambling shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Tanzania, Togo, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Brundu, G. & Camarda, I. (2013). The Flora of Chad: a checklist and brief analysis. PhytoKeys 23: 1-18.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Demissew, S. (2006). Asparagaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-22.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1968). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(1): 1-276.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.
  • Timberlake, J.R. & Martins, E.S. (eds.) (2008). Flora Zambesiaca 13(1): 1-140. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Aké Assi, Contrib. 2: 20[229].
  • Bot. Jahrb. 32: 97 (1902)

Flora Zambesiaca

  • in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 32: 97 (1903).
  • ―Sebsebe Demissew in F.T.E.A., Asparagaceae: 11 (2006).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Brundu, G. & Camarda, I. (2013). The Flora of Chad: a checklist and brief analysis. PhytoKeys 23: 1-18.
  • Demissew, S. (2006). Asparagaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-22.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1968). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(1): 1-276.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.
  • Timberlake, J.R. & Martins, E.S. (eds.) (2008). Flora Zambesiaca 13(1): 1-140. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Engl. in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 32: 97 (1903).
  • Hepper in Flora of West Tropical Africa 3: 93 (1968).
  • Obermayer in Flora of Southern Africa 5(3): 53 (1992).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Bidgood, G.S.; Leliyo, G.; K. Vollesen [8118] Tanzania K002865287 Yes
Leliyo, G. [220] Tanzania K002865281 Yes
illegible [9754] Cameroon K000255635 Unknown Type Material Yes
Geilinger (Dr.) [3337] Tanzania K002865295 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Leliyo, G.; K. Vollesen [7699] Tanzania K002865293 No
Haarer, A.E. [1951] Tanzania K002865299 Yes
Sinsin, B.; Agbani, P.; Yédomonhan, H. [2206] Benin K001297869 Yes
Wallace, G.B. [[626]] Tanzania K002865279 No
Reekmans, M. [6368] Burundi K002854199 Yes
de Winter, B.; Giess, W. [7053] Namibia K002867302 No
Keay, R.W.J. [25728] Nigeria K:SPC-15146.000 No
{Mr. Hornby; Mrs. Hornby} [2091] Tanzania K002865294 No
Illegible from label [9002] Cameroon K000255634 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Leliyo, G.; K. Vollesen [7067] Tanzania K002865285 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [4254] Tanzania K002865283 Yes
K. Vollesen [MRC 4934] Tanzania K002865302 Yes
Akiley; Joseph [5055B] Tanzania K002865289 Yes
Tanner, R. [5587 A] Tanzania K002865278 Yes
Reekmans, M. [6367] Burundi K002854200 Yes
Quarre, P. [2539] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002854198 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K002865291 No
Gereau, R.E.; Kayombo, M.J.; Mwangoka, M.A.; Schmidt, H.H. [1216] Tanzania K002865277 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [4272] Tanzania K002865284 Yes
s.coll. [5385] Burundi K002854202 Yes
Haerdi, F. [38/59 B] Tanzania K002865300 Yes
Lynes, H. [IH49] Tanzania K002865297 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [5473] Tanzania K002865296 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [7336] Tanzania K002865280 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K002865292 Yes
Ngoundai [158] Tanzania K002865282 Yes
Quarre, P. [7729] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002854201 Yes
Lynes, H. [PG1] Tanzania K002865298 Yes
Richards, H.M. [7238] Tanzania K002865290 Yes
Quarre, P. [2622] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002854197 Yes
Haerdi, F. [38/59 B] Tanzania K002865301 Yes
Illegible from label [9499] Cameroon K000255633 Unknown Type Material Yes
Richards, M. [18354] Tanzania K002865288 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Leliyo, G.; K. Vollesen [7147] Tanzania K002865286 No
Mauve, A.A. [4294] South Africa Asparagus obermeyerae K002867005 Yes
Mauve, A.A. [4442] South Africa Asparagus obermeyerae K000255727 Type Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0