Asparagaceae
Asparagus

Asparagus botswanicus Sebsebe

First published in Kew Bull. 63: 269 (2008)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is N. Botswana. It is a perennial or subshrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Botswana

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Timberlake, J.R. & Martins, E.S. (eds.) (2008). Flora Zambesiaca 13(1): 1-140. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Bulletin

  • IUCN (2001). IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: Version 3.1. Prepared by the IUCN Species Survival Commission. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
  • Jessop, J. P. (1966). The genus Asparagus in Southern Africa. Bothalia 9 1: 31 – 96.
  • Malcomber, S. T. & Sebsebe, D. (1993). The status of Protasparagaus and Myrsiphyllum in the Asparagaceae. Kew Bull. 48: 63 – 78.
  • Obermeyer, A. A. & Immelman, K. L. (1992). Protasparagus. In: O. A. Leistner (ed.), Flora of Southern Africa Vol. 5 (3): 71 – 82. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Sebsebe Demissew (1995). Asparagaceae. In: M. Thulin (ed.), Flora of Somalia Vol. 4: 24 – 27. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • ____ (1996). Asparagaceae. In: S. Edwards, Sebsebe Demissew & I. Hedberg (eds.), Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea Vol. 6: 67 – 73. National Herbarium, Addis Ababa and Department of Systematic Botany, University of Uppsala, Uppsala.
  • ____ (2006). Asparagaceae. In: H. Beentje & S. Ghazanfar (eds.), Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1 – 22. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • in Kew Bull. 63: 269 (2008).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Bingham, M.G. [415] Zimbabwe K000400164 Yes
Wild, H.; Drummond, R.B. [6895] Botswana K000400163 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
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  • 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 Bulletin

    • Kew Bulletin
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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