1113.000 Asparagus L.

MYRSIPHYLLUM Willd.

PROTASPARAGUS Oberm.

Fayaz, F. (2011) Encyclopedia of Tropical Plants Firefly Books, New Zealand

Geerinck, D.J.L. (2016) Asparagaceae Flore d'Afrique Centrale Nouvelle Serie Jardin Botanique Meise, Belgique

Description of the genus

Perennial herbs or sub-shrubs, usually with short rhizomes, erect or climbing, generally branched with green, flat cladodes in axils. Leaves appressed to stem, not green, scale-like; base spurred, often extending to spines. Inflorescence an axillary cluster, sometimes racemes or umbels, rarely solitary; bracteoles membranous. Perianth campanulate or sub-globose; segments free, occasionally connate at base. Fruit berries. Seeds 1-few.

Worldwide: 130-140 species, in the Old World excluding Australasia

Caprivi: 6 taxa.

Asparagus africanus var. africanus

Links to taxa:     View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus

SpeciesContent
africanus Lam. var. africanus Description, Image
buchananii Baker
nelsii Schinz
pendulus (Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L. Mey.
racemosus Willd.
schroederi Engl.

Other sources of information about Asparagus:

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Flora of Botswana: Asparagus
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Flora of Rwanda: Asparagus
Flora of Zambia: Asparagus
Flora of Zimbabwe: Asparagus
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Asparagus

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Asparagus
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Asparagus
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iNaturalist: Asparagus
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Asparagus
JSTOR Plant Science: Asparagus
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Asparagus
Plants of the World Online: Asparagus
Tropicos: Asparagus
Wikipedia: Asparagus

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-26

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2026). Flora of Caprivi: Genus page: Asparagus.
https://www.capriviflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=359, retrieved 4 May 2026

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