Asparagus densiflorus

Asparagus densiflorus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
clade: Angiosperms
clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Asparagoideae
Genus: Asparagus
Species: A. densiflorus
Binomial name
Asparagus densiflorus
(Kunth) Jessop
Synonyms[1]
  • Asparagopsis densiflora Kunth
  • Protasparagus densiflorus (Kunth) Oberm.

Asparagus densiflorus, is a plant native to southern Africa from Mozambique to South Africa.[1] A. densiflorus has been confused with A. aethiopicus, Sprenger's Asparagus, now regarded as a separate species,[2][3] so that information under the name A. densiflorus will often refer to A. aethiopicus.

References

  1. ^ a b WCSP (2011). "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/. Retrieved 2011-12-06.  Search for "Asparagus densiflorus"
  2. ^ "FNA Vol. 26 Page 213, 214: Asparagus aethiopicus". Flora of North America. Flora of North America. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242101423. Retrieved 2009-07-29. 
  3. ^ WCSP (2011). Search for "Asparagus aethiopicus".