Asparagus setaceus

Asparagus setaceus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Asparagaceae
Subfamilia: Asparagoideae
Genus: Asparagus
Species: Asparagus setaceus

Name

Asparagus setaceus (Kunth) Jessop, Bothalia 9: 51. 1966.

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Asparagopsis setacea Kunth, Enum. Pl. 5: 82. 1850.
• Homotypic
  • Protasparagus setaceus (Kunth) Oberm., S. African J. Bot. 2: 244. 1983.
• Heterotypic
  • Asparagus plumosus Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 613. 1875.
  • Asparagus zanzibaricus Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 614. 1875.
  • Asparagus plumosus nanus Van Geert, Nursery Cat. (Auguste Van Geert) 83: 4. 1882.
  • Asparagus tenuissimus Van Geert, Nursery Cat. (Auguste Van Geert) 83: 4. 1882.
  • Asparagus lujae De Wild., Pl. Nov. Horti Then.: t. 34. 1905.
  • Asparagus plumosus var. tenuissimus (Van Geert) L.H.Bailey, Cycl. Amer. Hort.: 106. 1906.
  • Asparagus asiaticus var. amharicus Pic.Serm., Miss. Stud. Lago Tana 7(1): 194. 1951.
  • Protasparagus plumosus (Baker) Oberm., S. African J. Bot. 2: 244. 1983.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Southeastern Europe Greece (introduced) Continental: Africa Regional: Macaronesia Canary Islands, Madeira (introduced) Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Ethiopia Regional: East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania Regional: South Tropical Africa Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe Regional: Southern Africa Botswana, Cape Provinces, Lesotho, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Swaziland, Northern Provinces Regional: Western Indian Ocean Chagos Archipelago (introduced), Comoros, Mauritius (introduced) Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Eastern Asia Ogasawara-shoto (introduced) Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent Bangladesh (introduced) Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia Norfolk Islands, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia (introduced) Regional: New Zealand New Zealand North (introduced) Continental: Pacific Regional: Southwestern Pacific Niue, New Caledonia, Samoa, Tonga (introduced) Regional: South-Central Pacific Cook Islands (introduced) Regional: Northwestern Pacific Marianas (introduced) Continental: Northern America Regional: Southwestern U.S.A. California (introduced) Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Florida (introduced) Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest (introduced) Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras (introduced) Regional: Caribbean Bermuda, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago (introduced) Regional: Western South America Ecuador, Galápagos (introduced) Regional: Brazil Brazil South (introduced) Regional: Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Uruguay (introduced) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Jessop, J.P. 1966. The Genus Asparagus in Southern Africa. Bothalia 9(1): 31–96. DOI: 10.4102/abc.v9i1.1576 Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Asparagus setaceus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.
• Asparagus setaceus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Aspersievaring
English: Emerald asparagus fern
suomi: Unelma
lea faka-Tonga: tāupoʻou
中文: 文竹

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