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Asparagus africanus Lam. is an accepted name

This name is the accepted name of a species in the genus Asparagus (family Asparagaceae).

The record derives from WCSP (data supplied on 2012-03-23 ) which reports it as an accepted name (record 274929) with original publication details: Encycl. 1: 295 1783.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: http://ipni.org/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:530996-1.

Synonyms:

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied
Asparagopsis juniperina Kunth	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Asparagopsis lamarckii Kunth [Illegitimate]	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Asparagopsis schlechtendalii Kunth	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Asparagopsis scoparia Kunth	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Asparagus africanus var. africanus	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Asparagus africanus var. biarticulatus De Wild. & T.Durand	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Asparagus africanus var. microcarpus Balf.f.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Asparagus africanus var. pubescens Baker	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Asparagus asiaticus var. mitis (A.Rich.) Chiov.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Asparagus burkei Baker	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Asparagus buruensis Engl.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Asparagus cooperi Baker	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Asparagus dependens Thunb.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Asparagus dinteri Engl. & Krause	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Asparagus fleckii Schinz	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Asparagus francisci K.Krause	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Asparagus gourmacus A.Chev. ex Hutch. & Dalziel [Invalid]	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Asparagus irregularis Baker	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Asparagus judtii Schinz	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Asparagus mitis A.Rich.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Asparagus multiflorus Baker	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Asparagus patens K.Krause	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Asparagus retrofractus Forssk.	Misapplied		WCSP	2012-03-23
Asparagus rivalis Burch. ex Schult. & Schult.f.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Asparagus rivalis Burch. ex Kies [Illegitimate]	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Asparagus sennii Chiov.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Asparagus sidamensis Cufod.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Protasparagus africanus (Lam.) Oberm.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Protasparagus cooperi (Baker) Oberm.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Protasparagus multiflorus (Baker) Oberm.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23

Infraspecific taxa:

This species contains the following infraspecific taxa*.

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Synonyms
Asparagus africanus var. puberulus (Baker) Sebsebe	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	7

The Plant List does not attempt to include all infraspecific taxa.

Earlier versions

This name was in version 1 of The Plant List, record kew-274929.

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