Herbaria

Family

Asparagaceae

subfamily

Asparagoideae

Genus

Asparagus L.

Species

Asparagus africanus Lam.

herbariaSubsps

herbariaVariety

Authority

Lam.

citation

Encycl. 1: 294 (1783)

herbariaSynonyms

DiagnosticCharacters

herbariaPhytogeographicalTerritory

Ge?

herbariaSubLocality

Gebel Elba

herbariaDetailedLocality

herbariaDate

herbariaCollector

herbariaCollectorNo

herbariaNoOfSheets

herbariaHerbariumAbbr

CAI

herbariaBarCode

herbariaTotalNoOfSheets

CAI (0)

Habitat

hillside, rocky ground

FlFrperiod

LifeForm

LifeSpan

Perennial

herbariaArabicName

Hemumer حمومر

Haniyat el nimr حنيه النمر

EnglishName

African asparagus

herbariaUses

GlobalDistribution

SE Egypt, TE Africa, S Africa, Arabia to India

Chorology

herbariaIUCNcategriesAvailable

herbariaBibliography

herbariaFullCitation

Täckholm, V, and Drar. 1954. Flora of Egypt. Vol.3:Bull.Fac.Sci. 30: 1-644

Boulos, L.2005. Asparagaceae in L. Boulos, Flora of Egypt, vol 4. Al Hadara publishing, Cairo, Egypt

Boulos, L. 2009. Flora of Egypt Checklist, Revised annotated edition, Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo, Egypt

El Hadidi, M.N.& Fayed, A. 1994/95. Materials for Excursion Flora of Egypt (EFE). Taeckholmia 15