1113.000 Asparagus L.

MYRSIPHYLLUM Willd.

PROTASPARAGUS Oberm.

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

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

Malawi: 15 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
africanus Lam. var. africanus	C,S	Description, Image
africanus Lam. var. puberulus (Baker) Sebsebe	N,C,S
asparagoides (L.) Wight	N,S	Description, Image
buchananii Baker	N,S
krebsianus (Kunth) Jessop	C,S
laricinus Burch.	N	Description, Image
migeodii Sebsebe	S
pendulus (Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L. Mey.	S
psilurus Baker	N
racemosus Willd.
saundersiae Baker	N,S
schroederi Engl.	N,C,S
setaceus (Kunth) Jessop	N,C,S	Description, Image
suaveolens Burch.	N
virgatus Baker	N,S	Description, Image

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