Asparagus krebsianus

Asparagus krebsianus is a shrub of the Asparagus genus that is indigenous to rocky areas in South Africa.[1]

Asparagus krebsianus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Asparagoideae
Genus: Asparagus
Species:
A. krebsianus
Binomial name
Asparagus krebsianus
(Kunth) Jessop

Description

It has tuberous roots, and smooth, grey-green, scrambling-twining, sometimes zig-zagged stems. Stems and branches all have slightly darker spines. The leaves are small, linear or needle-like, slightly triangular in cross-section, and appear in tufts.[2]

It is part of a group of similar and related African Asparagus species, including Asparagus aethiopicus, Asparagus confertus and Asparagus densiflorus.[3]

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References
  1. "Threatened Species Programme | SANBI Red List of South African Plants". redlist.sanbi.org.
  2. Obermeyer, A.A. & Immelman, K.L, (1992). Flora of southern Africa, Volume 5, Part 3: 59, 60. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  3. Maria F Norup, Gitte Petersen, Sandie Burrows, Yanis Bouchenak-Khelladi, Jim Leebens-Mack, J Chris Pires, H Peter Linder, Ole Seberg. (2015). Evolution of Asparagus L. (Asparagaceae): Out-of-South-Africa and multiple origins of sexual dimorphism. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 92: 25-44.


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