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Internal ID UUID644014b4dfda8032467556
Scientific name Asparagus aphyllus
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. : 314 (1753)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Asparagus aphyllus var. bovei Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 600. 1875

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Language Common/alternative name
Arabic هليون شوكي
Hebrew אספרג החורש

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Asparagus aphyllus subsp. aphyllus Unknown
Asparagus aphyllus subsp. orientalis (Baker) P.H.Davis Fl. Turkey 8: 77 (1984)

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- Extinct
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- Native
  • Asia-temperate
    • Arabian Peninsula
      • Saudi Arabia
    • Western Asia
      • East Aegean Islands
      • Lebanon-Syria
      • Palestine
      • Turkey
  • Europe
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Bulgaria
      • Greece
      • Italy
      • Kriti
      • Sicilia
      • Turkey-in-Europe
    • Southwestern Europe
      • Portugal
      • Sardegna
      • Spain

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000631494
Tropicos 18404260
Flora of Italy 6964
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:531008-1
The Plant List kew-274949
Open Tree Of Life 812791
Observations.org 114910
NCBI Taxonomy 512614
IUCN Red List 176541
IPNI 531008-1
iNaturalist 338067
GBIF 2768701
EPPO ASPAP
EOL 1011464
Elurikkus 299885
USDA GRIN 4493
Wikipedia Asparagus_aphyllus
PFAF Asparagus aphyllus

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Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Wild Asparagus Shoots Constitute a Healthy Source of Bioactive Compounds Chileh Chelh T, Rincon-Cervera MA, Gomez-Mercado F, Lopez-Ruiz R, Gallon-Bedoya M, Ezzaitouni M, Guil-Guerrero JL Molecules 31-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10421306
doi:10.3390/molecules28155786
PMID:37570757
Chemical Characterization and In Vitro Gas Production Kinetics of Alternative Feed Resources for Small Ruminants in the Maltese Islands Pastorelli G, Simeonidis K, Faustini M, Le Mura A, Cavalleri M, Serra V, Attard E Metabolites 17-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10305156
doi:10.3390/metabo13060762
PMID:37367919
Wild Edible Plants of Andalusia: Traditional Uses and Potential of Eating Wild in a Highly Diverse Region Benítez G, Molero-Mesa J, González-Tejero MR Plants (Basel) 07-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10051205
doi:10.3390/plants12061218
PMID:36986907
Unmasking the perching effect of the pioneer Mediterranean dwarf palm Chamaerops humilis L. González-García V, Garrote PJ, Fedriani JM PLoS One 23-Aug-2022
PMCID:PMC9398033
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0273311
PMID:35998189
Chorta (Wild Greens) in Central Crete: The Bio-Cultural Heritage of a Hidden and Resilient Ingredient of the Mediterranean Diet Pieroni A, Sulaiman N, Sõukand R Biology (Basel) 27-Apr-2022
PMCID:PMC9138012
doi:10.3390/biology11050673
PMID:35625401
Interspecific interactions among functionally diverse frugivores and their outcomes for plant reproduction: A new approach based on camera-trap data and tailored null models Selwyn M, Garrote PJ, Castilla AR, Fedriani JM PLoS One 16-Oct-2020
PMCID:PMC7567357
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0240614
PMID:33064761
New Food Crop Domestication in the Age of Gene Editing: Genetic, Agronomic and Cultural Change Remain Co-evolutionarily Entangled Van Tassel DL, Tesdell O, Schlautman B, Rubin MJ, DeHaan LR, Crews TE, Streit Krug A Front Plant Sci 11-Jun-2020
PMCID:PMC7300247
doi:10.3389/fpls.2020.00789
PMID:32595676
Ulva intestinalis Protein Extracts Promote In Vitro Collagen and Hyaluronic Acid Production by Human Dermal Fibroblasts Bodin J, Adrien A, Bodet PE, Dufour D, Baudouin S, Maugard T, Bridiau N Molecules 30-Apr-2020
PMCID:PMC7249168
doi:10.3390/molecules25092091
PMID:32365755
An Updated Checklist of the Sicilian Native Edible Plants: Preserving the Traditional Ecological Knowledge of Century-Old Agro-Pastoral Landscapes Pasta S, La Rosa A, Garfì G, Marcenò C, Gristina AS, Carimi F, Guarino R Front Plant Sci 29-Apr-2020
PMCID:PMC7201097
doi:10.3389/fpls.2020.00388
PMID:32411152
The wild taxa utilized as vegetables in Sicily (Italy): a traditional component of the Mediterranean diet Geraci A, Amato F, Di Noto G, Bazan G, Schicchi R J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 14-Feb-2018
PMCID:PMC5813353
doi:10.1186/s13002-018-0215-x
PMID:29444678
Dichogamy and Sexual Dimorphism in Floral Traits in the Andromonoecious Euphorbia boetica NARBONA E, ORTIZ PL, ARISTA M Ann Bot 08-Feb-2005
PMCID:PMC4246726
doi:10.1093/aob/mci077
PMID:15701661

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