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Internal ID UUID644014f9de8b8095929078
Scientific name Asparagus laricinus
Authority Burch.
First published in Trav. S. Africa 1: 537 (1822)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Asparagus angolensis Baker Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 1: 254 (1878)
Protasparagus laricinus (Burch.) Oberm. S. African J. Bot. 2: 244 (1983)
Asparagus laricinus var. katangensis De Wild. & T.Durand Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 40: 33. 1901

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Tanzania
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola
      • Malawi
      • Mozambique
      • Zambia
      • Zimbabwe
    • Southern Africa
      • Botswana
      • Cape Provinces
      • Free State
      • Kwazulu-Natal
      • Lesotho
      • Namibia
      • Northern Provinces
      • Swaziland
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Central African Republic
      • Congo
      • Zaïre

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000633257
Tropicos 18400157
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:531165-1
The Plant List kew-275125
Open Tree Of Life 3996247
NCBI Taxonomy 1302504
IPNI 531165-1
iNaturalist 430695
GBIF 2768465
EOL 987834
USDA GRIN 5520

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Resources and Habitat Requirements for Giraffes’ (Giraffa camelopardalis) Diet Selection in the Northwestern Kalahari, South Africa Deacon F, Smit GN, Grobbelaar A Animals (Basel) 03-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10339880
doi:10.3390/ani13132188
PMID:37443986
In Vitro Cytotoxic Activity of African Plants: A Review Canga I, Vita P, Oliveira AI, Castro MÁ, Pinho C Molecules 05-Aug-2022
PMCID:PMC9370645
doi:10.3390/molecules27154989
PMID:35956938
Ethnoveterinary Practices and Ethnobotanical Knowledge on Plants Used against Cattle Diseases among Two Communities in South Africa Chakale MV, Asong JA, Struwig M, Mwanza M, Aremu AO Plants (Basel) 05-Jul-2022
PMCID:PMC9268905
doi:10.3390/plants11131784
PMID:35807736
Traditional uses of wild and tended plants in maintaining ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes of the Eastern Cape Province in South Africa Maroyi A J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 15-Mar-2022
PMCID:PMC8925170
doi:10.1186/s13002-022-00512-0
PMID:35292046
An ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used by traditional healers for the treatment of cancer in Hammanskraal and Winterveld, Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa Raimi IO, Kopaopa BG, Mugivhisa LL, Lewu FB, Amoo SO, Olowoyo JO Afr Health Sci 01-Dec-2021
PMCID:PMC8889824
doi:10.4314/ahs.v21i4.31
PMID:35283969
Medicinal Plants for Mitigating Pain and Inflammatory-Related Conditions: An Appraisal of Ethnobotanical Uses and Patterns in South Africa Aremu AO, Pendota SC Front Pharmacol 22-Oct-2021
PMCID:PMC8569556
doi:10.3389/fphar.2021.758583
PMID:34744737
Anticancer Activity of Aqueous Extracts from Asparagus officinalis L. Byproduct on Breast Cancer Cells Romani A, Casciano F, Stevanin C, Maietti A, Tedeschi P, Secchiero P, Marchetti N, Voltan R Molecules 21-Oct-2021
PMCID:PMC8588164
doi:10.3390/molecules26216369
PMID:34770777
Cytotoxicity and cell cycle analysis of Asparagus laricinus Burch. and Senecio asperulus DC. on breast and prostate cancer cell lines Mfengwana PH, Mashele SS, Manduna IT Heliyon 11-May-2019
PMCID:PMC6517332
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e01666
PMID:31193085
First large-scale ethnobotanical survey in the province of Uíge, northern Angola Lautenschläger T, Monizi M, Pedro M, Mandombe JL, Bránquima MF, Heinze C, Neinhuis C J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 25-Jul-2018
PMCID:PMC6060550
doi:10.1186/s13002-018-0238-3
PMID:30045744
Diversity of use and local knowledge of wild and cultivated plants in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa Maroyi A J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 08-Aug-2017
PMCID:PMC5549312
doi:10.1186/s13002-017-0173-8
PMID:28789692
Assessment of Useful Plants in the Catchment Area of the Proposed Ntabelanga Dam in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa Maroyi A ScientificWorldJournal 30-Jul-2017
PMCID:PMC5554549
doi:10.1155/2017/3763607
PMID:28828397

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