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Asparagus africanus

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Family Asparagaceae

Taxonomy: Asparagus africanus Lam.

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Protasparagus africanus (Lam.) Oberm. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised)

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (2), ABRS_2023 (18), NHNSW_2014_2 (7), NHNSW_2024 (12), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 27 traits from 46 records in 7 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 5.5 mm (5-6 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 5.25 mm (4-6 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 5 mm (4-6 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): berry (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): orange (2); red (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 11.5 mm (8-15 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 0.5 mm (0.5-0.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_type (categorical): scale (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): filiform (1); subulate (1); terete (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): cladode (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): climber (1); climber_herbaceous (1); herb (1); subshrub (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (1); semi_woody (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): climbing (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyn (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
seed morphology
  • seed_width (numerical): 3.5 mm (3-4 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 12 m (12-12 m) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231318Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_2024912N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on December, 2023.. 2024. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2014_277Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Sjostrom_200644A. Sjöström and C. L. Gross. “Life-history characters and phylogeny are correlated with extinction risk in the Australian angiosperms”. Journal of Biogeography 33.2 (2006), pp. 271-290. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01393.x.
ABRS_202222Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.