Asparagus ovatus

Asparagus ovatus
Systematics
	Monocots
Order :	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family :	Asparagaceae (Asparagaceae)
Subfamily :	Asparagoideae
Genre :	Asparagus
Type :	Asparagus ovatus
Scientific name
	Asparagus ovatus
	TM age

Asparagus ovatus is a plant of the genus asparagus ( Asparagus ) in the family of asparagaceae (Asparagaceae). The specific epithet ovatus comes from Latin , means 'egg-shaped' and refers to the shape of the leaves.

description

Asparagus ovatus is a climbing , deciduous creeper that reaches heights of up to 150 centimeters. Their compact, scaly, woody rhizome has long spread roots. The numerous, spindle-shaped tubers that develop at some distance from the rhizome are hard and swollen. The tubers are 0.5 to 1 cm long and 0.2 to 0.3 cm wide. The decrepit, egg-shaped, multi-veined, shiny phyllocladia are 3 inches long and 1.5 inches wide.

The two to three flowers arise behind the base of the phyllocladia. The 1 centimeter long flower stalk is divided near the flower base. The bent back tepals are about 0.6 inches long. The flattened, upright stamens have a small basal spur on each side. The elongated ovary contains each subject up to ten ovules . The stylus and the stigma barely protrude from the stamen column.

The spherical fruits have a diameter of 1 centimeter.

Systematics and distribution

Asparagus ovatus is common in the South African provinces of the Eastern Cape , Northern Cape, and Western Cape .

The first description by Terence Macleane Salter was published in 1954. A nomenclature synonym is Myrsiphyllum ovatum (TMSalter) Oberm. (1984).

proof

literature

Ernst Jacobus van Jaarsveld : Myrsiphyllum ovatum . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 240-241 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 174.
^ Journal of South African Botany . Volume 6, Kirstenbosch 1940, p. 166.
↑ Rafaël Govaerts (ed.): Asparagus ovatus. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved February 19, 2020.

Web links

Asparagus ovatus in the Red List of South African Plants

[1] Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 174.

[2] Journal of South African Botany . Volume 6, Kirstenbosch 1940, p. 166.

[WCSP-3] Rafaël Govaerts (ed.): Asparagus ovatus. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved February 19, 2020.