Asparagus asparagoides (L.) W. Wight

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part M), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 651-689 : 659

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scientific name	Asparagus asparagoides (L.) W. Wight
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Medeola asparagoides Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1: 339. 1753 View Cited Treatment .

"Habitat in Aethiopia." RCN: 2616.

Lectotype (Jessop in Bothalia 9: 82. 1966): [icon] "Asparagus Africanus, scandens, Myrti folio et Myrti folio angustiore" in Tilli, Cat. Pl. Hort. Pisani: 17, t. 12, f. 1, 2. 1723.

Current name: Asparagus asparagoides (L.) W. Wight ( Liliaceae / Asparagaceae ).

Note: See Kleinjan & Edwards (in S. African J. Bot. 65: 28. 1999) who note that the type figure is inadequate to distinguish between the forms of the taxon that they recognise.