Asparagus capensis L., 1753

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part A), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 252-342 : 325

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Asparagus capensis Linnaeus View in CoL , Species Plantarum 1: 314. 1753 View Cited Treatment .

"Habitat ad Caput b. Spei." RCN: 2470.

Lectotype (Obermeyer & Immelman in Leistner, Fl. Southern Africa 5(3): 23. 1992): [icon] " Asparagus aculeatus triplice spina" in Plukenet, Phytographia: t. 78, f. 3. 1691; Almag. Bot.: 54. 1696. - Voucher: Herb. Sloane 95: 108 ( BM-SL) ; see p. 32.

Current name: Asparagus capensis L. View in CoL View at ENA ( Liliaceae / Asparagaceae ).

Note: Jessop (in Bothalia 9: 44. 1966) treated Plukenet material in Herb. Sloane as the holotype but this was not studied by Linnaeus and is not original material for the name.