Asparagus albus

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Asparagus albus
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Stems are white
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Flowers are white
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Asparagoideae
Genus: Asparagus
Species:
A. albus
Binomial name
Asparagus albus
L.
Synonyms [2]
  • Asparagopsis alba(L.) Kunth
  • Asparagus pallidusSalisb.

Asparagus albus is a widespread species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to the western and central Mediterranean. [2] It is found in the coastal maquis shrubland biome, and in ruderal situations. [1]

Taxonomy

Asparagus albus was formally described in 1753 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in the first volume of his Species Plantarum under its current binomial name. [3] [4] The specific epithet, albus, is Latin meaning "white". [5]

References

  1. 1 2 Véla, E. (2018). "Espárrago Asparagus albus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018: e.T176528A21326698. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T176528A21326698.en . Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Asparagus albus L." Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  3. Linnaeus, Carl (1753). Species plantarum : exhibentes plantas rite cognitas ad genera relatas, cum diferentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas (in Latin). Vol. 1. Holmiae [Stockholm]: Impensis Laurentii Salvii. p. 314.
  4. "Asparagus albus L." International Plant Names Index (IPNI) . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries and Australian National Herbarium. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  5. Simpson, Donald Penistan, ed. (1977). "albus" . Cassell's Latin Dictionary : Latin-English, English-Latin (5th ed.). New York: Macmillan. p. 33. ISBN   0-02-522570-7.