Asparagus squarrosus

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Asparagus squarrosus
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Asparagoideae
Genus: Asparagus
Species:
A. squarrosus
Binomial name
Asparagus squarrosus

Asparagus squarrosus is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae . The species is endemic to Cape Verde. [3] The species was named by Johann Anton Schmidt in 1853. Its local name is espargo. The plant is used in traditional medicine. [4]

Distribution and ecology

Asparagus squarrosus occurs on nearly all of the Cape Verdean islands. It is found in arid and extremely arid zones. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Catarino, S.; Duarte, M.C.; Romeiras, M.M. (2017). "Asparagus squarrosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017 e.T107378200A107468062. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T107378200A107468062.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Schmidt, Johann Anton (1852). Beiträge zur Flora der Cap Verdischen Inseln. p. 61.
  3. ↑ Oromí, Martín, Zurita & Cabrera, 2005 : Lista preliminar de especies silvestres de Cabo Verde: Hongos, Plantas y Animales Terrestres. Gobierno de Canarias, Consejería de Medio Ambiente y Ordenación Territorial, p. 53
  4. ↑ Gomes, Alda Roque; Vasconcelos, Teresa; Almeida, Helena Guimarães de (31 October 2008). "Plantas na medicina tradicional de Cabo Verde" [Traditional Medicinal Plants in Cape Verde](PDF) (in Portuguese). Plantas Medicinais e Fitoterapêuticas nos Trópicos, IICT/CCCM. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 March 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
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