Asparagus squarrosus

Species of flowering plant

Asparagus squarrosus

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Monocots
Order:  | Asparagales
Family:  | Asparagaceae
Subfamily:  | Asparagoideae
Genus:  | Asparagus
Species:  |

A. squarrosus

Binomial name
Asparagus squarrosus

J.A. Schmidt, 1852[2]

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[edit]

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

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b 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.

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q2866761
* APDB: 183811
* BioLib: 626917
* CoL: HBLN
* EoL: 989797
* GBIF: 2768857
* iNaturalist: 347269
* IPNI: 531328-1
* IUCN: 107378200
* Open Tree of Life: 3996317
* Plant List: kew-275308
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:531328-1
* Tropicos: 50332403
* WFO: wfo-0000634905

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