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Taxon:  Asparagus plumosus Baker



Summary
Genus:
Asparagus
Family:
Asparagaceae
Subfamily:
Asparagoideae
Nomen number:
5536
Place of publication:
J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14:613. 1875
Verified:
04/16/1996 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Protasparagus plumosus (Baker) Oberm.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Asparagus comorensis hort.
Invalid Designation(s)
Asparagus setaceus auct. nonn.
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Reference(s)
  1. Agnew, A. D. Q. 1974. Upland Kenya wild flowers: a flora of the ferns and herbaceous flowering plants of upland Kenya. Note: = Asparagus setaceus (Kunth) Jessop
  2. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
  3. Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. 1993. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62 Note: = Protasparagus plumosus (Baker) Oberm.
  4. Australian Government Departments of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. Weeds in Australia (on-line resource).
  5. Batchelor, K. L. & J. K. Scott. 2006. Review of the current taxonomic status and authorship for Asparagus weeds in Australia. Pl. Protect. Quart. 21:129.
  6. Bosser, J. M. et al., eds. 1976-. Flores des Mascareignes. Note: = Asparagus setaceus (Kunth) Jessop
  7. Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. Note: = Asparagus setaceus (Kunth) Jessop
  8. Dyer, R. A. et al., eds. 1963-. Flora of southern Africa. Note: = Protasparagus plumosus (Baker) Oberm.
  9. Erhardt, W. et al. 2000. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage Note: = Asparagus setaceus (Kunth) Jessop
  10. Fellingham, A. C. & N. L. Meyer. 1995. New combinations and a complete list of Asparagus species in southern Africa (Asparagaceae). Bothalia 25:208.
  11. Fukuda, T. et al. 2005. Molecular phylogeny of the genus Asparagus (Asparagaceae) inferred from plastid petB intron and petD-rpoA intergeneric spacer sequences. Pl. Species Biol. 20:121-132.
  12. George, A. S., ed. 1994. Flora of Australia. 49:505.
  13. Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14
  14. González Castañón, M. L. & A. Falavigna. 2008. Asparagus germplasm and interspecific hybridization. Acta Hort. 776:325.
  15. Huttleston, D. G. 1970. The names of three commonly cultivated ornamental asparaguses (Liliaceae). Baileya 17:59. Note: = Asparagus setaceus (Kunth) Jessop
  16. Imada, C. T. et al. 2000. New Hawaiian records for 1999. Occas. Pap. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Mus. 63:13.
  17. Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
  18. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
  19. Kubota, S. et al. 2012. Molecular phylogeny of the genus Asparagus (Asparagaceae) explains interspecific crossability between the garden asparagus (A. officinalis) and other Asparagus species. Theor. Appl. Genet. 124:351. Note: this study evaluated 23 species of Asparagus; it found A.plumosus within a weakly supported clade of members of subgenus Protoasparagus, all hermaphroditic species, and with crossing incompatibilities with A. officinalis
  20. Lebrun, J. P. & A. L. Stork. 1991-. Énumération des plantes à fleurs d'Afrique tropicale. Note: Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève
  21. Obermeyer, A. A. 1983. Protasparagus Oberm., nom. nov.: new combinations. S. African J. Bot. 2:244. Note: = Protasparagus plumosus (Baker) Oberm.
  22. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  23. White, F. 1962. Forest flora of Northern Rhodesia.
Common names
English
asparagus-fern –
climbing asparagus-fern –
ferny asparagus –
lace-fern –
French
asperge plumeuse –
German
Farn-Spargel –
Feder-Spargel –
Swedish
fjädersparris –
Transcribed Chinese
wen zhu –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaEastern Cape 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaFree State 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaGauteng 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaKwaZulu-Natal 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaLimpopo 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaNorth-West 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaWestern Cape 
2Cultivated    also cult.
4NaturalizedAfricaMacaronesiaSpainCanarias 
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustralia  
4NaturalizedAustralasiaNew ZealandNew Zealand  
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesFlorida 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesCalifornia 
4NaturalizedPacificNorth-Central PacificUnited StatesHawaii 
4NaturalizedPacificSouth-Central PacificCook Islands  
4NaturalizedPacificSouth-Central PacificFrench Polynesia  
4NaturalizedPacificSouthwestern PacificTonga  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanGuadeloupe  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanJamaica  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanMartinique  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanSt. Kitts and Nevis  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanSt. Lucia  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanUnited StatesPuerto Rico 
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentina  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuador  
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Zambia
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa [KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Eastern Cape, Western Cape, Gauteng, Limpopo, North-West]
Cultivated (also cult.)
Naturalized
Africa
  • MACARONESIA: Spain [Canarias]
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia
  • NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand
Northern America
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Florida]
  • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [California]
Pacific
  • NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: Cook Islands, French Polynesia
  • SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Tonga
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: Guadeloupe, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, Martinique, United States [Puerto Rico]
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Ecuador
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamentalfide Hortus 3, as A. setaceus; Eur Gard F, as A. setaceus; Dict Gard, as A. setaceus; F SAfr, as Protasparagus plumosusHuxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Weedpotential seed contaminantfide Pl. Protect. Quart. 11(2):49-50. 1996Keighery, G. 1996. Native, naturalized and cultivated Asparagaceae in Western Australia. Pl. Protect. Quart. 11(2):50.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=5536. Accessed 10 May 2025.