Medeola asparagoides Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1 : 339. 1753
Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part M)
Jarvis, Charlie
Medeola asparagoides Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1 : 339. 1753
(L.) W. Wight
W. Wight
Linnaeus
1753
Liliopsida
Asparagaceae
Asparagus
Plantae
Asparagales
Tracheophyta
species
asparagoides
Medeola asparagoidesLinnaeus, Species Plantarum1: 339. 1753.
"Habitat in Aethiopia." RCN: 2616.
Lectotype(Jessop in Bothalia9: 82. 1966): [icon] "Asparagus Africanus, scandens, Myrti folio et Myrti folio angustiore"in Tilli, Cat. Pl. Hort. Pisani: 17, t. 12, f. 1, 2. 1723.
Note:See Kleinjan & Edwards (in S. African J. Bot.65: 28. 1999) who note that the type figure is inadequate to distinguish between the forms of the taxon that they recognise.