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.