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Scientific Name | Asparagus acocksii Jessop |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | ASPARAGACEAE |
Synonyms | Protasparagus acocksii (Jessop) Oberm. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2012/02/22 |
Assessor(s) | S.M. Burrows, J.E. Burrows & L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread (EOO 35 870 km²) and not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | Beaufort West to Queenstown. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Albany Thicket, Grassland, Nama Karoo |
Description | Mixed bushveld, thicket and nama karoo shrubland, on rocky ridges and flats. |
Threats |
| Some of the areas where this species occurs have been severely degraded by overgrazing, however plants have been found surviving in overgrazed areas and do not appear to be negatively affected by habitat degradation. |
Population |
A range-restricted, localized, but locally quite common species that does not appear to be threatened (S.M. Burrows pers. comm. 2011).
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Population trend | Stable |
Notes |
| This species has been confused with Asparagus lynetteae, for example, plants from northern KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga included in the distribution of this species in Obermeyer and Immelman (1992) are misidentifications of A. lynetteae (S.M. Burrows pers. comm. 2011). |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Asparagus acocksii Jessop | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Obermeyer, A.A. and Immelman, K.L. 1992. Protasparagus. In: O.A. Leistner (ed). Flora of southern Africa 5 Part 3 Dracenaceae, Asparagaceae, Luzuriagaceae and Smilacaceae:11-70. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Raimondo, D., von Staden, L., Foden, W., Victor, J.E., Helme, N.A., Turner, R.C., Kamundi, D.A. and Manyama, P.A. 2009. Red List of South African Plants. Strelitzia 25. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| Burrows, S.M., Burrows, J.E. & von Staden, L. 2012. Asparagus acocksii Jessop. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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