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Scientific Name | Asparagus volubilis Thunb. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | ASPARAGACEAE |
Synonyms | Asparagus asparagoides in sense of Jessop (in part), Myrsiphyllum volubile (Thunb.) Oberm. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2018/09/30 |
Assessor(s) | S.M. Burrows & L. von Staden |
Justification | Asparagus volubilis is a widespread species that is not in danger of extinction. It has an extent of occurrence (EOO) of 36 963 km², and is therefore listed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | This species is endemic to South Africa, and occurs along the southern Western Cape and Eastern Cape coast from the Agulhas Plain to the Albany region east of Port Elizabeth. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Cape Seashore Vegetation, Goukamma Dune Thicket, Grass Ridge Bontveld, Hartenbos Dune Thicket, Kasouga Dune Thicket, Sundays Arid Thicket, Sundays Valley Thicket, Albany Alluvial Vegetation, Southern Cape Dune Fynbos, Grahamstown Grassland Thicket, Southern Coastal Forest, Garden Route Shale Fynbos, Overberg Dune Strandveld, Albany Mesic Thicket, Blombos Strandveld, Southern Afrotemperate Forest, South Eastern Coastal Thornveld, Motherwell Karroid Thicket, Nanaga Savanna Thicket, Groot Brak Dune Strandveld, Gamka Valley Thicket, Fish Valley Thicket, Fish Mesic Thicket, Doubledrift Karroid Thicket, Albany Valley Thicket, Gouritz Valley Thicket, St Francis Dune Thicket, Sundays Mesic Thicket, Canca Limestone Fynbos, Umtiza Forest Thicket, Hamburg Dune Thicket, Tsitsikamma Sandstone Fynbos, Subtropical Seashore Vegetation, Knysna Sand Fynbos, South Outeniqua Sandstone Fynbos, Agulhas Sand Fynbos, Albertinia Sand Fynbos, Garden Route Granite Fynbos, Agulhas Limestone Fynbos, De Hoop Limestone Fynbos, Scarp Forest |
Description | It occurs in fynbos, coastal scrub or forest undergrowth in ravines and river valleys. |
Threats |
| There are no severe threats to Asparagus volubilis. Less than 20% of its habitat is currently irreversibly lost, and there is no significant ongoing loss. |
Population |
It is a widespread, but rarely recorded species. It may be overlooked as plants are small and inconspicuous. The population is not suspected to be declining.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Asparagus volubilis Thunb. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2000. Cape Plants: A conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9. National Botanical Institute, Cape Town.
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. & von Staden, L. 2018. Asparagus volubilis Thunb. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/01/21 |
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