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Scientific Name | Asparagus exsertus (Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | ASPARAGACEAE |
Synonyms | Protasparagus exsertus Oberm. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2007/04/11 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo & D.A. Kamundi |
Justification | Known from two locations on shale slopes north of Worcester. Potentially threatened by urban expansion. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Worcester. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Robertson Karoo |
Description | Transition between fynbos and succulent karoo, on low moist shale on south-eastern mountain slopes. |
Threats |
| Potentially threatened by urban expansion. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Asparagus exsertus (Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey. | VU D2 | 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 |
| Raimondo, D. & Kamundi, D.A. 2007. Asparagus exsertus (Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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