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Scientific Name | Asparagus intricatus (Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | ASPARAGACEAE |
Synonyms | Protasparagus intricatus Oberm. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Taxonomically Problematic |
Assessment Date | 2006/11/13 |
Assessor(s) | S.M. Burrows, J.E. Burrows, M. Lötter, D. Raimondo & L. von Staden |
Justification | A. intricatus has a disjunct distribution between the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal and Sekhukhuneland. The Sekhukhune plants are likely a different species that is threatened, but the new revision of this genus has not yet been completed and the taxonomic problems not yet resolved. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga |
Range | Komga to northern KwaZulu-Natal and Sekhukhuneland, Limpopo Province. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Grassland, Savanna |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Asparagus intricatus (Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey. | Data Deficient (Taxonomically Problematic) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
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., Lötter, M., Raimondo, D. & von Staden, L. 2006. Asparagus intricatus (Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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