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MYRSIPHYLLUM Willd.
PROTASPARAGUS Oberm.
Fayaz, F. (2011) Encyclopedia of Tropical Plants Firefly Books, New Zealand
Perennial herbs or sub-shrubs, usually with short rhizomes, erect or climbing, generally branched with green, flat cladodes in axils. Leaves appressed to stem, not green, scale-like; base spurred, often extending to spines. Inflorescence an axillary cluster, sometimes racemes or umbels, rarely solitary; bracteoles membranous. Perianth campanulate or sub-globose; segments free, occasionally connate at base. Fruit berries. Seeds 1-few. Worldwide: 130-140 species, in the Old World excluding Australasia Burundi: 6 taxa. |
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| Species | Content | |
| africanus Lam.[Agg] | ||
| asparagoides (L.) Druce | Description, Image | |
| buchananii Baker | ||
| flagellaris (Kunth) Baker | ||
| racemosus Willd. | ||
| schroederi Engl. |
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