Asparagus albus

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Asparagus albus

Stems are white

Flowers are white
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Asparagaceae
Subfamily:	Asparagoideae
Genus:	Asparagus
Species:	A. albus
Binomial name
*Asparagus albus* L.
Synonyms^[2]
Asparagopsis alba (L.) Kunth Asparagus pallidus Salisb.

Asparagus albus is a widespread species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to the western and central Mediterranean.^[2] It is found in the coastal maquis shrubland biome, and in ruderal situations.^[1]

Taxonomy

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Asparagus albus was formally described in 1753 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in the first volume of his Species Plantarum under its current binomial name.^[3]^[4] The specific epithet, albus, is Latin meaning "white".^[5]

References

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^ ^a ^b Véla, E. (2018). "Espárrago Asparagus albus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T176528A21326698. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T176528A21326698.en. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Asparagus albus L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
^ Linnaeus, Carl (1753). Species plantarum : exhibentes plantas rite cognitas ad genera relatas, cum diferentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas (in Latin). Vol. 1. Holmiae [Stockholm]: Impensis Laurentii Salvii. p. 314.
^ "Asparagus albus L." International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries and Australian National Herbarium. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
^ Simpson, Donald Penistan, ed. (1977). "albus". Cassell's Latin Dictionary : Latin-English, English-Latin (5th ed.). New York: Macmillan. p. 33. ISBN 0-02-522570-7.

Taxon identifiers

Asparagus albus

Wikidata: Q2866767
Wikispecies: Asparagus albus
APDB: 156276
BOLD: 573678
CoL: HBBB
EoL: 987595
EPPO: ASPAL
EUNIS: 189143
Euro+Med PlantBase: d42dad9c-10b6-452c-88ae-08146436a78e
GBIF: 2769019
GRIN: 4491
iNaturalist: 82907
IPNI: 531000-1
IUCN: 176528
NCBI: 512612
Observation.org: 114908
Open Tree of Life: 812795
PfaF: Asparagus albus
PFI: 6962
Plant List: kew-274938
POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:531000-1
RHS: 184255
Tropicos: 18404350
WFO: wfo-0000631375

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