Asparagus squarrosus

Asparagus squarrosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Monocots
Order:Asparagales
Family:Asparagaceae
Subfamily:Asparagoideae
Genus:Asparagus
Species: A. squarrosus
Binomial name
Asparagus squarrosus

Asparagus squarrosus is a species of flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family. The species is endemic to Cape Verde.[3] The species was named by Johann Anton Schmidt in 1853.

In Portuguese as other asparaguses, its local name is espargo or aspargo.[4] The plant are used as a traditional medicine. In English, it is sometimes known as the Cape Verde asparagus.

Distribution and ecology

Asparagus squarrosus are founded in nearly all of the Cape Verdean islands except for Brava.

See also

  • Espargos, founded in 1948, capital of the island of Sal since 1977

References

  1. ↑ "Asparagus squarrosus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2017. 2017. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
  2. ↑ Schmidt, Johann Anton (1852). Beiträge zur Flora der Cap Verdischen Inseln. p. 61.
  3. ↑ Gomes, Alda Roque; Vasconcelos, Teresa; Almeida, Helena Guimarães de (31 October 2008). "Plantas na medicina tradicional de Cabo Verde" [Traditional Medicinal Plants in Cape Verde] (PDF) (in Portuguese). Plantas Medicinais e Fitoterapêuticas nos Trópicos, IICT/CCCM. p. 7.
  4. ↑ Gomes et al 2003, p. 11

Further reading

  • Isildo Gomes et al., Endemic plants and indigenous trees of the Cape Verde Islands, Ministry of Environment, Agriculture and Fishery and the Projects Conservation and Exploration of the Natural Resources on the Island Fogo (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeitand) and Conservation of Biodiversity, 2003, p. 11
  • Germano Almeida (18 October 2010). "Cabo Verde: Viagem pela história das ilhas". A Semana. Archived from the original on 3 July 2011.
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