Asparagus squarrosus

Asparagus squarrosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Dicotyledons
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Genus: Asparagus
Species: A. squarrosus
Binomial name
Asparagus squarrosu
J.A. Schmidt, 1853

Asparagus squarrosus is a species of flowers, a type of asparagus that belong to the Asparagaceae family. The species are endemic in Cape Verde.[1] IThe species was named by Johann Anton Schmidt in 1853.

In Portuguese as other asparaguses, its local name is espargo or aspargo.[2] The plant are used as a traditional medicine.

Distribution and ecology

Sarcostemma daltonii are founded in nearly all of the Cape Verdean islands except for Brava.

See also

References

  1. 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.
  2. Gomes et al 2003, p. 11

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