Species within a genus

Genus: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
ASPARAGUS (G)
Wild asparagus, Katdoring, Wilde Aspersie (Le)
Family: ASPARAGACEAE
a-, = intensive (very much);
sparagmos, sparasso, = a rending, tearing, mangling.
(referring to the sharp spines)
OR
spargan, = to be full to bursting, to teem, swell, be ripe.
(to swell or sprout)
(LS, Le)
Asparagus aethiopicus (La)
Haakdoring (PS)
Location: (F, K, P)
Aithiops, (αίθώ, όψ), = an Ethiop, negro, properly Burnt-face.
Aethiopia, = a country in Africa, on both sides of the equator. Its limits cannot be accurately defined.
(usually South Africa, in classical use Africa south of Libya and Egypt, hence Abyssinia)
-icus, = indicates ‘belonging to’.
(LS, ld, BL)
Asparagus asparagoides (G)
Breëblaarklimop, Cape Smilax, Isicakathi (PS)
Location: (F, K)
asparagus, = Asparagus (q.v.);
-oides, = like, resembling, having the form or nature of.
(BL)
Asparagus capensis var. capensis (La)
Katdoring, Wild Asparagus (PS)
Location: (F, K, P)
ccape, = Cape of Good Hope;
-ensis, = indicates country or place of growth, or origin or else habitat.
(pertaining to the Cape of Good Hope; Cape Peninsula)
(BL)
Asparagus compactus (Now A. lignosus) (La)

Location: (K)
compingo, compactum, = to join or unite several parts into one whole, to put together, frame, make by joining, compose; compact, thick-set, thick, firm.
(ld)
Asparagus declinatus (La)
Kruilkransie (Vo)
Location: (F, K, P)
declino, = to bend from the straight path; to turn aside or away;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
declinatus, = variation.
(bent or curved downwards or forwards)
(ld, BL)
Asparagus kraussianus

Location: (P)
For Christian Ferdinand Friedrich von Krausse (1812-1890),** German botanist and traveller, professor and Director of the Natural History Museum at Stuttgart, zoologist and plant collector in South Africa, associated with Stuttgart Natural History Museum. He also studied minerology and chemistry. He came to the Cape in 1838, and did much plant collecting in Natal in 1839 and 1840.
-anus, = belonging to, connected with, pertaining to, used to form adjectives from nouns, particularly from geographical and personal names.

(Ch, BL)
Asparagus lignosus (La)

Location: (F, K, P)
lignum, = wood;
-osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development.
lignosus, = like wood, woody.
(woody, wooden, ligneous, made of wood)
(ld, BL)
Asparagus rubicundus (La)
Red-stemmed Asparagus (Wf) Wag-'n-bietjie, Wilde-aspersie (Vo)
Location: (F, K, P)
rubeo, = to be red or ruddy;
-cundus, = indicates an aptitude or constant tendency.
rubicundus, = red, ruddy.
(red, ruddy)
(ld, BL)
Asparagus scandens (La)
Florists Asparagus (Vo)
Location: (F, K)
scando, = to climb, mount, clamber or get up; to ascend;
scandens, = climbing, twining.
(ld, BL)
Asparagus stipulaceus (La)

Location: (K)
stipes, = a log, stock, post, trunk of a tree; a branch of a tree;
-ulus, = diminutive;
stipula, = a stalk, blade, halm;
-aceus, = indicates resemblance.
(stipule (stalk))
(ld, BL)