Asparagus mucronatus — The Life Data

Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Asparagales/Asparagaceae/Asparagus

At a glance

Occurrence records113

Data sources5

Biological traits15

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources5 archives

Databases and archives Asparagus mucronatus's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility113 records↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources15 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF113 records

01Narrative

Asparagus mucronatus ("Katdoring") is a thorny shrub or creeper of the Asparagus genus, that is indigenous to the southern Cape regions of South Africa.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Size & morphology2

Plant height max1.5 m

Plant height min0.4 m

Life cycle & reproduction3

Life formperennial

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formhemicryptophyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment8

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Elevation max2 100 m

Elevation min20 m

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth form detailedshrub

Woodinessnon-woody

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type113 records

Wild obs. + sensor57

Museum / vouchered55

Cultivated / captive1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO388 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km

≤100 m 48≤1 km 3

51 georeferenced · 6 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor57

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km

≤1 km 2

2 georeferenced · 53 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence55

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

Coordinate accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 1 records without

Open the mapnot free-living1

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions2 of 2 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Pretoria, ZA	47
Cape Town, ZA	1

2 institutions · 48 of 55 vouchered records shown · 7 without an institution code

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.