Asparagus simulans — The Life Data

Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Asparagales/Asparagaceae/Asparagus

At a glance

Occurrence records577

Data sources4

Biological traits9

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources4 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility577 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources9 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF577 records

01Narrative

Asparagus simulans is a species of flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family. It is native to Madagascar. Asparagus simulans was described by English botanist John Gilbert Baker in 1875.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Life cycle & reproduction3

Life formshrub

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formphanerophyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment5

Climateseasonally dry tropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formshrub

Woodinesswoody

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type577 records

Wild obs. + sensor39

Museum / vouchered431

Other107

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO712 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 accuracy90% within 1 km

≤100 m 24≤1 km 3≤10 km 2>10 km 1

30 georeferenced · 9 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor39

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 accuracy87% within 1 km

≤100 m 13≤10 km 1>10 km 1

15 georeferenced · 416 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence431

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 institutions5 of 15 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Paris, FR	145
Saint Louis, US	78
Parc Botanique et Zoologique de Tsimbazaza (PBZT)location not on record	67
Plocation not on record	47
Kew, GB	32
CJBGlocation not on record	14
Glocation not on record	12
Centre National de la Recherche Appliquée au Developement Rurallocation not on record	9
MeiseBGlocation not on record	7
Stockholm, SE	4
Embrapa Agrobiology Diazothrophic Microbial Culture Collectionlocation not on record	3
CASlocation not on record	3
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	1
New Haven, US	1
Elocation not on record	1

15 institutions · 424 of 431 vouchered records shown · 7 without an institution code