Species Protasparagus cooperi
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There aren’t any identifications of Protasparagus cooperi.
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Location unknown
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Etymology of Protasparagus:
Gk. protos = first, earliest, foremost; Asparagus (q.v.). Many species, particularly from Africa, were once included in this genus as they seemed different to the asparagus genus found elsewhere having formidable hooked spines, etc. These species have now been incorporated back into Asparagus.
Etymology of cooperi:
Named in honour of English botanist Thomas Cooper (1815-1913). He collected many plants in the Drakensberg mountains
Scientific name:
Protasparagus cooperi (Baker) Oberm.
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Protologue:
Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 49: 176 (1904)
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Year published:
1904
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Protasparagus cooperi.