Asparagaceae
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Description
2500 spp.
Growing form
Woody rosette plants with or without trunk, herbs
Leaf
Leaves spirally arranged, simple and elongated, herbaceous or (in agavoids) hard-succulent with apex and/or margin with spines
Flower
Terminal inflorescence unit cymose. Bisexual or dioecious. Flower: 3+3 joined petaloid tepals; 6 stamens attached to the tepals; ovary superior or inferior
Fruit and seed
A capsule or a berry
Source: Pinkka e-learning: Tropical plant families (EKOL4311, University of Turku) - All tropical plant families
Observations in Finland
The map represents observations of this taxon, but it may not be used as a distribution map.
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Observations
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Species card
Checklist
FinBIF master checklist
Scientific name
Asparagaceae
Author
Juss.
Vernacular names
- parsakasvit (Finnish)
- sparrisväxter (Swedish)
Identifier
http://tun.fi/MX.39977
Taxon rank
family
Occurrence in Finland
Collected from Finland
DNA barcode sequences
Informal groups
- MVL.343
Taxon information in machine-readable form
Number of Finnish species at lower taxonomic levels
Subordinate taxa