Asparagaceae

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Dracaena angolensis (Welw. ex Carrière) Byng & Christenh. (= Sansevieria cylindrica Bojer ex Hook.)

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Common names: African spear, cylindrical sansevieria, cylindrical snake plant (Eng.); silinder-slangplant (Afr.); isishwawa, isikholokotho (isiXhosa)

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Albuca setosa Jacq. 

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Common names: thick slime-lily, bristly albuca, small white albuca, soldier-in-the-box (Eng), diktamarak, slymstok, slymuintjie, snotblom (Afr), mototse (Sesotho), inqwebeba (Xhosa), ingcino (Zulu)

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Bowiea gariepensis Van Jaarsv. (= Bowiea volubilis Harv. Ex Hook.f. subsp. gariepensis (Van Jaarsv.) Bruyns)

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Common names: white-flowering bowiea, white bowiea, Gariep bowiea (Eng.); lopertjie (Afr.)

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Asparagus retrofractus L.

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Common names: zigzag asparagus, ming fern bush; ming asparagus; pom pom asparagus (Eng.); katdoring (Afr.)

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Asparagus rubicundus P.J.Berguis

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Common names: red-stemmed asparagus, wild asparagus (Eng.); wag-‘n-bietjie, swart haakdoring (Afr.)

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Asparagus densiflorus (Kunth) Jessop ‘Cwebe’

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Common names: Cwebe asparagus fern, Cwebe emerald fern, Cwebe basket asparagus (Eng.); smaragsiervaring (Afr.); isiqobola, umgcagcazane, uvelabahleke (Zul.)

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Asparagus densiflorus (Kunth) Jessop ‘Meyersii’

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Common names: cat's tail asparagus (Eng.); katstert (Afr.); also known under a few variations or misspelling of its cultivar name, such as: ‘Myers’, Asparagus meyers, Asparagus meyeri. It is also known as the asparagus fern, although it is not actually a fern at all.

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Asparagus aethiopicus L.

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Common names: wild asparagus (Eng.); haakdoring (Afr.)

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Asparagus africanus Lam.

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Common names: bush asparagus, African asparagus, wild asparagus, climbing asparagus fern, ornamental asparagus, sparrow grass (Eng.); haakdoring, katdoring, wag-’n-bietjie (Afr.); umathunga, ubulawu ubumhlope, umthunzi (isiXhosa); isigoba, isigobo (isiZuli); lelala-tau-le-leholo, leunyeli (Southern Sotho)

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Asparagus asparagoides (L.) Druce

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Common names: Cape smilax, African asparagus smilax, baby smilax, bridal creeper, bridal veil creeper (Eng.); breȅblaarklimop, krulkransie, gnarboola, narbass (Afr.); isicakathi (isiXhosa); ibutha, inkunzimbili (isiZulu); khopananyane, likhopa, sethota-sa-matuela (Sesotho)

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