Aspalathus spinosa L. is a plant in the Fabaceae family, order Fabales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Aspalathus spinosa L. (Aspalathus spinosa L.)
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Aspalathus spinosa L.

Aspalathus spinosa L.

Dahlgren in 1966 indicated 893.2 (LINN) as "orig. coll." for Aspalathus spinosa L., and clarified it to "type" in 1988.

Family
Genus
Aspalathus
Order
Fabales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Aspalathus spinosa L.

Note: Dahlgren, in Opera Bot. 11 (1): 197 in 1966, only indicated 893.2 (LINN) as "orig. coll.". However, in 1988, he clarified it to "type".

Photo: (c) Frank Gaude, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Frank Gaude · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Fabales Fabaceae Aspalathus

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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