147.0000 Family Asparagaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 40 (1789), nom. cons., s. l.

ca. 140 genera, ca. 3400 spp. The family is nowadays expanded very much to include all of former Asparagales (from Tecophilaeaceae to Ruscaceae)

Species listed in database: 3588; hybrids: 35

= Agavaceae Dumort.; Anal. Fam. Pl. 57, 58 (1829), nom. cons.

= Anemarrhenaceae Conran, M.W.Chase & Rudall; Kew Bull. 52: 995 (1997)

= Anthericaceae J.Agardh; Theoria Syst. Pl. 27 (1858)

= Aphyllanthaceae Burnett; Outlines Bot. [Burnett] 421, 1153 (1835), Family

= Aspidistraceae Hassk.; Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor. [Hasskarl] 32 (1844)

= Behniaceae Conran, M.W.Chase & Rudall; Kew Bull. 52: 996 (1997)

= Chlorogalaceae Doweld & Reveal; Bot. Rev. (Lancaster) 71: 53 (2005)

= Convallariaceae Horan.; Prim. Lin. Syst. Nat. 53 (1834)

= Dracaenaceae Salisb.; Gen. Pl. [Salisbury] 73 (1866), nom. cons.

= Eriospermaceae Orb.; Dict. Univ. Hist. Nat. 5: 402 (1845)

= Eucomidaceae Salisb.; Gen. Pl. [Salisbury] 16 (1866)

= Eustrephaceae Chupov; Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 79(3): 7 (1994)

= Herreriaceae Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 5: 290 (1850)

= Hesperocallidaceae Traub; Pl. Life (Stanford) 28: 131 (1972)

= Hostaceae B.Mathew; Kew Bull. 43: 302 (1988)

= Hyacinthaceae Batsch ex Borkh.; Bot. Wörterb. 1: 315 (1797), Family

= Lachenaliaceae Salisb.; Gen. Pl. [Salisbury] 20 (1866)

= Laxmanniaceae Bubani; Fl. Pyren. [Bubani] 4: 111 (1902), Family

= Lomandraceae Lotsy; Vortr. Bot. Stammesgesch. 3: 761 (1911)

= Nolinaceae Nakai; Chosakuronbun Mokuroku [Ord. Fam. Trib. Gen. Sect. ... nov. ed.]: 226 (1943)

= Ophiopogonaceae Meisn.; Pl. Vasc. Gen. [Meisner], Tab. Diagn. 397, Comm. 308 (1842)

= Ornithogalaceae Salisb.; Gen. Pl. [Salisbury] 33 (1866)

= Peliosanthaceae Salisb.; Gen. Pl. [Salisbury] 63 (1866)

= Polygonataceae Salisb.; Gen. Pl. [Salisbury] 63 (1866)

= Ruscaceae M.Roem.; Handb. Allg. Bot. [M.J.Römer] 3: 446 (1840), nom. cons.

= Sansevieriaceae Nakai; J. Jap. Bot. 12: 779 (1936)

= Scillaceae Vest; Anleit. Stud. Bot. 267, 284 (1818)

= Themidaceae Salisb.; Gen. Pl. [Salisbury] 84 (1866), Family

= Tupistraceae Schnizl.; Iconogr. Fam. Regn. Veg. 1: 72 (1846)

= Yuccaceae J.Agardh; Theoria Syst. Pl. 8 (1858)

147.2002 Genus Asparagus L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 313 (1753)

Distribution: arid and semiarid regions of the Old World; incl. (ca. 30), Russia (from Europeana part to Far East), Caucasus, and Middle Asia, > 150 spp. tropical and South Africa, tropical Asia, Australia (1)

Species listed in database: 217

species :

Asparagus acicularis F.T.Wang & S.C.Chen; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 16(1): 93-94 (1978)

Distribution: China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi)

36 CHI

species :

Asparagus acocksii Jessop; Bothalia 9: 74 (1966)

Distribution: South Africa (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, N-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]

27 SAF SWZ

Remarks: Subgen. Protasparagus

Synonyms: hidden

= Protasparagus acocksii (Jessop) Oberm.; S. African J. Bot. 2(3): 243 (1983)

species :

Asparagus acutifolius L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 314 (1753)

Distribution: Portugal; Spain; Baleares; France; Monaco; Corsica; Sardinia; Italy; Sicily; Pantelleria; Isole Pelagie (Lampedusa); San Marino; Slovenia; Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Montenegro; Serbia; Kosovo; North Macedonia; Albania; Bulgaria; Greece (widespread, incl. Kiklades, Sporades, Ionian Isl.); European Turkey; Morocco; Algeria; Tunisia; Libya; East Aegaean Isl. (widespread except Rhodos and Karpathos); Turkey (NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, S-Anatolia, SSW-Anatolia, SW-Anatolia, W-Anatolia, WN-Anatolia); Cyprus (C-Mountains, E-Cyprus, N-Cyprus, S-Cyprus, W-Cyprus); Lebanon (C-Lebanon, coastal W-Lebanon); Syria (coastal W-Syria, C-Syrian Desert, W-Syrian Mountains); Israel (Rift Valley, N-Israel)

12 BAL COR FRA MCO POR SAR SPA 13 ALB BIH BUL CRO GRC ITA KOS MNT NMA PEL PTL SIC SLV SMA SRB TUE 20 ALG LBY MOR TUN 34 CYP EAI ISR LEB SYR TUR

Remarks: Subgen. Asparagus

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagus acutifolius subsp. aragonensis Sennen; Bull. Géogr. Bot. 20: 130 (1911)

= Asparagus acutifolius var. achhalii Valdés; Lagascalia 18(2): 327 (1996)

= Asparagus acutifolius var. ambiguus (De Not.) Nyman; Consp. Fl. Eur. 716 (1882)

= Asparagus acutifolius var. brachyclados Bornm.; Verh. K.K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 48: 641 (1898)

= Asparagus acutifolius var. brevifolius (Tornab.) Nyman; Consp. Fl. Eur. 716 (1882)

= Asparagus acutifolius var. commutatus (Ten.) Nyman; Consp. Fl. Eur. 716 (1882)

= Asparagus acutifolius var. eremicus O.Bolòs & Vigo; Fl. Man. Països Catalans 4: 131 (2001)

= Asparagus acutifolius var. gracilis Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 602 (1875)

= Asparagus acutifolius var. mitis P.Palau; Treb. Inst. Catalana Hist. Nat. 7: 32 (1976 publ. 1977)

= Asparagus aetnensis Tornab.; Atti Accad. Gioenia Sci. Nat. Catania, Ser. 2, 12: 345 (1856)

= Asparagus ambiguus De Not.; Repert. Fl. Ligust. 401 (1844)

= Asparagus brevifolius Tornab.; Atti Accad. Gioenia Sci. Nat. Catania, Ser. 2, 12: 359 (1856)

= Asparagus commutatus Ten.; Fl. Napol. 3: 374 (1827)

= Asparagus corruda Scop.; Fl. Carniol., ed. 2, 1: 248 (1771)

= Asparagus inarimensis Tornab.; Atti Accad. Gioenia Sci. Nat. Catania, Ser. 2, 12: 368 (1856)

species :

Asparagus adscendens Roxb.; Hort. Bengal. 24 (1814), nomen; Fl. Ind. [Roxburgh] 2: 153 (1832)

Distribution: N-Pakistan; Nepal; NW-India (Punjab, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh)

40 IND NEP PAK

Remarks: Subgen. Asparagopsis

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagopsis adscendens (Roxb.) Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 5: 102 (1850)

= Asparagus satawur James A.Murray; Drugs Pl. Sind 24 (1881)

= Protasparagus adscendens (Roxb.) Kamble; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 15(3): 707 (1991 publ. 1992)

species :

Asparagus aethiopicus L.; Mant. Pl. 1: 1 (1767)

Name: Cabellera de la reina (ES); Äthiopischer Spargel (DE), Emerald fern (EN)

Distribution: Morocco [I]; Algeria [I]; Canary Isl. [I] (Tenerife [I]); Ethiopia [I]; Eritrea [I]; South Africa (North-West Prov., N-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Mauritius [I]; Philippines [I]; Australia [I] (New South Wales [I], Queensland [I]); Lord Howe Isl. [I]; Norfolk Isl. [I]; New Zealand [I]; Nauru [I]; Cook Isl. [I] (Rarotonga [I]); Northern Marianas [I]; Northern Marianas [I]; Mexico [I]; Bahamas [c]; Cuba [c]; Hispaniola [c]; Puerto Rico [c]; Virgin Isl. [c] (Guana [c], St. Croix [c]); St. Martin/St. Maarten [c]; Guadeloupe [c]; St. Lucia [c]; Trinidad [I]; Isla Margarita [c]

20 alg mor 21 cny 24 eri eth 27 SAF 29 mau 42 phi 50 aus lhi nfk 51 nzl 60 nru 61 coo 62 mrn 79 mex 81 bah cub gdl his pue stl stm trt ven vir

Remarks: Subgen. Protasparagus

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagopsis aethiopica (L.) Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 5: 95 (1850)

= Asparagopsis lancea (Thunb.) Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 5: 104 (1850)

= Asparagus aculeatus Voss; Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3 [Siebert & Voss], 1: 1047 (1895)

= Asparagus laetus Salisb.; Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 253 (1796)

= Asparagus lanceus Thunb.; Prodr. Pl. Cap. 1: 66 (1794)

= Asparagus maximus Voss; Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3 [Siebert & Voss], 1: 1047 (1895)

= Protasparagus aethiopicus (L.) Oberm.; S. African J. Bot. 2(3): 243 (1983)

species :

Asparagus africanus Lam.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 1(1): 295 (1783)

Distribution: Egypt (SE-Egypt); Mauritania; Senegal; Gambia; Gambia; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Niger; Nigeria; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Djibouti; Somalia; Abd-al-Kuri Isl.; Samha Isl.; Soqotra; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; South Africa (Limpopo, Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Saudi Arabia (Hejaz, Asir); Oman; Yemen (Aden Desert, SE-Yemen: coastal Hadhramaut); India (Maharashtra); Australia [I] (SE-Queensland [I])

20 EGY 22 BEN BKN GAM GHA IVO MTN NGA NGR SEN TOG 23 BUR CAF EQG GAB RWA ZAI 24 CHA DJI ERI ETH SOC SOM SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG 27 SAF 35 OMA SAU YEM 40 IND 50 aus

Remarks: Subgen. Protasparagus

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagopsis juniperina Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 5: 85 (1850)

= Asparagopsis lamarckii Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 5: 87 (1850), nom. illeg.

= Asparagopsis schlechtendalii Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 5: 90 (1850)

= Asparagopsis scoparia Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 5: 80 (1850)

= Asparagus africanus var. biarticulatus De Wild. & T.Durand; Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 40: 31 (1901)

= Asparagus africanus var. microcarpus Balf.f.; Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh 12: 411 (1884)

= Asparagus africanus var. pubescens Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 619 (1875)

= Asparagus asiaticus var. ellenbeckianus Engl.; Sitzungsber. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 40: 737 (1906), nomen

= Asparagus asiaticus var. mitis (A.Rich.) Chiov.; Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. 26: 166 (1919)

= Asparagus buruensis Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 155 (1910)

= Asparagus conglomeratus Baker; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 7: 428 (1898)

= Asparagus dependens Thunb.; Prodr. Pl. Cap. 1: 66 (1794)

= Asparagus dinteri Engl. & Krause; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 155 (1910)

= Asparagus fleckii Schinz; Bull. Herb. Boissier 4: App. III. 43 (1896)

= Asparagus francisci K.Krause; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 51: 449 (1914)

= Asparagus gourmacus A.Chev.; Fl. W. Trop. Afr. [Hutchinson & Dalziel] 2: 352 (1936), in syn.

= Asparagus irregularis Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 620 (1875)

= Asparagus judtii Schinz; Bull. Herb. Boissier 4(App. 3): 44 (1896)

= Asparagus lecardii De Wild.; Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., Sér. 5, 17 (1904)

= Asparagus lugardii Baker; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 7: 431 (1898)

= Asparagus mitis A.Rich.; Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 319 (1850)

= Asparagus patens K.Krause; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 51: 448 (1914)

= Asparagus pilosus Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 610 (1875)

= Asparagus pubescens Baker; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 1: 254 (1878)

= Asparagus retrofractus Forssk.; Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 73 (1775), nom. illeg.

= Asparagus rivalis Burch. ex Kies; Bothalia 6: 179 (1951), nom. illeg.

= Asparagus rivalis Burch. ex Schult. & Schult.f.; Syst. Veg., ed. 15bis [Roemer & Schultes] 7: 337 (1829)

= Asparagus sennii Chiov.; Fl. Somala 2: 418 (1932)

= Asparagus shirensis Baker; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 7: 427 (1898)

= Asparagus sidamensis Cufod.; Senckenberg. Biol. 50: 245 (1969)

= Protasparagus africanus (Lam.) Oberm.; S. African J. Bot. 2(3): 243 (1983)

= Protasparagus pilosus (Baker) Oberm.; S. African J. Bot. 2(3): 244 (1983)

variant :

var. puberulus (Baker) Sebsebe; Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Asparag. 8 (2006)

Distribution: Malawi

26 MLW

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagus puberulus Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 618 (1875)

species :

Asparagus aggregatus (Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey.; Bothalia 25(2): 206 (1995)

Distribution: South Africa (Limpopo)

27 SAF

Synonyms: hidden

= Protasparagus aggregatus Oberm.; Fl. S. Africa [ed. L.E.W.Codd et al.] 5(3): 55 (1992)

species :

Asparagus albus L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 314 (1753)

Distribution: Portugal; Spain; Gibraltar; Baleares; France; Corsica; Sardinia; Italy; Sicily; Isole Pelagie (Lampedusa); Morocco; Algeria; Tunisia; Libya

12 BAL COR FRA GIB POR SAR SPA 13 ITA PEL SIC 20 ALG LBY MOR TUN

Remarks: Subgen. Asparagopsis

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagopsis alba (L.) Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 5: 84 (1850)

= Asparagus pallidus Salisb.; Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 252 (1796)

species :

Asparagus alopecurus (Oberm.) Malcomber & Sebsebe; Kew Bull. 48(1): 73 (1993)

Distribution: South Africa (N-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: Subgen. Myrsiphyllum

Synonyms: hidden

= Myrsiphyllum alopecurum Oberm.; Bothalia 15(1-2): 85 (1984)

species :

Asparagus altiscandens Engl. & Gilg; Kunene-Sambesi-Exped. [Warburg] 196 (1903)

Distribution: SW-Angola

26 ANG

species :

Asparagus altissimus Munby; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 2: 287 (1855)

Distribution: S-Morocco; Western Sahara; Algeria; Mauritania

20 ALG MOR WSA 22 MTN

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagus altissimus var. asperulus Maire; Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 29: 453 (1938)

= Asparagus altissimus var. foeniculaceus (Lowe) Maire; Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. (1931)

= Asparagus declinatus Schousb.; Iagttag. Vextrig. Marokko 173 (1800), nom. illeg.

= Asparagus foeniculaceus Lowe; J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 5: 44 (1860)

species :

Asparagus angulofractus Iljin; Fl. URSS [Komarov et al., eds.] 4: 432, 746 (1935)

Distribution: Kyrgyzstan; China (Xinjiang)

32 KGZ 36 CHI

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagus soongaricus Iljin; Fl. URSS [Komarov et al., eds.] 4: 432 (1935)

species :

Asparagus angusticladus (Jessop) J.-P.Lebrun & Stork; Énum. Pl. Fleurs Afr. Trop. [Lebrun & Stork] 3: 60 (1995)

Distribution: S-Mozambique; South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]

26 MOZ 27 SAF SWZ

Remarks: Subgen. Protasparagus

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagus aethiopicus var. angusticladus Jessop; Bothalia 9: 69 (1966)

= Asparagus angusticladus (Jessop) Fellingham & N.L.Mey.; Bothalia 25(2): 206 (1995), isonym

= Protasparagus angusticladus (Jessop) Oberm.; S. African J. Bot. 2(3): 243 (1983)

species :

Asparagus aphyllus L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 314 (1753)

subspecies :

subsp. aphyllus

Name: Blattloser Spargel (DE); Mediterranean Asparagus (EN)

Distribution: Portugal; NW-Spain; Gibraltar; Sardinia; Italy; Sicily; Isole Pelagie (Lampedusa); Morocco; Algeria; Tunisia; Libya (Cyrenaica)

12 GIB POR SAR SPA 13 ITA PEL SIC 20 ALG LBY MOR TUN

Remarks: Subgen. Asparagus

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagus agul Forssk. ex Schult. & Schult.f.; Syst. Veg., ed. 15bis [Roemer & Schultes] 7: 337 (1829)

= Asparagus aphyllus f. macroclados Cout.; Fl. Portugal [Coutinho] 138 (1913)

= Asparagus aphyllus f. microclados Cout.; Fl. Portugal [Coutinho] 138 (1913)

= Asparagus aphyllus var. bovei Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 600 (1875)

= Asparagus erinaceus Borzì & Mattei; Boll. Reale Orto Bot. Palermo 11: 238 (1912)

= Asparagus phyllacanthus Lam.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 1(1): 296 (1783)

subspecies :

subsp. orientalis (Baker) P.H.Davis; Fl. Turkey 8: 77 (1984)

Distribution: Greece (lowlands, incl. Kiklades, Ionian Isl., Sporades); European Turkey; Crete (widespread); Egypt (NW-coastal Egypt); East Aegaean Isl. (widespread, incl. Rhodos, Kastellorhizo Isl.); Turkey (N-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, W-Anatolia, WN-Anatolia); Cyprus; Lebanon (Antilebanon, C-Lebanon, coastal W-Lebanon); W-Syria; Israel (coastal W-Israel, Rift Valley, N-Israel); Jordania (S-Jordania, W-Jordania); Oman (Dhofar)

13 GRC KRI TUE 20 EGY 34 CYP EAI ISR JOR LEB SYR TUR 35 OMA

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagus acutifolius var. hookeri Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 602 (1875)

= Asparagus acutifolius var. orientalis Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 602 (1875)

species :

Asparagus arborescens Willd. ex Schult. & Schult.f.; Syst. Veg., ed. 15bis [Roemer & Schultes] 7: 337 (1829)

Name: Baum-Spargel (DE); Esparragon (ES)

Distribution: Canary Isl. (Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Gomera, Hierro, La Palma)

21 CNY

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagopsis arborescens (Willd. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 5: 79 (1850)

= Asparagus equisetifolius Webb & Berthel.; Hist. Nat. Îles Canaries (Phytogr.) 3(2,3): 328 (1847)

= Asparagus retrofractus C.Sm. ex Webb & Berthel.; Hist. Nat. Îles Canaries (Phytogr.) 2(3): 328 (1846), nom. illeg.

species :

Asparagus aridicola Sebsebe; Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Asparag. 17 (-12) (2006)

Distribution: Ethiopia; Kenya

24 ETH 25 KEN

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagus falcatus var. pubescens Chiov.; Webbia 8: 9 (1951)

species :

Asparagus asiaticus L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 313 (1753)

Distribution: Mozambique [I]; Saudi Arabia (Hejaz, Asir); Yemen (N-Inner Yemen, W-Yemen); S-India (Karnataka)

26 moz 35 SAU YEM 40 IND

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagopsis willdenowii Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 5: 86 (1850)

= Asparagus divaricatus Royle; Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. [Royle] 393 (1840), nomen

= Asparagus gracilis Salisb.; Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 252 (1796)

= Asparagus steudneri Schweinf. ex Engl.; Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 169 (1891 publ. 1892)

= Protasparagus asiaticus (L.) Kamble; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 15(3): 708 (1991 publ. 1992)

species :

Asparagus asparagoides (L.) Druce; Rep. Bot. Exch. Club Soc. Brit. Isles 3: 414 (1914)

Name: African asparagus fern (EN); Zier-Spargel (DE); Alicacan (ES)

Distribution: Portugal [I]; Spain [I]; Baleares [I]; Gibraltar [I]; Sicily [I]; Morocco [I]; Tunisia [I]; Azores [I] (Sao Miguel Isl. [I], Terceira [I], Faial [I]); Madeira [I] (Madeira Isl. [I]); Canary Isl. [I] (Lanzarote [I], Gran Canaria [I], Tenerife [I], La Gomera [I], Hierro [I], La Palma [I]); E-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; S-Ethiopia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Malawi; Zimbabwe; South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, N-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Lesotho; Eswatini [Swaziland]; Java [I]; Australia [I] (Western Australia [I], South Australia [I], Queensland [I], New South Wales [I], Victoria [I]); Lord Howe Isl. [I]; New Zealand [I]; Hawaii [I] (East Maui [I]); USA [I] (California [I]); Mexico [I]; Uruguay [I]; Argentina [I]

12 bal gib por spa 13 sic 20 mor tun 21 azo cny mdr 23 ZAI 24 ETH 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 MLW ZIM 27 LES SAF SWZ 42 jaw 50 aus lhi 51 nzl 63 haw 76 usa 79 mex 85 arg uru

Remarks: Subgen. Myrsiphyllum

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagus kuisibensis Dinter; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 29: 270 (1931)

= Asparagus medeoloides (L.f.) Thunb.; Prodr. Pl. Cap. 1: 66 (1794)

= Asparagus medeoloides var. angustifolius (Mill.) Baker; Fl. Cap. [Harvey & auct. succ.] 6: 273 (1896)

= Asparagus medeoloides var. falciformis (Kunth) Baker; Fl. Cap. [Harvey & auct. succ.] 6: 273 (1896)

= Dracaena medeoloides L.f.; Suppl. Pl. [Linnaeus f.] 203 (1782)

= Elachanthera sewelliae F.Muell.; Vict. Naturalist 3: 108 (1886)

= Elide asparagoides (L.) Kerguélen; Coll. Patrim. Nat. 8 (Index Synonym. Fl. France): xiii (1993)

= Luzuriaga sewelliae (F.Muell.) K.Krause; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl], 2. Aufl., 15a: 379 (1930)

= Medeola angustifolia Mill.; Gard. Dict., ed. 8: no. 2 (1768)

= Medeola asparagoides L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 339 (1753)

= Medeola latifolia Salisb.; Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 252 (1796)

= Myrsiphyllum angustifolium (Mill.) Willd.; Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 2: 25 (1808)

= Myrsiphyllum asparagoides (L.) Willd.; Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 2: 25 (1808)

= Myrsiphyllum falciforme Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 5: 107 (1850)

= Ruscus volubilis Thunb.; Prodr. Pl. Cap. 1: 13 (1794)

species :

Asparagus aspergillus Jessop; Bothalia 9: 71 (1966)

Distribution: S-Somalia; Kenya; ?Zambia; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; South Africa (Limpopo, Mpulamanga)

24 SOM 25 KEN 26 MOZ ZIM 27 NAM SAF

Remarks: Subgen. Protasparagus

Synonyms: hidden

= Protasparagus aspergillus (Jessop) Oberm.; S. African J. Bot. 2(3): 243 (1983)

species :

Asparagus azerbaijanensis Hamdi & Assadi; Phytotaxa 297(1): 93 (2017)

Distribution: Iran

34 IRN

species :

Asparagus baumii Engl. & Gilg; Kunene-Sambesi-Exped. [Warburg] 196 (1903)

Distribution: SW-Angola

26 ANG

species :

Asparagus bayeri (Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey.; Bothalia 25(2): 206 (1995)

Distribution: South Africa (N-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Synonyms: hidden

= Protasparagus bayeri Oberm.; Fl. S. Africa [ed. L.E.W.Codd et al.] 5(3): 21 (1992)

species :

Asparagus benguellensis Baker; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 1: 253 (1878)

Distribution: SW-Angola

26 ANG

species :

Asparagus bequaertii De Wild.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 292 (1913)

Distribution: +D.R.Congo [Zaire]

23 ZAI

Conservation Status: only known from type collected in 1911

species :

Asparagus biflorus (Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey.; Bothalia 25(2): 206 (1995)

Distribution: South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal); Eswatini [Swaziland]

27 SAF SWZ

Synonyms: hidden

= Protasparagus biflorus Oberm.; Fl. S. Africa [ed. L.E.W.Codd et al.] 5(3): 63 (1992)

species :

Asparagus biradarii (Kamble) Kottaim.; Int. J. Curr. Res. Biosci. Pl. Biol. 6(10): 37 (2019)

Distribution: India (Odisha)

40 IND

Remarks: status uncertain

Synonyms: hidden

= Protasparagus biradarii Kamble; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 17(1): 197 (1993)

species :

Asparagus bojnurdensis Hamdi & Assadi; Kew Bull. 72(2)-22: 1 (2017)

Distribution: Iran

34 IRN

species :

Asparagus botschantzevii Vlassova; Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 65(4): 577 (1980)

Distribution: Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan

32 TKM UZB

species :

Asparagus botswanicus Sebsebe; Kew Bull. 63(2): 269 (2008)

Distribution: Botswana

27 BOT

species :

Asparagus brachiatus Thulin; Nordic J. Bot. 22: 431 (2002 publ. 2003)

Distribution: NE-Somalia

24 SOM

species :

Asparagus brachyphyllus Turcz.; Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 13: 78 (1840)

Distribution: Siberia (Chita); Kazakhstan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; China (Hebei, Jilin, Liaoning, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shanxi); Mongolia; South Korea

30 SIB 32 KAZ KGZ TKM TZK UZB 36 CHI 37 MON 38 KOR

Remarks: Subgen. Asparagus

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagus trichophyllus var. trachyphyllus Bong. & C.A.Mey.; Verz. Saisang-nor Pfl. [Bongard & C.A.Meyer] 74 (1841)

species :

Asparagus breslerianus Schult. & Schult.f.; Syst. Veg., ed. 15bis [Roemer & Schultes] 7: 323 (1829)

Distribution: SE-European Russia; Kazakhstan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan; Tajikistan; Northern Caucasus; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Iran (EC-Iran, NE-Iran: Mts., N-Iran, NW-Iran: Iranian Azerbaijan); Afghanistan (Faryab); China (Gansu, Ningxia, Qinghai, Xinjiang)

14 RUS 32 KAZ TKM TZK UZB 33 ARM AZE NCS 34 AFG IRN 36 CHI

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagus komarovianus Vved.; Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 9: 246 (1946)

= Asparagus maritimus var. breslerianus (Schult. & Schult.f.) Boiss.; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 5: 337 (1881)

= Asparagus straussii Hausskn.; Mitt. Thüring. Bot. Vereins, N. F. 15: 6 (1900), nomen

= Asparagus straussii Hausskn. ex Bornm.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 24(2): 111 (1908)

= Asparagus verticillatus var. triphyllus Bresler; Gen. Aspar. 27 (1826)

species :

Asparagus buchananii Baker; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1893: 211 (1893)

Distribution: ?E-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; South Sudan; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; ?Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal); Eswatini [Swaziland]

23 BUR RWA 24 SOM SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF SWZ

Remarks: Subgen. Protasparagus

Synonyms: hidden

= Protasparagus buchananii (Baker) Oberm.; S. African J. Bot. 2(3): 243 (1983)

species :

Asparagus bucharicus Iljin; Fl. URSS [Komarov et al., eds.] 4: 430, 746 (1935)

Distribution: Uzbekistan; Tajikistan

32 TZK UZB

species :

Asparagus burchellii Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 618 (1875)

Distribution: South Africa (N-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Synonyms: hidden

= Protasparagus burchellii (Baker) Oberm.; Fl. S. Africa [ed. L.E.W.Codd et al.] 5(3): 27 (1992)

species :

Asparagus burjaticus Peschkova; Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 11: 86 (1974)

Distribution: Siberia (Buryatia); Mongolia

30 SIB 37 MON

species :

Asparagus calcicola H.Perrier; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 5: 32 (1935)

Distribution: Madagascar

29 MDG

species :

Asparagus capensis L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 314 (1753)

Distribution: Namibia; South Africa (N-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.)

27 NAM SAF

Remarks: Subgen. Protasparagus

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagopsis passerinoides Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 5: 90 (1850), nom. superfl.

= Asparagus nelsonii Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 617 (1875)

= Asparagus triacanthus Burm.f.; Fl. Ind. [N.L.Burman] Prodr. Fl. Cap. 10 (1768), nom. illeg.

= Protasparagus capensis (L.) Oberm.; S. African J. Bot. 2(3): 243 (1983), without basionym ref., et Fl. S. Afr. 5(3): 23 (1992)

variant :

var. litoralis Suess. & Karling; Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 2: 50 (1950)

Distribution: South Africa (N-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Synonyms: hidden

= Protasparagus capensis var. litoralis (Suess. & Karling) Oberm.; Fl. S. Africa [ed. L.E.W.Codd et al.] 5(3): 24 (1992)

species :

Asparagus capitatus Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 607 (1875)

subspecies :

subsp. capitatus

Distribution: Iran (E-Iran, S-Iran); Afghanistan (Kunar / Nuristan, Laghman, Nangarhar, Paktia / Khost); Pakistan (Baluchistan, Kurram, Pakistani Punjab, Rawalpindi); NW-India (Punjab, Tamil Nadu)

34 AFG IRN 40 IND PAK

Remarks: Subgen. Asparagopsis

Synonyms: hidden

= Protasparagus capitatus (Baker) Kamble; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 15(3): 708 (1991 publ. 1992)

subspecies :

subsp. gracilis (Royle) Browicz; Fl. Iranica [Rechinger] 65: 175 (1990)

Distribution: Afghanistan (Kunar / Nuristan, Paktia / Khost); Oman; N-Pakistan; NW-India (Jammu & Kashmir)

34 AFG 35 OMA 40 IND PAK

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagus gracilis Royle ex Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 607 (1875), nom. illeg. [non Salisb. 1796]

= Asparagus royleanus P.Daniel; Indian J. Forest. 4: 334 (1981 publ. 1982)

= Protasparagus royleanus (P.Daniel) Kamble; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 15: 710 (1991 publ. 1992)

species :

Asparagus chimanimanensis Sebsebe; Kew Bull. 63(2): 271 (2008)

Distribution: E-Zimbabwe; W-Mozambique (Chimanimani Mts.)

26 MOZ ZIM

species :

Asparagus clareae (Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey.; Bothalia 25(2): 206 (1995)

Distribution: South Africa (Limpopo, Mpulamanga)

27 SAF

Synonyms: hidden

= Protasparagus clareae Oberm.; Fl. S. Africa [ed. L.E.W.Codd et al.] 5(3): 54 (1992)

species :

Asparagus cochinchinensis (Lour.) Merr.; Fl. Indo-Chine [P.H.Lecomte et al.] 6: 780 (1908)

Distribution: China (Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang); Tibet; South Korea; Japan (Hokkaido [I], Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu); Ryukyu Isl.; Taiwan; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; Philippines (Luzon)

36 CHI TIB 38 JAP KOR NNS TAI 41 CBD LAO VIE 42 PHI

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagopsis sinica Miq.; J. Bot. Néerl. 1: 90 (1861)

= Asparagus cochinchinensis f. pygmaeus (Makino) Yamashita & M.N.Tamura; Fl. Jap. [Iwatsuki et al., eds.] 4b: 148 (2016)

= Asparagus cochinchinensis var. dolichoclados (Merr. & Rolfe) F.T.Wang & Tang; Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol., Bot. 7: 291 (1937)

= Asparagus cochinchinensis var. longifolius F.T.Wang & Tang; Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol., Bot. 7: 291 (1937)

= Asparagus cochinchinensis var. pygmaeus (Makino) Ohwi; Fl. Jap. [Ohwi], revised ed. 1437 (1965)

= Asparagus dauricus var. elongatus Pamp.; Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n. s. 22(2): 264 (1915)

= Asparagus gaudichaudianus Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 5: 71 (1850)

= Asparagus insularis Hance; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 5, 5: 245 (1866)

= Asparagus lucidus Lindl.; Edwards´s Bot. Reg. 30(Misc.): 29 (1844)

= Asparagus lucidus var. dolichocladus Merr. & Rolfe; Philipp. J. Sci., C 3: 96 (1908)

= Asparagus lucidus var. pygmaeus Makino; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 11: 281 (1897), et Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 15: 106 (1901)

= Asparagus pygmaeus (Makino) Makino; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 24: 73 (1910)

= Asparagus sinicus (Miq.) C.H.Wright; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 36: 103 (1903)

= Melanthium cochinchinense Lour.; Fl. Cochinch. 1: 216 (1790)

species :

Asparagus coddii (Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey.; Bothalia 25(2): 206 (1995)

Distribution: Namibia; South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)

27 NAM SAF

Synonyms: hidden

= Protasparagus coddii Oberm.; Fl. S. Africa [ed. L.E.W.Codd et al.] 5(3): 53 (1992)

species :

Asparagus concinnus (Baker) Kies; Bothalia 6: 178 (1951)

Distribution: South Africa (Gauteng?, Mpulamanga, Free State, E-Cape Prov.); Lesotho

27 LES SAF

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagus africanus var. concinnus Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 619 (1875)

= Protasparagus concinnus (Baker) Oberm. & Immelman; Fl. S. Africa [ed. L.E.W.Codd et al.] 5(3): 61 (1992)

species :

Asparagus confertus K.Krause; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 51: 449 (1914)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Synonyms: hidden

= Protasparagus confertus (K.Krause) Oberm.; Fl. S. Africa [ed. L.E.W.Codd et al.] 5(3): 51 (1992)

species :

Asparagus coodei P.H.Davis; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 41: 48 (1983)

Distribution: Turkey (SSW-Anatolia)

34 TUR

species :

Asparagus cooperi Baker; Gard. Chron., n. s. 1: 818 (1874)

Distribution: Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, N-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Lesotho; Eswatini [Swaziland]

26 MOZ 27 BOT LES NAM SAF SWZ

Remarks: Subgen. Protasparagus

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagus burkei Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 607 (1875)

= Protasparagus cooperi (Baker) Oberm.; S. African J. Bot. 2(3): 243 (1983)

species :

Asparagus crassicladus Jessop; Bothalia 9: 75 (1966)

Distribution: South Africa (North-West Prov., E-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: Subgen. Protasparagus

Synonyms: hidden

= Protasparagus crassicladus (Jessop) Oberm.; S. African J. Bot. 2(3): 243 (1983)

species :

Asparagus curillus Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb.; Fl. Ind. [Roxburgh] 2: 152 (1832)

Distribution: Nepal; NW-India (Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Sikkim, Uttarakhand); Myanmar

40 IND NEP 41 MYA

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagopsis curilla (Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb.) Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 5: 102 (1850)

= Asparagus nepalensis Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 622 (1875)

= Protasparagus curillus (Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb.) Kamble; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 15(3): 708 (1991 publ. 1992)

species :

Asparagus dabieshanensis Jia X.Yang, G.W.Hu & Q.F.Wang; Phytotaxa 641(2): 164 (2024)

Distribution: China (Anhui, Hubei)

36 CHI

species :

Asparagus dauricus Fisch. ex Link; Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 340 (1821)

Distribution: Siberia (Chita); Russian Far East (Amur); China (Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jiangsu, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi); Mongolia; North Korea; South Korea

30 SIB 31 RFE 36 CHI 37 MON 38 KOR NKO

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagus burjaticus var. baicalensis N.V.Vlassova; Novye Dannye Fitogeogr. Sibiri 98 (1981)

= Asparagus gibbus Bunge; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg Divers Savans 2: 139 (1835)

= Asparagus gibbus var. baicalensis (N.V.Vlassova) N.V.Vlassova; Acta Biol. Sibir. 5(2): 26 (2019)

= Asparagus glycycarpus Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 5: 61 (1850)

= Asparagus officinalis var. gracilis Ledeb.; Fl. Altaic. [Ledebour] 2: 43 (1841)

= Asparagus tuberculatus Bunge ex Iljin; Fl. URSS [Komarov et al., eds.] 4: 433, 747 (1935)

species :

Asparagus declinatus L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 313 (1753)

Distribution: Namibia; South Africa (N-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov.); Madagascar [I]; Australia [I] (Western Australia [I], South Australia [I]); Mexico [I]

27 NAM SAF 29 mdg 50 aus 79 mex

Remarks: Subgen. Myrsiphyllum

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagopsis decumbens (Jacq.) Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 5: 77 (1850)

= Asparagus comorensis Anon.; Wiener Ill. Gart.-Zeitung 13: 158 (1888)

= Asparagus crispus Lam.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 1(1): 295 (1783)

= Asparagus decumbens Jacq.; Pl. Rar. Hort. Schoenbr. 1: 51 (1797)

= Asparagus flexuosus Thunb.; Prodr. Pl. Cap. 1: 66 (1794)

= Asparagus mauritianus Lam. ex Desf.; Tabl. École Bot. 20 (1804)

= Asparagus sinensis Nois. ex Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 607 (1875)

= Myrsiphyllum declinatum (L.) Oberm.; Bothalia 15(1-2): 86 (1984)

species :

Asparagus deflexus Baker; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot., Ser. 2, 1: 254 (1878)

Distribution: NW-Angola

26 ANG

species :

Asparagus deltae Blatt.; J. Indian Bot. Soc. 6: 70 (1927)

Distribution: Pakistan (Sind)

40 PAK

Remarks: provisionally accepted name

species :

Asparagus densiflorus (Kunth) Jessop; Bothalia 9: 65 (1966)

Name: Zier-Spargel (DE)

Distribution: Germany [I]; Madeira [I] (Madeira Isl. [I]); S-Mozambique; South Africa (Limpopo, Gauteng, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]; St. Helena [I]; Mauritius [I]; La Réunion [I]; Rodrigues [I]; China [I]; India [I] (Gujarat [I]); Bangladesh [I]; Australia [I] (E-Queensland [I], New South Wales [I]); Lord Howe Isl. [I]; Rotuma Isl. [I]; Niue [I]; Society Isl. [I] (Raiatea [I], Bora Bora [I]); Northern Marianas [I] (Tinian [I]); Guam [I]; Marshall Isl. [I] (Kwajalein [I]); Hawaii [I] (Kauai [I], West Maui [I], Hawaii Isl. [I]); USA [I] (California [I], Florida [I]); Mexico [I]; Honduras [I]; Nicaragua [I]; Colombia [I]; Uruguay [I]; Argentina [I]

11 ger 21 mdr 26 MOZ 27 SAF SWZ 28 sth 29 mau reu rod 36 chi 40 ban ind 50 aus lhi 60 nue rot 61 sci 62 gum mrn mrs 63 haw 76 usa 78 usa 79 mex 80 hon nic 82 clm 85 arg uru

Remarks: Subgen. Protasparagus

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagopsis densiflora Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 5: 96 (1850)

= Asparagus myriocladus Baker; J. Bot. 27: 43 (1889)

= Asparagus sarmentosus var. comatus Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 625 (1875)

= Asparagus sarmentosus var. densiflorus (Kunth) Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 625 (1875)

= Asparagus sprengeri Regel; Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 11: 302 (1890)

= Protasparagus densiflorus (Kunth) Oberm.; S. African J. Bot. 2(3): 243 (1983)

species :

Asparagus denudatus (Kunth) Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 606 (1875)

subspecies :

subsp. denudatus

Distribution: Namibia; South Africa (Limpopo, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, N-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Lesotho

27 LES NAM SAF

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagopsis denudata Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 5: 82 (1850)

= Asparagus denudatus var. fragilis Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 606 (1875)

= Asparagus fragilis Burch. ex Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 606 (1875), pro syn.

= Asparagus namaensis Schinz; Bull. Herb. Boissier 4(App. 3): 44 (1896)

= Protasparagus denudatus (Kunth) Oberm.; S. African J. Bot. 2(3): 243 (1983)

subspecies :

subsp. nudicaulis (Baker) Sebsebe; Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Asparag. 10 (2006)

Distribution: S-Kenya; N-Tanzania

25 KEN TAN

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagus nudicaulis Baker; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 7: 428 (1898)

species :

Asparagus devenishii (Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey.; Bothalia 25(2): 206 (1995)

Distribution: South Africa (Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal)

27 SAF

Synonyms: hidden

= Protasparagus devenishii Oberm.; Fl. S. Africa [ed. L.E.W.Codd et al.] 5(3): 41 (1992)

species :

Asparagus divaricatus (Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey.; Bothalia 25(2): 206 (1995)

Distribution: SE-Zimbabwe; S-Mozambique; South Africa (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]

26 MOZ ZIM 27 SAF SWZ

Synonyms: hidden

= Protasparagus divaricatus Oberm.; Fl. S. Africa [ed. L.E.W.Codd et al.] 5(3): 67 (1992)

species :

Asparagus drepanophyllus Welw. ex.Baker; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot., Ser. 2, 1: 254 (1878)

Distribution: Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Angola

23 CAF CMN CON EQG ZAI 26 ANG

species :

Asparagus duchesnei L.Linden; Semaine Hort. 4: 471 (1900), et Cat. Ill. Pl. Nouv. Congo [Brazzaville]: 7 (1901)

Distribution: +D.R.Congo [Zaire]

23 ZAI

Conservation Status: known only from old collections

species :

Asparagus dumosus Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 609 (1875)

Distribution: Iran (E-Iran, S-Iran); Pakistan (Sind, Karachi, Baluchistan); India (Gujarat)

34 IRN 40 IND PAK

Remarks: Subgen. Asparagopsis

Synonyms: hidden

= Protasparagus dumosus (Baker) Kamble; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 15(3): 708 (1991 publ. 1992)

species :

Asparagus edulis (Oberm.) J.-P.Lebrun & Stork; Énum. Pl. Fleurs Afr. Trop. [Lebrun & Stork] 3: 61 (1995)

Distribution: Zimbabwe; S-Mozambique; South Africa (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]

26 MOZ ZIM 27 SAF SWZ

Remarks: Subgen. Protasparagus

Synonyms: hidden

= Protasparagus edulis Oberm.; Fl. S. Africa [ed. L.E.W.Codd et al.] 5(3) 41 (1992)

= Asparagus edulis (Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey.; Bothalia 25(2): 206 (1995), isonym

species :

Asparagus elephantinus S.M.Burrows; Bothalia 38(1): 23 (2008)

Distribution: South Africa (North-West Prov.)

27 SAF

species :

Asparagus equisetoides Welw. ex Baker; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 1: 253 (1878)

Distribution: NW-Angola

26 ANG

species :

Asparagus exsertus (Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey.; Bothalia 25(2): 206 (1995)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Synonyms: hidden

= Protasparagus exsertus Oberm.; Fl. S. Africa [ed. L.E.W.Codd et al.] 5(3): 29 (1992)

species :

Asparagus exuvialis Burch.; Trav. S. Africa 1: 432 (1822)

Distribution: Zimbabwe; S-Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, N-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.)

26 MOZ ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF

Remarks: Subgen. Protasparagus

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagus hereroensis Schinz; Bull. Herb. Boissier 4: App. III. 43 (1896)

= Protasparagus exuvialis (Burch.) Oberm.; S. African J. Bot. 2(3): 244 (1983)

form :

f. ecklonii (Baker) Fellingham & N.L.Mey.; Bothalia 25(2): 207 (1995)

Distribution: South Africa (Limpopo, Gauteng, Mpulamanga, N-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagus ecklonii Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 615 (1875)

= Protasparagus exuvialis f. ecklonii (Baker) Oberm.; Fl. S. Africa [ed. L.E.W.Codd et al.] 5(3): 43 (1992)

species :

Asparagus falcatus L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 313 (1753)

Name: Sicheldorn-Spargel (DE)

Distribution: Rwanda; ?Ethiopia; Somalia; Kenya; Tanzania; Zanzibar; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; South Africa (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]; Comores; Saudi Arabia; United Arab Emirates; Yemen (W-Yemen); Sri Lanka [I]; Java [I]; Mexico [I]; Honduras [I]; Martinique [I]

23 RWA 24 SOM 25 KEN TAN 26 MOZ ZIM 27 SAF SWZ 29 COM 35 SAU UAE YEM 40 srl 42 jaw 79 mex 80 hon 81 mar

Remarks: Subgen. Protasparagus

Synonyms: hidden

= Protasparagus falcatus (L.) Kamble; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 20(2): 270 (1996), isonym

= Protasparagus falcatus (L.) Oberm.; S. African J. Bot. 2(3): 244 (1983)

species :

Asparagus fallax Svent.; Addit. Fl. Canar. 1: 4 (1960)

Name: Täuschender Spargel (D); Esparraguera de monteverde (ES)

Distribution: Canary Isl. (Tenerife, La Gomera)

21 CNY

species :

Asparagus fasciculatus Thunb.; Fl. Cap. [Thunberg], ed. 1a: 329 (1818)

Distribution: Namibia; South Africa (Free State, N-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov.); Madagascar [I]

27 NAM SAF 29 mdg

Remarks: Subgen. Myrsiphyllum

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagopsis consanguinea Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 5: 76 (1850)

= Asparagus asiaticus var. pauciflorus Scott Elliot; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 29: 60 (1893)

= Asparagus confusus Scott Elliot ex H.Perrier; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 5: 25 (1935), in syn.

= Asparagus consanguineus (Kunth) Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 615 (1875)

= Asparagus falcatus var. fasciculatus (Thunb.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 315 (1898)

= Asparagus neofasciculatus Idrees; Plants (Basel) 12(13)-2537: 7 (2023), nom. nov.

= Myrsiphyllum fasciculatum (Thunb.) Oberm.; Bothalia 15(1-2): 87 (1984)

species :

Asparagus faulkneri Sebsebe; Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Asparag. 17 (2006)

Distribution: S-Kenya; E-Tanzania

25 KEN TAN

species :

Asparagus ferganensis Vved.; Fl. Uzbekist. 1: 492, 544 (1941)

Distribution: Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan

32 KGZ TKM TZK UZB

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagus monoclados Vved.; Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 9: 247 (1946)

species :

Asparagus filicinus Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don; Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 49 (1825)

Distribution: China (Gansu, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang); Pakistan (Chitral, Swat, Hazara, Azad Kashmir); Nepal; India (Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Meghalaya); Bangladesh; Myanmar (Chin, Kachin, Magway, Mandalay, Sagaing, Shan); Thailand

36 CHI 40 BAN IND NEP PAK 41 MYA THA

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagus filicinus var. brevifolius Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 605 (1875)

= Asparagus filicinus var. brevipes Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 605 (1875)

= Asparagus filicinus var. giraldii C.H.Wright; Gard. Chron., Ser. 3, 44: 122 (1908)

= Asparagus filicinus var. megaphyllus F.T.Wang & Tang; Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol., Bot. 7: 290 (1937)

= Asparagus filicinus var. microclada Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 6: 315 (1892)

= Asparagus qinghaiensis Y.Wan; Guihaia 11(4): 289, f. 1 (1991)

= Protasparagus filicinus (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) Kamble; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 15: 708 (1991 publ. 1992)

= Protasparagus filicinus var. brevifolius (Baker) Kamble; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 15(3): 708 (1991 publ. 1992)

= Protasparagus filicinus var. brevipes (Baker) Kamble; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 15(3): 708 (1991 publ. 1992)

= Protasparagus filicinus var. microclada (Hook.f.) Kamble; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 15(3): 709 (1991 publ. 1992)

species :

Asparagus filicladus (Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey.; Bothalia 25(2): 207 (1995)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Synonyms: hidden

= Protasparagus filicladus Oberm.; Fl. S. Africa [ed. L.E.W.Codd et al.] 5(3): 51 (1992)

species :

Asparagus filifolius Bertol.; Misc. Bot. [Bertoloni] 1: 20 (1842)

Distribution: Iraq (SE-Iraq: Mesopotamia, W-Iraq: Desert); Iran (W-Iran)

34 IRN IRQ

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagus chesneyi Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 603 (1875)

= Asparagus euphraticus Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 5: 73 (1850)

species :

Asparagus flagellaris (Kunth) Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 614 (1875)

Distribution: Senegal; Gambia; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Niger; Nigeria; Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Saudi Arabia (Asir)

22 BEN BKN GAM GHA GNB GUI IVO MLI NGA NGR SEN SIE TOG 23 CAF CMN EQG RWA ZAI 24 CHA ERI ETH SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 35 SAU

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagopsis flagellaris Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 5: 103 (1850)

= Asparagus abyssinicus Hochst. ex A.Rich.; Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 319 (1850)

= Asparagus africanus var. abyssinicus (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Fiori; Boschi Piante Legnose dell´Eritrea 106 (1910)

= Asparagus pauli-guilelmi Solms; Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. [Schweinfurth] 203 (1867)

= Asparagus pauli-guilelmi var. daltonii Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 613 (1875)

= Asparagus pauli-guilelmi var. katangensis De Wild. & T.Durand; Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 40: 33 (1901)

= Asparagus schweinfurthii Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 616 (1875)

= Asparagus somalensis Chiov.; Ric. Idrogeol. Bot. Entomol. Somalia Ital. Merid. [Stefanini & Paoli] 1: 170 (1916)

species :

Asparagus flavicaulis (Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey.; Bothalia 25(2): 207 (1995)

subspecies :

subsp. flavicaulis

Distribution: E-Zimbabwe; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga)

26 ZIM 27 BOT SAF

Synonyms: hidden

= Protasparagus flavicaulis Oberm.; Fl. S. Africa [ed. L.E.W.Codd et al.] 5(3): 29 (1992)

subspecies :

subsp. setulosus (Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey.; Bothalia 25(2): 207 (1995)

Distribution: South Africa (Limpopo)

27 SAF

Synonyms: hidden

= Protasparagus flavicaulis subsp. setulosus Oberm.; Fl. S. Africa [ed. L.E.W.Codd et al.] 5(3): 30 (1992)

species :

Asparagus fouriei (Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey.; Bothalia 25(2): 207 (1995)

Distribution: South Africa (Limpopo)

27 SAF

Synonyms: hidden

= Protasparagus fouriei Oberm.; Fl. S. Africa [ed. L.E.W.Codd et al.] 5(3): 62 (1992)

species :

Asparagus fractiflexus (Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey.; Bothalia 25(2): 207 (1995)

Distribution: South Africa (Gauteng, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal)

27 SAF

Synonyms: hidden

= Protasparagus fractiflexus Oberm.; Fl. S. Africa [ed. L.E.W.Codd et al.] 5(3): 40 (1992)

species :

Asparagus fysonii MacBride; Contr. Gray Herb. 56: 17 (1918)

Distribution: India (Tamil Nadu)

40 IND

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagus asiaticus Wight; Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. [Wight] 6: t. 2055 (1853), nom. illeg.

= Asparagus subulatus Steud. ex Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 614 (1875) non Thunb., 1794

= Protasparagus fysonii (J.F.Macbr.) Kamble; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 15(3): 709 1991 (1992)

species :

Asparagus gharoensis Blatt.; J. Indian Bot. Soc. 6: 70 (1927)

Distribution: Pakistan (Sind)

40 PAK

Synonyms: hidden

= Protasparagus gharoensis (Blatt.) Kamble; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 20(2): 269 (1996)

species :

Asparagus glaucus Kies; Bothalia 6: 229 (1951)

Distribution: Namibia; South Africa (Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, N-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.)

27 NAM SAF

Remarks: Subgen. Protasparagus

Synonyms: hidden

= Protasparagus glaucus (Kies) Oberm.; S. African J. Bot. 2(3): 244 (1983)

species :

Asparagus gobicus Ivan. ex Grubov; Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 17: 9 (1955)

Distribution: China (Gansu, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi); Mongolia

36 CHI 37 MON

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagus angulofractus var. scabridus Kitag.; J. Jap. Bot. 13(6): 434 (1937)

species :

Asparagus gonocladus Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 627 (1875)

Distribution: Pakistan [I] (Sind [I]); S-India (Goa, Maharashtra); Sri Lanka

40 IND pak SRL

Synonyms: hidden

= Protasparagus gonoclados (Baker) Kamble; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 15(3): 709 (1991 publ. 1992)

species :

Asparagus graniticus (Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey.; Bothalia 25(2): 207 (1995)

Distribution: Namibia; South Africa (N-Cape Prov.)

27 NAM SAF

Synonyms: hidden

= Protasparagus graniticus Oberm.; Fl. S. Africa [ed. L.E.W.Codd et al.] 5(3): 42 (1992)

species :

Asparagus greveanus H.Perrier; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 5: 22 (1935)

Distribution: Madagascar

29 MDG

species :

Asparagus griffithii Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 604 (1875)

Distribution: Iran (S-Iran, SW-Iran); Afghanistan (Badakshan, Bamyan); Pakistan (Gilgit); India (Himachal Pradesh)

34 AFG IRN 40 IND PAK

species :

Asparagus gypsaceus Vved.; Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 9: 246 (1946)

Distribution: Tajikistan

32 TZK

species :

Asparagus hajrae Kamble; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 20(3): 688 (1996)

Distribution: NE-India (Meghalaya)

40 IND

species :

Asparagus hirsutus S.M.Burrows; Bothalia 38(1): 25 (2008)

Distribution: South Africa (North-West Prov.)

27 SAF

species :

Asparagus homblei De Wild.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 292 (1913)

Distribution: +D.R.Congo [Zaire]

23 ZAI

Conservation Status: only known from type collected in 1912

species :

Asparagus horridus L.; Syst. Veg., ed. 13 [J.A.Murray] 274 (1774)

Name: Stechender Spargel (DE); Grey Asparagus (EN); Esparrago borriquero (ES)

Distribution: Spain; Baleares; Sardinia; Italy; Sicily; Isole Pelagie (Lampedusa); Greece (Kiklades); Crete; Morocco; Algeria; Tunisia; Libya; Egypt (Desert Oases, Eastern Desert, NE-Egypt, NW-coastal Egypt); Canary Isl. (Lanzarote, Fuerteventura); East Aegaean Isl. (Dodecanese, Nisyros, Symi, Karpathos, Kasos, Rhodos); Cyprus (C-Mountains, E-Cyprus, N-Cyprus, S-Cyprus, W-Cyprus); Lebanon (coastal W-Lebanon); Israel (coastal W-Israel, Rift Valley, N-Israel, N-Negev Desert, Judean Desert); Sinai peninsula (C-Sinai, N-Sinai, S-Sinai); Jordania (S-Jordania); Saudi Arabia (Hejaz, Asir); United Arab Emirates

12 BAL SAR SPA 13 GRC ITA KRI PEL SIC 20 ALG EGY LBY MOR TUN 21 CNY 34 CYP EAI ISR JOR LEB SIN 35 SAU UAE

Remarks: Subgen. Asparagus

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagus aphyllus subsp. stipularis (Forssk.) K.Richt.; Pl. Eur. [K.Richter] 1: 230 (1890)

= Asparagus aphyllus var. stipularis (Forssk.) Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 600 (1875)

= Asparagus horridus L.f.; Suppl. Pl. [Linnaeus f.] 203 (1782), nom. illeg.

= Asparagus stipularis Forssk.; Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 72 (1775)

= Asparagus stipularis var. brachyclados Boiss.; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 5: 338 (1884)

= Asparagus stipularis var. horridus Maire & Weiller; Fl. Afrique N. 5: 220 (1958)

= Asparagus stipularis var. tenuispinus Holmboe; Stud. Veg. Cyprus 52 (1914)

species :

Asparagus humilis Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 154 (1910)

Distribution: SE-Kenya; E-Tanzania; Mozambique

25 KEN TAN 26 MOZ

Remarks: Subgen. Protasparagus

Synonyms: hidden

= Protasparagus humilis (Engl.) B.Mathew; Kew Bull. 44(1): 181 (1989)

species :

Asparagus inderiensis Blume ex Ledeb.; Fl. Altaic. [Ledebour] 2: 44 (1830)

Distribution: SE-European Russia; Crimea; Kazakhstan

14 KRY RUS 32 KAZ

Remarks: Subgen. Asparagus

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagus kasakstanicus Iljin; Fl. URSS [Komarov et al., eds.] 4: 747 (1935)

species :

Asparagus intricatus (Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey.; Bothalia 25(2): 207 (1995)

Distribution: South Africa (Limpopo, Mpulamanga?, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Synonyms: hidden

= Protasparagus intricatus Oberm.; Fl. S. Africa [ed. L.E.W.Codd et al.] 5(3): 65 (1992)

species :

Asparagus juniperoides Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 10: 3 (1889)

Distribution: Namibia; South Africa (N-Cape Prov.)

27 NAM SAF

Remarks: Subgen. Myrsiphyllum

Synonyms: hidden

= Myrsiphyllum juniperoides (Engl.) Oberm.; Bothalia 15(1-2): 84 (1984)

species :

Asparagus kaessneri De Wild.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 293 (1913)

Distribution: +D.R.Congo [Zaire]

23 ZAI

Conservation Status: only known from type collected in 1908

species :

Asparagus kansuensis F.T.Wang & Tang ex S.C.Chen; Novon 21(1): 69 (-70) (2011)

Distribution: China (S-Gansu)

36 CHI

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagus kansuensis F.T.Wang & Tang; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 16(1): 94 (1978)

species :

Asparagus karthikeyanii (Kamble) M.R.Almeida; Fl. Maharashtra 5A: 166 (2009)

Distribution: India (Maharashtra)

40 IND

Synonyms: hidden

= Protasparagus karthikeyanii Kamble; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 19(3): 735 (1995 publ. 1996)

species :

Asparagus katangensis De Wild. & T.Durand; Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 40: 32 (1901)

Distribution: +D.R.Congo [Zaire]

23 ZAI

Conservation Status: only known from type collected in 1899

species :

Asparagus khorasanensis Hamdi & Assadi; Feddes Repert. 120(7-8): 421 (419 - 425, figs) (2009)

Distribution: Iran

34 IRN

species :

Asparagus kiusianus Makino; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 21: 161 (1907)

Distribution: Japan (Kyushu)

38 JAP

species :

Asparagus kraussianus (Kunth) J.F.Macbr.; Contr. Gray Herb. 56: 17 (1918)

Distribution: South Africa (N-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: Subgen. Myrsiphyllum

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagus krausii Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 628 (1875), nom. superfl.

= Myrsiphyllum gramineum Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 5: 108 (1850)

= Myrsiphyllum kraussianum Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 5: 107 (1850)

species :

Asparagus krebsianus (Kunth) Jessop; Bothalia 9: 73 (1966)

Distribution: Malawi; Mozambique; South Africa (Gauteng, W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.)

26 MLW MOZ 27 SAF

Remarks: Subgen. Protasparagus

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagopsis krebsiana Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 5: 93 (1850)

= Protasparagus krebsianus (Kunth) Oberm.; S. African J. Bot. 2(3): 244 (1983)

species :

Asparagus laevissimus Steud. ex Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 623 (1875)

Distribution: India (Goa, Maharashtra)

40 IND

Synonyms: hidden

= Protasparagus laevissimus (Steud.) Kamble; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 15(3): 709 (1991 publ. 1992)

species :

Asparagus laricinus Burch.; Trav. S. Africa 1: 537 (1822)

Distribution: SE-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Tanzania; SW-Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, N-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Lesotho; Eswatini [Swaziland]

23 ZAI 25 TAN 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT LES NAM SAF SWZ

Remarks: Subgen. Protasparagus

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagus angolensis Baker; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 1: 254 (1878)

= Asparagus laricinus var. katangensis De Wild. & T.Durand; Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 40: 33 (1901)

= Protasparagus laricinus (Burch.) Oberm.; S. African J. Bot. 2(3): 244 (1983)

species :

Asparagus ledebourii Miscz.; Vĕstn. Tiflissk. Bot. Sada 12: 30 (1916)

Distribution: Kazakhstan; Northern Caucasus; Azerbaijan

32 KAZ 33 AZE NCS

species :

Asparagus leptocladodius Chiov.; Atti Reale Accad. Italia, Mem. Cl. Sci. Fis. 11 (Pl. Nov. Aethiop.) 58 (1940)

Distribution: Ethiopia; Djibouti; Somalia; Kenya

24 DJI ETH SOM 25 KEN

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagus gillettii Chiov. ex J.Gillet; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1941: 183 (1941)

= Asparagus racemosus var. ruspolii Engl.; Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 9: 245 (1902)

species :

Asparagus lignosus Burm.f.; Fl. Ind. [N.L.Burman] Prodr. Fl. Cap. 10 (1768)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagus africanus var. wrightii Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 619 (1875)

= Asparagus compactus T.M.Salter; J. S. African Bot. 6: 165 (1940)

= Asparagus compactus var. nanus Pynaert; Nursery Cat. (Éd. Pynaert - Van Geert) 1893-1894: 6 (1893)

= Protasparagus compactus (T.M.Salter) Oberm.; S. African J. Bot. 2: 243 (1983)

= Protasparagus lignosus (Burm.f.) Oberm.; Fl. S. Africa [ed. L.E.W.Codd et al.] 5(3): 37 (1992)

= Protasparagus lignosus (Burm.f.) Oberm. ex Wijnands; Bothalia 21(2): 157 (1991)

species :

Asparagus longicladus N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1921: 298 (1921)

Distribution: Zambia; S-Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana

26 MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM

Remarks: Subgen. Protasparagus

Synonyms: hidden

= Protasparagus longicladus (N.E.Br.) B.Mathew; Kew Bull. 44(1): 181 (1989)

species :

Asparagus longiflorus Franch.; Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat., Sér. 2, 7: 110 (1884)

Distribution: China (Gansu, Hebei, Henan, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi)

36 CHI

species :

Asparagus longipes Baker; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1901: 134 (1901)

Distribution: +Cameroon

23 CMN

Conservation Status: known only from old material

species :

Asparagus lycaonicus P.H.Davis; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 41: 48 (1983)

Distribution: Turkey (Inner Anatolia)

34 TUR

species :

Asparagus lycicus P.H.Davis; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 41: 49 (1983)

Distribution: Turkey (SSW-Anatolia)

34 TUR

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagus brevifolius Boiss. ex Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 602 (1875), nom. illeg.

species :

Asparagus lycopodineus (Baker) F.T.Wang & Tang; Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol., Bot. 7: 291 (1937)

Distribution: China (Gansu, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan); Nepal; Bhutan; NE-India (Arunachal Pradesh); Myanmar

36 CHI 40 BHU IND NEP 41 MYA

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagus filicinus var. lycopodineus Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 11(80): 605 (1875)

= Asparagus lycopodineus var. sessilis F.T.Wang & Tang; Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol., Bot. 7: 291 (1937)

= Protasparagus filicinus var. lycopodineus (Baker) Kamble; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 15(3): 708 (1991 publ. 1992)

species :

Asparagus lynetteae (Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey.; Bothalia 25(2): 207 (1995)

Distribution: South Africa (Mpulamanga)

27 SAF

Synonyms: hidden

= Protasparagus lynetteae Oberm.; Fl. S. Africa [ed. L.E.W.Codd et al.] 5(3): 47 (1992)

species :

Asparagus macowanii Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 609 (1875)

Distribution: S-Mozambique; South Africa (Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.)

26 MOZ 27 SAF

Remarks: Subgen. Protasparagus

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagus macowanii var. zuluensis (N.E.Br.) Jessop; Bothalia 9: 58 (1966)

= Asparagus zuluensis N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1912: 283 (1912)

= Protasparagus macowanii (Baker) Oberm.; S. African J. Bot. 2(3): 244 (1983)

species :

Asparagus macrorrhizus Pedrol, J.J.Regalado & López Encina; Fl. Iber. [Castroviejo et al.] 20: 589 (2013)

Distribution: SE-Spain (Murcia)

12 SPA

species :

Asparagus madecassus H.Perrier; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 5: 24 (1935)

Distribution: Madagascar

29 MDG

variant :

var. montanus H.Perrier; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 5: 25 (1935)

Distribution: Madagascar

29 MDG

species :

Asparagus mahafalensis H.Perrier; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 5: 29 (1935)

Distribution: Madagascar

29 MDG

species :

Asparagus mairei H.Lév.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 7(152-156): 339 (1909)

Distribution: China (Yunnan)

36 CHI

species :

Asparagus mariae (Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey.; Bothalia 25(2): 207 (1995)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Synonyms: hidden

= Protasparagus mariae Oberm.; Fl. S. Africa [ed. L.E.W.Codd et al.] 5(3): 24 (1992)

species :

Asparagus maritimus (L.) Mill.; Gard. Dict., ed. 8: no. 2 (1768)

Distribution: France; Corsica; Sardinia; Italy; ?Sicily; Slovenia; Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Montenegro; Albania; ?Bulgaria; Greece (rare NE- & C-Greece); Ukraine; Crimea

12 COR FRA SAR 13 ALB BIH CRO GRC ITA MNT SLV 14 KRY UKR

Remarks: Subgen. Asparagus

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagus amarus DC.; Cat. Pl. Horti Monsp. 81 (1813)

= Asparagus levinae Klokov; Trudy Sil´s´ko-Gosp. Bot. 1(3): 171 (1927)

= Asparagus marinus Rchb.; Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. [H.G.L.Reichenbach] 10: t. 520 (1848), orth. var.

= Asparagus officinalis var. grandiflorus Rchb.; Fl. Germ. Excurs. 118 (1830)

= Asparagus officinalis var. maritimus L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 313 (1753)

= Asparagus scaber Brign.; Fasc. Rar. Pl. 22 (1810)

= Asparagus tauscheri Fisch. ex Ledeb.; Fl. Altaic. [Ledebour] 2: 44 (1830)

species :

Asparagus meioclados H.Lév.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 8(160-162): 59 (1910)

Distribution: China (Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan)

36 CHI

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagus vaniotii H.Lév.; Cat. Pl. Yun-Nan 164 (1916)

= Asparagus yunnanensis H.Lév.; Cat. Pl. Yun-Nan 164 (1916)

species :

Asparagus merkeri K.Krause; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 57: 238 (1921)

Distribution: +Tanzania

25 TAN

Conservation Status: only known from type collected in 1904

species :

Asparagus microraphis (Kunth) Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 612 (1875)

Distribution: South Africa (Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Lesotho

27 LES SAF

Remarks: Subgen. Protasparagus

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagopsis microrhaphis Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 5: 83 (1850)

= Protasparagus microraphis (Kunth) Oberm.; S. African J. Bot. 2(3): 244 (1983)

species :

Asparagus migeodii Sebsebe; Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Asparag. 9 (2006)

Distribution: Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; Mozambique

25 TAN 26 MLW MOZ ZAM

species :

Asparagus minutiflorus (Kunth) Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 616 (1875)

Distribution: Mozambique; South Africa (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal); Eswatini [Swaziland]

26 MOZ 27 SAF SWZ

Remarks: Subgen. Protasparagus

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagopsis minutiflora Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 5: 89 (1850)

= Protasparagus minutiflorus (Kunth) Oberm.; S. African J. Bot. 2(3): 244 (1983)

species :

Asparagus mollis (Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey.; Bothalia 25(2): 207 (1995)

Distribution: South Africa (N-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov.?)

27 SAF

Synonyms: hidden

= Protasparagus mollis Oberm.; Fl. S. Africa [ed. L.E.W.Codd et al.] 5(3): 32 (1992)

species :

Asparagus monophyllus Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 604 (1875)

Distribution: Afghanistan (Herat, Kabul); Pakistan (Baluchistan)

34 AFG 40 PAK

species :

Asparagus mozambicus Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 5: 72 (1850)

Distribution: +Mozambique

26 MOZ

Remarks: status uncertain, known only from old material

species :

Asparagus mucronatus Jessop; Bothalia 9: 56 (1966)

Distribution: South Africa (N-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Synonyms: hidden

= Protasparagus mucronatus (Jessop) Oberm.; Fl. S. Africa [ed. L.E.W.Codd et al.] 5(3): 38 (1992)

species :

Asparagus multiflorus Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 610 (1875)

Distribution: South Africa (Limpopo, W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: Subgen. Protasparagus

Synonyms: hidden

= Protasparagus multiflorus (Baker) Oberm.; S. African J. Bot. 2(3): 244 (1983)

species :

Asparagus multituberosus R.A.Dyer; Bothalia 6: 442 (1954)

Distribution: South Africa (N-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: Subgen. Myrsiphyllum

Synonyms: hidden

= Myrsiphyllum multituberosum (R.A.Dyer) Oberm.; Bothalia 15(1-2): 77 (1984)

species :

Asparagus munitus F.T.Wang & S.C.Chen; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 16(1): 91-92 (1978)

Distribution: China (SW-Sichuan, Yunnan)

36 CHI

species :

Asparagus myriacanthus F.T.Wang & S.C.Chen; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 16(1): 92 (1978)

Distribution: China (NW-Yunnan); SE-Tibet

36 CHI TIB

species :

Asparagus natalensis (Baker) J.-P.Lebrun & Stork; Énum. Pl. Fleurs Afr. Trop. [Lebrun & Stork] 3: 61 (1995)

Distribution: Rwanda; S-Ethiopia; Somalia; Kenya; Tanzania; Mozambique; South Africa (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]

23 RWA 24 ETH SOM 25 KEN TAN 26 MOZ 27 SAF SWZ

Remarks: Subgen. Protasparagus

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagus aethiopicus var. natalensis Baker; Fl. Cap. [Harvey & auct. succ.] 6: 272 (1896)

= Asparagus aethiopicus var. ternifolius Baker; Refug. Bot. [Saunders] 4: t. 261 (1871)

= Asparagus africanus var. pubescens Chiov.; Webbia 8: 9 (1951)

= Asparagus falcatus var. ternifolius (Baker) Jessop; Bothalia 9: 70 (1966)

= Asparagus natalensis (Baker) Fellingham & N.L.Mey.; Bothalia 25(2): 208 (1995), isonym

= Protasparagus natalensis (Baker) Oberm.; S. African J. Bot. 2: 244 (1983), without basionym ref., et Fl. S. Afr. 5(3): 56 (1992)

species :

Asparagus neglectus Kar. & Kir.; Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 14: 750 (1841)

Distribution: Siberia (Altai); Kazakhstan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; Afghanistan (Faryab, Kunar / Nuristan, Takhar); China (Xinjiang); Mongolia; Pakistan (Kurram, Baluchistan); India (Himachal Pradesh)

30 SIB 32 KAZ KGZ TKM TZK UZB 34 AFG 36 CHI 37 MON 40 IND PAK

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagus flexuosus (Ledeb.) Krylov; Sist. Zametki Mater. Gerb. Tomsk. Univ. 1928(9): 1 (1928)

= Asparagus misczenkoi Iljin; Fl. URSS [Komarov et al., eds.] 4: 431, 746 (1935)

= Asparagus neglectus var. dentatus N.V.Vlassova; Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 65(4): 578 (1980)

= Asparagus officinalis var. decorticatus Ledeb.; Fl. Altaic. [Ledebour] 2: 43 (1841)

= Asparagus officinalis var. flexuosus Ledeb.; Fl. Altaic. [Ledebour] 2: 44 (1841)

= Asparagus trichophyllus var. decorticatus (Ledeb.) Regel; Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 41(2): 269 (1869)

= Asparagus trichophyllus var. flexuosus (Ledeb.) Regel; Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 41(2): 270 (1869)

species :

Asparagus nelsii Schinz; Bull. Herb. Boissier 4: App. III. 44 (1896)

Distribution: ?S-Angola; Zambia; Zimbabwe; Namibia (incl. Caprivi Strip); Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., N-Cape Prov.)

26 ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF

Remarks: Subgen. Protasparagus

Synonyms: hidden

= Protasparagus nelsii (Schinz) Oberm.; S. African J. Bot. 2(3): 244 (1983)

species :

Asparagus nesiotes Svent.; Index Sem. (Agron. Investig. Nat. Hispan. Inst.) 56 (1968 publ. 1969)

subspecies :

subsp. nesiotes

Distribution: Islas Selvagens

21 SEL

subspecies :

subsp. purpuriensis Marrero Rodr. & A.Ramos; Bot. Macaronés. 18: 20 (1989)

Distribution: Canary Isl. (Fuerteventura, Lanzarote)

21 CNY

species :

Asparagus nodulosus (Oberm.) J.-P.Lebrun & Stork; Énum. Pl. Fleurs Afr. Trop. [Lebrun & Stork] 3: 61 (1995)

Distribution: S-Angola; Zimbabwe; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov.)

26 ANG ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF

Remarks: Subgen. Protasparagus

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagus nodulosus (Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey.; Bothalia 25(2): 208 (1995), isonym

= Protasparagus nodulosus Oberm.; Fl. S. Africa [ed. L.E.W.Codd et al.] 5(3): 59 (1992)

species :

Asparagus officinalis L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 313 (1753)

Name: Gemüse-Spargel (DE), Garden Asparagus (EN); Esparrago (ES); Asperge (FR)

Distribution: England [I] (England [I], Wales [I], Scotland [I], Isles of Scilly [I]); Ireland [I] (E-Ireland [I]); Denmark [I]; Norway [I]; Sweden [I]; Finland [I]; Netherlands; Belgium; Luxembourg; Germany (Brandenburg, Berlin, Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Hessen, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Niedersachsen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Schleswig-Holstein, Saarland, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Thüringen); Switzerland; Liechtenstein; Austria; Poland; Czech Republic; Slovakia; Hungary; Portugal [I]; Spain [I]; France; Channel Isl.; Corsica; Sardinia; Italy; Sicily; San Marino [I]; Slovenia; Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Montenegro; Serbia; Kosovo; North Macedonia; Albania; Romania; Bulgaria; Greece (N- & C-Greece, Ionian Isl., Kerkyra); European Turkey; Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Belarus; C-European Russia; E-European Russia; W-European Russia; Ukraine; Crimea; Morocco [I]; Algeria; Tunisia; Mauritius [I]; La Réunion [I]; Siberia (Altai, Krasnoyarsk, W-Siberia); Kazakhstan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan; Northern Caucasus; Georgia [Caucasus] (Kartli, Gardabani); Armenia; Azerbaijan; Turkey (NW-Anatolia, N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, Inner Anatolia, SE-Anatolia, SSW-Anatolia); Iran (EC-Iran, NW-Iran: Iranian Azerbaijan, W-Iran, N-Iran); Afghanistan (Laghman, Kabul); Lebanon (C-Lebanon); Syria (C-Syrian Desert); Yemen (W-Yemen); China (Xinjiang); South Korea [I]; Japan [I]; N-Pakistan [I]; Nepal [I]; Bhutan [I]; Bangladesh [I]; Myanmar [I]; Laos [I]; Philippines [c]; Java [I]; Solomon Isl. [I]; Australia [I] (Western Australia [I], South Australia [I], Queensland [I], New South Wales [I], Victoria [I], Tasmania [I]); New Zealand [I]; Tuvalu [c]; Society Isl. [I] (Tahiti [I]); Guam [I]; Canada [I] (Alberta [I], British Columbia [I], Labrador [I], Manitoba [I], New Brunswick [I], Newfoundland [I], Nova Scotia [I], Ontario [I], Prince Edward Isl. [I], Québec [I], Saskatchewan [I]); St. Pierre et Miquelon [I]; USA [I] (Alabama [I], Arkansas [I], Arizona [I], California [I], Colorado [I], Connecticut [I], District of Columbia [I], Delaware [I], Florida [I], Georgia [I], Iowa [I], Idaho [I], Illinois [I], Indiana [I], Kansas [I], Kentucky [I], Louisiana [I], Massachusetts [I], Maryland [I], Maine [I], Michigan [I], Minnesota [I], Missouri [I], Mississippi [I], Montana [I], North Carolina [I], North Dakota [I], Nebraska [I], New Hampshire [I], New Jersey [I], New Mexico [I], Nevada [I], New York [I], Ohio [I], Oklahoma [I], Oregon [I], Pennsylvania [I], Rhode Island [I], South Carolina [I], South Dakota [I], Tennessee [I], Texas [I], Utah [I], Virginia [I], Vermont [I], Washington State [I], Wisconsin [I], West Virginia [I], Wyoming [I]); Mexico [I]; Honduras [I]; Nicaragua [I]; Costa Rica [I]; Cuba [I]; Hispaniola [I]; Puerto Rico [I]; St. Martin/St. Maarten [I]; Saba [I]; Guadeloupe [I]; Grenada [I]; Colombia [I]; Ecuador [I]; Bolivia [I]; Uruguay [I]; Argentina [I]

10 den fin grb ire nor swe 11 AUT BGM CZE GER HUN LIE LUX NET POL SLO SWI 12 CIS COR FRA por SAR spa 13 ALB BIH BUL CRO GRC ITA KOS MNT NMA ROM SIC SLV sma SRB TUE 14 BLR EST KRY LAT LIT RUS UKR 20 ALG mor TUN 29 mau reu 30 SIB 32 KAZ TKM UZB 33 ARM AZE GEO NCS 34 AFG IRN LEB SYR TUR 35 YEM 36 CHI 38 jap kor 40 ban bhu nep pak 41 lao mya 42 jaw phi 43 sol 50 aus 51 nzl 60 tuv 61 sci 62 gum 71 cdn 72 cdn spm 73 usa 74 usa 75 usa 76 usa 77 usa 78 usa 79 mex 80 cos hon nic 81 cub gdl gre his pue sab stm 82 clm 83 bol ecu 85 arg uru

Remarks: Subgen. Asparagus

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagus altilis (L.) Asch.; Fl. Brandenburg 1(2): 730 (1864)

= Asparagus altilis subsp. oxycarpus (Steven) K.Richt.; Pl. Eur. [K.Richter] 1: 230 (1890)

= Asparagus altilis subsp. polyphyllus (Steven ex Ledeb.) K.Richt.; Pl. Eur. [K.Richter] 1: 230 (1890)

= Asparagus caspicus Hohen.; Enum. Pl. Talysch [Hohenacker] 24 (1838), nom. illeg.

= Asparagus caspius Schult. & Schult.f.; Syst. Veg., ed. 15bis [Roemer & Schultes] 7: 322 (1829)

= Asparagus collinus Schur; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 10: 355 (1860), nom. illeg.

= Asparagus esculentus Salisb.; Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 252 (1796)

= Asparagus fiori Sennen; Mem. Real Acad. Ci. Barcelona, Ser. 3, 20(14): 9 (1928)

= Asparagus hedecarpus Andrews ex Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 599 (1875)

= Asparagus hortensis Mill. ex Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 598 (1875)

= Asparagus litoralis Steven; Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 30(2): 92 (1857)

= Asparagus officinalis f. intermedius Zapał.; Rozpr. Wydz. Mat.-Przyr. Akad. Umiejetn., Dzial B, Nauki Biol., Ser. 3, 6B(46B): 96 (1906)

= Asparagus officinalis subsp. altilis (L.) Cif. & Giacom.; Nomenclator Fl. Ital. 1: 449 (1950)

= Asparagus officinalis subsp. litoralis (Steven) Shiyan; Ukrayins´k. Bot. Zhurn. 77(3): 130 (2020)

= Asparagus officinalis subsp. polyphyllus (Steven ex Ledeb.) Nyman; Consp. Fl. Eur. 716 (1882)

= Asparagus officinalis var. altilis L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 313 (1753), nom. inval.

= Asparagus officinalis var. campestris Gren. & Godr.; Fl. France [Grenier] 3: 231 (1856)

= Asparagus officinalis var. collinus Nyman; Consp. Fl. Eur. 716 (1882)

= Asparagus officinalis var. littoralis Sennen ex O.Bolòs & Vigo; Fl. Man. Països Catalans 4: 132 (2001)

= Asparagus officinalis var. oxycarpus (Steven) Nyman; Consp. Fl. Eur. Suppl. 2: 299 (1890)

= Asparagus officinalis var. pallidus Alef.; Landw. Fl. 295 (1866)

= Asparagus officinalis var. ruficeps Alef.; Landw. Fl. 295 (1866)

= Asparagus officinalis var. sativus (Mill.) Gray; Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 186 (1821 publ. 1822)

= Asparagus officinalis var. sativus Dierb.; Syst. Uebers. Heidelberger Gew. 12 (1826)

= Asparagus officinalis var. silvestris Alef.; Landw. Fl. 295 (1866), nom. illeg.

= Asparagus officinalis var. strictus Boiss.; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 5: 335 (1884), nom. illeg.

= Asparagus officinalis var. strictus Rchb.; Fl. Germ. Excurs. 118 (1830), nom. illeg.

= Asparagus officinalis var. viridis Alef.; Landw. Fl. 295 (1866)

= Asparagus oxycarpus Steven; Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 30(2): 92 (1857)

= Asparagus paragus Gueldenst. ex Ledeb.; Fl. Ross. [Ledebour] 4: 197 (1852)

= Asparagus polyphyllus Steven; Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 30(2): 343 (1857)

= Asparagus polyphyllus Steven ex Ledeb.; Fl. Ross. [Ledebour] 4: 198 (1852)

= Asparagus sativus Mill.; Gard. Dict., ed. 8: Add. (1768)

= Asparagus scaber var. litoralis (Steven) Nyman; Consp. Fl. Eur. 716 (1882)

= Asparagus setiformis Krylov; Sist. Zametki Mater. Gerb. Tomsk. Univ. 1928(9): 2 (1928)

= Asparagus setiformis var. tenuior Krylov; Sist. Zametki Mater. Gerb. Tomsk. Univ. 1928(9): 2 (1928)

= Asparagus tenuifolius Gilib.; Exerc. Phyt. 2: 459 (1792), nom. illeg., non Lam.

= Asparagus trichophyllus var. medius Bong. & C.A.Mey.; Verz. Saisang-nor Pfl. [Bongard & C.A.Meyer] 74 (1841)

= Asparagus vulgaris Gueldenst. ex Ledeb.; Fl. Ross. [Ledebour] 4: 197 (1852)

species :

Asparagus oligoclonos Maxim.; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg Divers Savans 9: 286 (1859)

Distribution: Siberia (Chita); Russian Far East (Amur, Primorye); China (Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Jilin, Liaoning, Zhejiang, Shandong); Mongolia; North Korea; South Korea; Japan (Kyushu)

30 SIB 31 RFE 36 CHI 37 MON 38 JAP KOR NKO

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagus oligoclonos var. purpurascens X.J.Xue & H.Yao; Bull. Bot. Lab. N. E. Forest. Inst., Harbin 14(3): 242, f. 2 (1994)

= Asparagus stachyphyllus H.Lév. & Vaniot; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 5: 282 (1908)

= Asparagus tamaboki Yatabe; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 7: 61 (1893)

species :

Asparagus oliveri (Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey.; Bothalia 25(2): 208 (1995)

Distribution: Botswana; South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)

27 BOT SAF

Synonyms: hidden

= Protasparagus oliveri Oberm.; Fl. S. Africa [ed. L.E.W.Codd et al.] 5(3): 30 (1992)

species :

Asparagus ovatus T.M.Salter; J. S. African Bot. 6: 166 (1940)

Distribution: South Africa (N-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: Subgen. Myrsiphyllum

Synonyms: hidden

= Myrsiphyllum ovatum (T.M.Salter) Oberm.; Bothalia 15: 79 (1984)

species :

Asparagus oxyacanthus Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 625 (1875)

Distribution: South Africa (E-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: Subgen. Protasparagus

Synonyms: hidden

= Protasparagus oxyacanthus (Baker) Oberm.; S. African J. Bot. 2(3): 244 (1983)

species :

Asparagus pachyrrhizus N.A.Ivanova ex N.V.Vlassova; Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 65(4): 577 (1980)

Distribution: Turkmenistan

32 TKM

species :

Asparagus palaestinus Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 602 (1875)

Distribution: Turkey (E-Anatolia, S-Anatolia, SE-Anatolia, SSW-Anatolia); Lebanon; Syria; Israel (coastal W-Israel, Rift Valley, N-Israel)

34 ISR LEB SYR TUR

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagus lownei Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 601 (1875)

species :

Asparagus pastorianus Webb & Berthel.; Hist. Nat. Îles Canaries (Phytogr.) 3: 329. t. 229 (1846)

Name: Hirten-Spargel (DE); Esparraguera espina blanca (ES)

Distribution: SW-Morocco; Western Sahara; Canary Isl. (Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Gomera)

20 MOR WSA 21 CNY

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagopsis alba var. pastoriana (Webb & Berthel.) Ball; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 696 (1878)

= Asparagus pastorianus f. longifolius G.Kunkel; Vieraea 8(2): 339 (1978 publ. 1980)

species :

Asparagus pearsonii Kies; Bothalia 6: 179 (1951)

Distribution: Namibia; South Africa (N-Cape Prov.)

27 NAM SAF

Remarks: Subgen. Protasparagus

Synonyms: hidden

= Protasparagus pearsonii (Kies) Oberm.; S. African J. Bot. 2(3): 244 (1983)

species :

Asparagus pendulus (Oberm.) J.-P.Lebrun & Stork; Énum. Pl. Fleurs Afr. Trop. [Lebrun & Stork] 3: 61 (1995)

Distribution: Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Namibia (Caprivi Strip); Botswana

26 MLW ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM

Remarks: Subgen. Protasparagus

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagus pendulus (Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey.; Bothalia 25(2): 208 (1995), isonym

= Protasparagus pendulus Oberm.; Fl. S. Africa [ed. L.E.W.Codd et al.] 5(3): 32 (1992)

species :

Asparagus penicillatus H.Hara; J. Jap. Bot. 49: 134, f. 1 right (1974)

Distribution: Nepal; India (Himachal Pradesh)

40 IND NEP

Synonyms: hidden

= Protasparagus penicillatus (H.Hara) Kamble; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 20(2): 269 (1996)

species :

Asparagus persicus Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 603 (1875)

Distribution: Romania; SE-European Russia (Volga delta); Ukraine; Crimea; Siberia (Altai, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Tuva, W-Siberia); W-Kazakhstan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; Northern Caucasus; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Turkey (Central Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, E-Anatolia, Inner Anatolia); Iran (EC-Iran, NE-Iran: Mts., NW-Iran: Iranian Azerbaijan, W-Iran, N-Iran); Afghanistan (Wakhan, Bamyan, Farah, Parwan, Takhar, Zabul); China (Gansu, Ningxia, Qinghai, Xinjiang); Mongolia

13 ROM 14 KRY RUS UKR 30 SIB 32 KAZ KGZ TKM TZK UZB 33 ARM AZE NCS 34 AFG IRN TUR 36 CHI 37 MON

Remarks: Subgen. Asparagus

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagus leptophyllus Schischk.; Trudy Tomsk. Gosud. Univ. Kuibysheva 81: 434 (1928)

= Asparagus oligophyllus Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 604 (1875)

= Asparagus pallasii Miscz.; Vĕstn. Tiflissk. Bot. Sada 12: 27 (1916)

species :

Asparagus petersianus Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 5: 72 (1850)

Distribution: Tanzania; Mozambique

25 TAN 26 MOZ

species :

Asparagus plocamoides Webb ex Svent.; Index Sem. (Agron. Investig. Nat. Hispan. Inst.) 43 (1968 publ. 1969)

Name: Esparragon colgante (ES)

Distribution: Canary Isl. (Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Gomera, La Palma)

21 CNY

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagus plocamoides Webb ex Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 1: 150 (1841), nom. nud

= Asparagus scoparius var. plocamoides Bolle ex Pit. & Proust; Îles Canaries [Pitard & Proust] 356 (1908), nomen

species :

Asparagus plumosus Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 613 (1875)

Distribution: Germany [I]; Greece [I]; South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Comores [I]; Mauritius [I]; Bonin Isl. [I] (Chichijima [I]); Myanmar [I]; Philippines [I]; Java [I]; Australia [I] (Queensland [I], New South Wales [I], South Australia [I]); Lord Howe Isl. [I]; Norfolk Isl. [I]; New Zealand [I]; Tonga [I] (´Eua [I], Lifuka [I]); Niue [I]; Fiji [I]; Hawaii [I] (Kauai [I], Oahu [I], Maui [I], Hawaii Isl. [I]); Mexico [I]; Belize [I]; El Salvador [I]; Honduras [I]; Costa Rica [I]; Ecuador [I]; Uruguay [I]; Argentina [I]

11 ger 13 grc 27 SAF 29 com mau 38 oga 41 mya 42 jaw phi 50 aus lhi nfk 51 nzl 60 fij nue ton 63 haw 79 mex 80 blz cos els hon 83 ecu 85 arg uru

Remarks: Subgen. Protasparagus

Synonyms: hidden

= Protasparagus plumosus (Baker) Oberm.; S. African J. Bot. 2(3): 244 (1983)

= Asparagus tenuissimus Van Geert; Nursery Cat. (Auguste Van Geert) 83: 4 (1882)

= Asparagus plumosus var. tenuissimus (Van Geert) L.H.Bailey; Cycl. Amer. Hort. [L.H.Bailey] 106 (1906)

species :

Asparagus poissonii H.Perrier; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 5: 21 (1935)

Distribution: Madagascar

29 MDG

species :

Asparagus prostratus Dumort.; Fl. Belg. [Dumortier] 138 (1827)

Name: Wild Asparagus, Coast Asparagus (EN)

Distribution: England (SW-England, S-Wales); Ireland (SE-Ireland); Denmark; Belgium; Spain; France; Channel Isl. (Guernsey, Jersey)

10 DEN GRB IRE 11 BGM 12 CIS FRA SPA

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagus altilis subsp. prostratus (Dumort.) K.Richt.; Pl. Eur. [K.Richter] 1: 230 (1890)

= Asparagus officinalis subsp. prostratus (Dumort.) Corb.; Nouv. Fl. Normandie 568 (1894)

= Asparagus officinalis var. prostratus (Dumort.) Hegi; Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. [Hegi] 2: 262 (1909), isonym

= Asparagus officinalis var. prostratus (Dumort.) Nyman; Consp. Fl. Eur. 716 (1882)

species :

Asparagus przewalskyi N.A.Ivanova ex Grubov & T.V.Egorova; Rast. Tsentral. Azii 7: 81 (1977)

Distribution: China (Qinghai)

36 CHI

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagus borealis S.C.Chen; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 19(4): 502 (1981)

= Asparagus dolichorhizomatus J.M.Ni & R.N.Zhao; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 31(4): 378-380, f. 1 (1993)

species :

Asparagus pseudoscaber Grecescu; Consp. Fl. Roman. 556 (1898)

Distribution: Bosnia & Hercegovina; Serbia; Romania; Ukraine

13 BIH ROM SRB 14 UKR

Remarks: Subgen. Asparagus

species :

Asparagus psilurus Welw. ex Baker; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot., Ser. 2, 1: 253 (1878)

Distribution: Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, N-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.)

26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM 27 BOT NAM SAF

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagus bechuanicus Baker; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 7: 429 (1898)

= Protasparagus bechuanicus (Baker) Oberm.; Fl. S. Africa [ed. L.E.W.Codd et al.] 5(3): 33 (1992)

species :

Asparagus punjabensis J.L.Stewart; Punjab Pl. 233 (1869)

Distribution: India (Punjab)

40 IND

Remarks: status uncertain

species :

Asparagus racemosus Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 2: 152 (1799)

Distribution: Guinea-Bissau; ?Guinea; Sierra Leone; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Nigeria; Equatorial Guinea; Central African Republic; Rwanda; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Somalia; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]; Madagascar; Mauritius [I]; Rodrigues [I]; Iran (E-Iran, S-Iran); Oman (Dhofar); Yemen (W-Yemen); S-Tibet; Pakistan (Karachi, Sind, Baluchistan, NW-Pakistan); Nepal; Bhutan; India (almost throughout); Lakshadweep Isl. [Laccadives]; Maldives; Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Andaman Isl. (Middle Andaman Isl., South Andaman Isl.); Myanmar (Bago, Magway, Mandalay); Thailand; Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia (Langkawi Isl.); Java; Lesser Sunda Isl. (Bali, Lombok, Sumba, Sumbawa, Flores, Timor); Moluccas (Tanimbar); Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland); Jamaica [I]; Trinidad [I]

22 GHA GNB IVO NGA SIE TOG 23 CAF EQG RWA 24 ERI ETH SOM SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN 26 ANG MOZ 27 BOT NAM SAF SWZ 29 mau MDG rod 34 IRN 35 OMA YEM 36 TIB 40 BAN BHU IND LDV MDV NEP PAK SRL 41 AND CBD MYA THA VIE 42 JAW LSI MLY MOL 50 AUS 81 jam trt

Remarks: Subgen. Asparagopsis

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagopsis abyssinica Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 5: 101 (1850)

= Asparagopsis acerosa Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 5: 102 (1850)

= Asparagopsis brownei Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 5: 103 (1850)

= Asparagopsis decaisnei Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 5: 103 (1850)

= Asparagopsis floribunda Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 5: 98 (1850), nom. illeg.

= Asparagopsis hohenackeri Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 5: 100 (1850)

= Asparagopsis javanica Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 5: 100 (1850)

= Asparagopsis retrofracta Schweinf. ex Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 623 (1875)

= Asparagopsis sarmentosa Dalzell & A.Gibson; Bombay Fl. [Dalzell & Gibson] 246 (1861), nom. illeg.

= Asparagopsis subquadrangularis Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 5: 94 (1850)

= Asparagus acerosus Roxb.; Fl. Ind. [Roxburgh] 2: 150 (1832), nom. illeg.

= Asparagus dubius Decne.; Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 3: 363 (1834)

= Asparagus fasciculatus R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 281 (1810), nom. illeg.

= Asparagus jacquemontii Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 615 (1875)

= Asparagus penduliflorus Zipp. ex Span.; Linnaea 15: 476 (1841)

= Asparagus petitianus A.Rich.; Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 320 (1850)

= Asparagus racemosus var. javanicus (Kunth) Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 624 (1875)

= Asparagus racemosus var. longicladodius Chiov.; Malpighia 34: 530 (1937)

= Asparagus racemosus var. subacerosus Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 624 (1875)

= Asparagus racemosus var. tetragonus (Bresler) Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 624 (1875)

= Asparagus racemosus var. zeylanicus Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 623 (1875)

= Asparagus saundersiae Baker; J. Bot. 27: 42 (1889)

= Asparagus stachyoides Spreng. ex Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 624 (1875)

= Asparagus tetragonus Bresler; Gen. Aspar. 15 (1826)

= Asparagus zeylanicus (Baker) Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 6: 317 (1892)

= Geitonoplesium scandens Hassk.; Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor. [Hasskarl] 31 (1844)

= Protasparagus acerosus (Kunth) Kamble; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 15: 707 (1991 publ. 1992)

= Protasparagus jacquemontii (Baker) Kamble; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 15(3): 709 1991 (1992)

= Protasparagus racemosus (Willd.) Oberm.; S. African J. Bot. 2(3): 244 (1983)

= Protasparagus racemosus var. javanicus (Kunth) Kamble; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 15(3): 709 (1991 publ. 1992)

= Protasparagus racemosus var. subacerosus (Baker) Kamble; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 15(3): 709 (1991 publ. 1992)

= Protasparagus zeylanicus (Hook.f.) Kamble; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 20: 269 (1996)

species :

Asparagus radiatus Sebsebe; Kew Bull. 63(2): 275 (2008)

Distribution: S-Mozambique; Eswatini [Swaziland]

26 MOZ 27 SWZ

species :

Asparagus ramosissimus Baker; Gard. Chron., n. s. 2: 6 (1874)

Distribution: South Africa (Limpopo, Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Lesotho; Eswatini [Swaziland]

27 LES SAF SWZ

Remarks: Subgen. Myrsiphyllum

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagus scandens var. deflexus Baker; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 14: 622 (1875)

= Myrsiphyllum ramosissimum (Baker) Oberm.; Bothalia 15(1-2): 87 (1984)

species :

Asparagus recurvispinus (Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey.; Bothalia 25(2): 208 (1995)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Synonyms: hidden

= Protasparagus recurvispinus Oberm.; Fl. S. Africa [ed. L.E.W.Codd et al.] 5(3): 19 (1992)

species :

Asparagus retrofractus L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 313 (1753)

Distribution: Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (North-West Prov., N-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Cook Isl. [I] (Rarotonga [I])

27 BOT NAM SAF 61 coo

Remarks: Subgen. Protasparagus

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagopsis retrofracta (L.) Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 5: 88 (1850)

= Asparagus africanus var. microphyllus Baker; Fl. Cap. [Harvey & auct. succ.] 6: 266 (1896)

= Asparagus declinatus Sieber ex Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 621 (1875), nom. inval.

= Asparagus microphyllus (Baker) Kies; Bothalia 6: 178 (1951)

= Protasparagus retrofractus (L.) Oberm.; S. African J. Bot. 2(3): 244 (1983)

species :

Asparagus richardsiae Sebsebe; Kew Bull. 63(2): 271 (2008)

Distribution: Zambia

26 ZAM

species :

Asparagus rigidus Jessop; Bothalia 9: 64 (1966)

Distribution: South Africa (Limpopo, Mpulamanga)

27 SAF

Remarks: Subgen. Protasparagus

Synonyms: hidden

= Protasparagus rigidus (Jessop) Oberm.; S. African J. Bot. 2(3): 244 (1983)

species :

Asparagus ritschardii De Wild.; Contr. Fl. Katanga, Suppl. 3, 98 (1930)

Distribution: D.R.Congo [Zaire]

23 ZAI

species :

Asparagus rogersii R.E.Fr.; Wiss. Ergebn. Schwed. Rhodesia-Kongo-Exped. 1911-1912 2: 230 (1916)

Distribution: W-Kenya; Tanzania; Zambia

25 KEN TAN 26 ZAM

species :

Asparagus rottleri Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 611 (1875)

Distribution: India (Tamil Nadu)

40 IND

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagus floribundus Rottler ex Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 611 (1875)

= Asparagus floribundus Royle; Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. [Royle] 393 (1840), nom. inval.

= Asparagus verticillatus subsp. floribundus (Baker) K.Richt.; Pl. Eur. [K.Richter] 1: 230 (1890)

= Asparagus verticillatus var. floribundus Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 601 (1875)

= Protasparagus rottleri (Baker) Kamble; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 15(3): 709 (1991 publ. 1992)

species :

Asparagus rubicundus P.J.Bergius; Descr. Pl. Cap. 88 (1767)

Distribution: South Africa (N-Cape Prov.?, W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: Subgen. Protasparagus

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagopsis dregei Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 5: 84 (1850)

= Asparagopsis niveniana (Schult. & Schult.f.) Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 5: 88 (1850)

= Asparagopsis thunbergii Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 5: 85 (1850)

= Asparagus nitidus J.R.Forst. ex Baker; Fl. Cap. [Harvey & auct. succ.] 6: 263 (1896)

= Asparagus nivenianus Schult. & Schult.f.; Syst. Veg., ed. 15bis [Roemer & Schultes] 7: 331 (1829)

= Asparagus thunbergianus Schult. & Schult.f.; Syst. Veg., ed. 15bis [Roemer & Schultes] 7: 333 (1829)

= Protasparagus rubicundus (P.J.Bergius) Oberm.; S. African J. Bot. 2(3): 244 (1983)

species :

Asparagus rubricaulis (Kunth) Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 616 (1875)

Distribution: India (Tamil Nadu)

40 IND

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagopsis rubricaulis Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 5: 87 (1850)

= Protasparagus rubricaulis (Baker) Kamble; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 20(2): 270 (1996)

species :

Asparagus sapinii De Wild.; Co. Kasai Mission Perman. Études Sci. Résult. Rech. Bot. Agron. 267 (1910)

Distribution: +D.R.Congo [Zaire]

23 ZAI

Conservation Status: only known from type collected in 1907

species :

Asparagus sarmentosus L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 314 (1753)

Distribution: India; Bangladesh

40 BAN IND

Remarks: status uncertain

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagopsis sarmentosa (L.) Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 5: 97 (1850)

= Asparagus sarmentosus var. kunthii Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 625 (1875)

= Protasparagus sarmentosus (L.) Kamble; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 20(2): 270 (1996)

species :

Asparagus scaberulus A.Rich.; Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 320 (1850)

Distribution: NE-Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania

24 ERI ETH SOM SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagus asiaticus var. scaberulus (A.Rich.) Engl.; Hochgebirgsfl. Afrika [Engler] 169 (1892)

species :

Asparagus scandens Thunb.; Prodr. Pl. Cap. 1: 66 (1794)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.?); Australia [I] (New South Wales [I], Victoria [I]); New Zealand [I]; Niue [I]

27 SAF 50 aus 51 nzl 60 nue

Remarks: Subgen. Myrsiphyllum

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagopsis scandens (Thunb.) Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 5: 78 (1850)

= Asparagus pectinatus Redouté; Liliac. [Redouté] 7: t. 407 (1813)

= Myrsiphyllum scandens (Thunb.) Oberm.; Bothalia 15(1-2): 86 (1984)

species :

Asparagus schoberioides Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 5: 70 (1850)

Distribution: Siberia (Chita); Russian Far East (Amur, Khabarovsk, Kuril Isl., Primorye, Sakhalin); China (Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Jilin, Liaoning, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi); Mongolia; North Korea; South Korea; Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu)

30 SIB 31 RFE 36 CHI 37 MON 38 JAP KOR NKO

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagus micranthus Siebold & Zucc. ex Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 604 (1875)

= Asparagus parviflorus Turcz.; Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 27(2): 130 (1854), et Fl. Baic.-Dahur 2: 226 (1856)

= Asparagus rigidulus Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 27: 213 (1913)

= Asparagus schoberioides var. subsetaceus Franch.; Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat., Sér. 2, 7: 112 (1884)

= Asparagus sessiliflorus Oett.; Trudy Bot. Sada Imp. Yur´evsk. Univ. 6: 83 (1905)

= Asparagus sieboldii Maxim.; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg Divers Savans 9: 287 (1859)

= Asparagus wrightii A.Gray; Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n. s. 6: 1858 (1859) 413

species :

Asparagus schroederi Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 32: 97 (1902)

Distribution: Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; ?Cameroon; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Burundi; Angola; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo)

22 BEN BKN GHA IVO NGA TOG 23 BUR ZAI 26 ANG 27 BOT NAM SAF

Remarks: Subgen. Protasparagus

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagus obermeyerae Jessop; Bothalia 9: 73 (1966)

= Asparagus striatus De Wild.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 293 (1913), nom. illeg.

= Asparagus wildemanii Weim.; Bot. Not. 1937: 446 (1937)

= Protasparagus schroederi (Engl.) Oberm.; S. African J. Bot. 2(3): 244 (1983)

species :

Asparagus schumanianus Schltr. ex H.Perrier; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 5: 23 (1935)

Distribution: S-Madagascar

29 MDG

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagus aymoninorum M.Pignal & Phillipson

species :

Asparagus scoparius Lowe; Trans. Cambridge Philos. Soc. 4: 11 (1831)

Name: Besen-Spargel (DE); Esparragon raboburro (ES)

Distribution: Madeira (Madeira Isl.); Islas Selvagens; Canary Isl. (Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Gomera, Hierro, La Palma, Fuerteventura); Cape Verde Isl. (Fogo Isl.); Argentina [I]

21 CNY CVI MDR SEL 85 arg

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagus exaltatus C.Sm. & Buch ex Webb & Berthel.; Hist. Nat. Îles Canaries (Phytogr.) 3: 326 (1846)

species :

Asparagus sekukuniensis (Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey.; Bothalia 25(2): 208 (1995)

Distribution: South Africa (Limpopo?, Mpulamanga?)

27 SAF

Synonyms: hidden

= Protasparagus sekukuniensis Oberm.; Fl. S. Africa [ed. L.E.W.Codd et al.] 5(3): 63 (1992)

species :

Asparagus setaceus (Kunth) Jessop; Bothalia 9: 51 (1966)

Name: Common asparagus fern

Distribution: Morocco [I]; Madeira [I] (Madeira Isl. [I]); Canary Isl. [I] (Gran Canaria [I], Tenerife [I], La Palma [I]); D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Ethiopia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Zanzibar; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, N-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Lesotho; Eswatini [Swaziland]; Comores [I] (Mayotte [I]); Mauritius [I]; China [I]; Ryukyu Isl. [I]; Bhutan [I]; India [I] (Gujarat [I]); Bangladesh [I]; Lord Howe Isl. [I]; Vanuatu [I]; Tonga [I]; Rotuma Isl. [I]; Cook Isl. [I] (Rarotonga [I], Mangaia [I], Aitutaki [I]); Society Isl. [I] (Tahiti [I], Raiatea [I]); Tuamotu Arch. [I] (Takapoto Atoll [I]); Northern Marianas [I] (Rota [I]); Guam [I]; Marshall Isl. [I] (Majuro [I]); USA [I] (California [I], Florida [I]); Mexico [I]; El Salvador [I]; Honduras [I]; Costa Rica [I]; Bahamas [I]; Cuba [I]; Jamaica [I]; Hispaniola [I]; Puerto Rico [I]; Virgin Isl. [I]; St. Martin/St. Maarten [I]; St. Eustatius [I]; St. Kitts [I]; Guadeloupe [I]; Martinique [I]; St. Lucia [I]; Trinidad [I]; Colombia [I]; Ecuador [I]; Argentina [I]

20 mor 21 cny mdr 23 ZAI 24 ETH 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT LES SAF SWZ 29 com mau 36 chi 38 nns 40 ban bhu ind 50 lhi 60 rot ton van 61 coo sci tua 62 gum mrn mrs 76 usa 78 usa 79 mex 80 cos els hon 81 bah cub gdl his jam mar pue ste stk stl stm trt vir 82 clm 83 ecu 85 arg

Remarks: Subgen. Protasparagus

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagopsis setacea Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 5: 82 (1850)

= Asparagus asiaticus var. amharicus Pic.Serm.; Miss. Stud. Lago Tana 7(1): 194 (1951)

= Asparagus lujae De Wild.; Pl. Nov. Horti Then. t. 34 (1905)

= Asparagus zanzibaricus Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 614 (1875)

= Protasparagus setaceus (Kunth) Oberm.; S. African J. Bot. 2(3): 244 (1983)

species :

Asparagus sichuanicus S.C.Chen & D.Q.Liu; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 22(5): 418-419, pl. 2 (1984)

Distribution: China (Sichuan); Tibet

36 CHI TIB

species :

Asparagus simulans Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 609 (1875)

Distribution: Madagascar

29 MDG

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagus madagascariensis Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 206 (1878)

= Asparagus rusciformis Brongn. ex H.Perrier; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 5: 30 (1935), in syn.

= Asparagus ternatus Brongn. ex H.Perrier; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 5: 30 (1935), in syn.

species :

Asparagus spinescens Steud.; Syst. Veg., ed. 15bis [Roemer & Schultes] 7: 334 (1829)

Distribution: South Africa (E-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Synonyms: hidden

= Protasparagus spinescens (Steud. ex Roem. & Schult.) Oberm.; Fl. S. Africa [ed. L.E.W.Codd et al.] 5(3): 27 (1992)

species :

Asparagus squarrosus J.A.Schmidt; Beitr. Fl. Cap Verd. Ins. 165 (1852)

Distribution: Cape Verde Isl. (Santo Antao Isl., Sao Vicente Isl., Santa Luzia Isl., Ilha de Sao Nicolau, Sal Isl., Ilha da Boa Vista, Ilha de Maio, Ilha de Sao Tiago)

21 CVI

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagus vicentinus Welw. ex Cout.; Arq. Univ. Lisboa 1: 277 (1914)

species :

Asparagus stellatus Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 612 (1875)

Distribution: South Africa (E-Cape Prov.); Lesotho

27 LES SAF

Remarks: Subgen. Protasparagus

Synonyms: hidden

= Protasparagus stellatus (Baker) Oberm.; S. African J. Bot. 2(3): 244 (1983), et Fl. S. Afr. 5(3): 61 (1992)

species :

Asparagus stipulaceus Lam.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 1(1): 296 (1783)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: Subgen. Protasparagus

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagopsis stipulacea (Lam.) Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 5: 91 (1850)

= Asparagus densus Sol. ex Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 616 (1875)

= Protasparagus stipulaceus (Lam.) Oberm.; S. African J. Bot. 2(3): 244 (1983)

species :

Asparagus striatus (L.f.) Thunb.; Prodr. Pl. Cap. 1: 65 (1794)

Distribution: Namibia; South Africa (Free State, N-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.)

27 NAM SAF

Remarks: Subgen. Protasparagus

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagus engleri K.Krause; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 51: 450 (1914)

= Asparagus erectus (L.f.) Thunb.; Prodr. Pl. Cap. 1: 65 (1794)

= Asparagus striatus var. dregei Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 622 (1875)

= Asparagus striatus var. linearifolius Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 622 (1875)

= Dracaena erecta L.f.; Suppl. Pl. [Linnaeus f.] 204 (1782)

= Dracaena striata L.f.; Suppl. Pl. [Linnaeus f.] 204 (1782)

= Myrsiphyllum erectum (L.f.) Schltdl. ex Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 5: 109 (1850)

= Myrsiphyllum striatum (L.f.) Schltdl. ex Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 5: 110 (1850)

= Protasparagus striatus (L.f.) Oberm.; S. African J. Bot. 2(3): 244 (1983)

species :

Asparagus suaveolens Burch.; Trav. S. Africa 1: 226 (1822)

Distribution: S-Kenya; Tanzania; Zimbabwe; S-Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, N-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Lesotho; Eswatini [Swaziland]

25 KEN TAN 26 MOZ ZIM 27 BOT LES NAM SAF SWZ

Remarks: Subgen. Protasparagus

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagopsis spinescens Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 5: 93 (1850)

= Asparagopsis suaveolens (Burch.) Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 617 (1875)

= Asparagopsis triacantha Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 5: 91 (1850)

= Asparagopsis zeyheri Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 5: 92 (1850)

= Asparagus intangibilis Dinter; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 29: 269 (1931)

= Asparagus omahekensis K.Krause; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 51: 447 (1914)

= Asparagus spinescens Steud. ex Schult. & Schult.f.; Syst. Veg., ed. 15bis [Roemer & Schultes] 7(1): 334 (1829), nom. illeg.

= Asparagus spinosissimus Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 315 (1898)

= Asparagus stipulaceus var. spinescens (Kunth) Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 618 (1875)

= Asparagus triacanthus Willd. ex Schult. & Schult.f.; Syst. Veg., ed. 15bis [Roemer & Schultes] 7(1): 334 (1829), nom. illeg.

= Protasparagus suaveolens (Burch.) Oberm.; S. African J. Bot. 2(3): 244 (1983)

species :

Asparagus subfalcatus De Wild.; Pl. Bequaert. 1: 42 (1921)

Distribution: +D.R.Congo [Zaire]

23 ZAI

Conservation Status: known only from old collections

species :

Asparagus subscandens F.T.Wang & S.C.Chen; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 16(1): 92-93 (1978)

Distribution: China (S-Yunnan)

36 CHI

species :

Asparagus subulatus Thunb.; Prodr. Pl. Cap. 1: 66 (1794)

Distribution: South Africa (E-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: Subgen. Protasparagus

Synonyms: hidden

= Protasparagus subulatus (Thunb.) Oberm.; S. African J. Bot. 2(3): 244 (1983)

species :

Asparagus sylvicola S.M.Burrows; Bothalia 38(1): 26 (2008)

Distribution: S-Mozambique; South Africa (Mpulamanga, Northern Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]

26 MOZ 27 SAF SWZ

species :

Asparagus taliensis F.T.Wang & Tang ex S.C.Chen; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 16(1): 91 (1978)

Distribution: China (Yunnan)

36 CHI

species :

Asparagus tamariscinus N.A.Ivanova ex Grubov; Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 17: 10 (1955)

Distribution: Siberia (Tuva); Kyrgyzstan; China (Xinjiang); Mongolia

30 SIB 32 KGZ 36 CHI 37 MON

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagus tamariscinus var. issykkulensis N.V.Vlassova; Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 65(4): 579 (1980)

species :

Asparagus tenuifolius Lam.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 1: 294 (1783)

Distribution: Switzerland; Austria; France; ?Sardinia; Italy; ?Sicily; Slovenia; Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Montenegro; Serbia; Kosovo; North Macedonia; Romania; Bulgaria; N-Greece; European Turkey; N-Greece; ?C-European Russia; Ukraine; Crimea; Turkey (Inner Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia)

11 AUT SWI 12 FRA 13 BIH BUL CRO GRC ITA KOS MNT NMA ROM SLV SRB TUE 14 KRY UKR 34 TUR

Remarks: Subgen. Asparagus

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagus collinus Jan ex Parl.; Fl. Ital. [Parlatore] 3: 14 (1858)

= Asparagus sylvaticus Waldst. & Kit.; Descr. Icon. Pl. Hung. 3: 223 (1812)

species :

Asparagus tibeticus F.T.Wang & S.C.Chen; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 16(1): 93 (1978)

Distribution: Tibet; Nepal

36 TIB 40 NEP

species :

Asparagus touranensis Hamdi & Assadi; Iran. J. Bot. 19(1): 44 (2013)

Distribution: Iran

34 IRN

species :

Asparagus transvaalensis (Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey.; Bothalia 25(2): 208 (1995)

Distribution: South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga); Eswatini [Swaziland]

27 SAF SWZ

Remarks: Subgen. Protasparagus

Synonyms: hidden

= Protasparagus transvaalensis Oberm.; Fl. S. Africa [ed. L.E.W.Codd et al.] 5(3): 52 (1992)

species :

Asparagus trichoclados (F.T.Wang & Tang) F.T.Wang & C.Chen; Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 15: 111, pl. 35: 4-5 (1978)

Distribution: China (C-Yunnan)

36 CHI

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagus meioclados var. trichoclados F.T.Wang & Tang; Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol., Bot. 7: 290 (1937)

species :

Asparagus trichophyllus Bunge; Enum. Pl. China Bor. 65 (1831)

Distribution: Iraq (NW-Iraq); Iran (E-Iran, S-Iran); Syria (C-Syrian Desert); China (Hebei, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Shanxi); Mongolia

34 IRN IRQ SYR 36 CHI 37 MON

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagus maritimus Pall.; Reise Russ. Reich. [Pallas] 2: 329 (1773), nom. illeg.

= Asparagus maritimus var. laevis Regel; Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 41(2): 270 (1869)

= Asparagus purpurascens M.Bieb. ex Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 602 (1875)

= Asparagus verrucosus Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 37: 69 (1923)

= Asparagus vulgaris var. maritimus Bong. & C.A.Mey.; Verz. Saisang-nor Pfl. [Bongard & C.A.Meyer] 74 (1841)

species :

Asparagus turkestanicus Popov; Fl. Turkmen. [Fedtschenko et al.] 1: 312 (1932)

Distribution: Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan

32 TKM UZB

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagus popovii Iljin; Fl. URSS [Komarov et al., eds.] 4: 430, 745 (1935)

species :

Asparagus uhligii K.Krause; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 57: 238 (1921)

Distribution: +Tanzania

25 TAN

Conservation Status: known only from type collected in 1904

species :

Asparagus umbellatus Link; Phys. Beschr. Canar. Ins. [Buch] 140 (1828)

subspecies :

subsp. umbellatus

Name: Dolden-Spargel (DE); Esparraguera comun (ES)

Distribution: Canary Isl. (Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Gomera, Hierro, La Palma)

21 CNY

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagopsis grandiflora (Willd. ex Webb & Berthel.) Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 5: 80 (1850)

= Asparagopsis umbellata (Link) Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 5: 79 (1850)

= Asparagus dichotomus Brouss. ex Webb & Berthel.; Hist. Nat. Îles Canaries (Phytogr.) 3: 327 (1846)

= Asparagus grandiflorus Willd. ex Webb & Berthel.; Hist. Nat. Îles Canaries (Phytogr.) 3: 327 (1846)

= Asparagus scaber Lowe; Trans. Cambridge Philos. Soc. 4: 11 (1831), nom. illeg.

= Asparagus umbellatus var. scaber Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 611 (1875)

variant :

var. flavescens Svent.; Addit. Fl. Canar. 3 (1960)

Distribution: Canary Isl. (Gran Canaria)

21 CNY

variant :

var. gomerae Kunkel; Cuad. Bot. Canaria 25: 21 (1975)

Distribution: Canary Isl. (Gomera)

21 CNY

subspecies :

subsp. lowei (Kunth) Valdés; Lagascalia 9(1): 86 (1979)

Distribution: Madeira (Madeira Isl.)

21 MDR

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagopsis lowei (Kunth) Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 611 (1875)

= Asparagus lowei Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 5: 79 (1850)

species :

Asparagus umbellulatus Bresler; Gen. Aspar. no. 24 (1826)

Distribution: Mauritius; La Réunion; Rodrigues; Aldabra (Aldabra Isl., Asuncio Isl., Cosmoledo Isl., Astove Isl.); Seychelles

29 ALD MAU REU ROD SEY

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagopsis umbellulata (Bresler) Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 5: 81 (1850)

species :

Asparagus undulatus (L.f.) Thunb.; Prodr. Pl. Cap. 1: 66 (1794)

Distribution: Namibia; South Africa (N-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov.)

27 NAM SAF

Remarks: Subgen. Myrsiphyllum

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagus klinghardtianus Dinter; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 29: 270 (1931)

= Asparagus undulatus var. rugosus Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 629 (1875)

= Dracaena undulata L.f.; Suppl. Pl. [Linnaeus f.] 203 (1782)

= Myrsiphyllum undulatum (L.f.) Schltdl. ex Kunth; Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 5: 109 (1850)

species :

Asparagus usambarensis Sebsebe; Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Asparag. 19 (2006)

Distribution: NE-Tanzania

25 TAN

species :

Asparagus vaginellatus Bojer ex Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 612 (1875)

Distribution: Madagascar

29 MDG

species :

Asparagus verticillatus L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus], ed. 2: 450 (1762)

Name: Wirtel-Spargel (DE)

Distribution: Germany [I]; Serbia; Kosovo; North Macedonia; Romania; Bulgaria; European Turkey; NE-Greece (Samothraki); E-European Russia; Ukraine; Crimea; Libya [I]; Kazakhstan; Turkmenistan; Northern Caucasus; Georgia [Caucasus]; Armenia; Azerbaijan; East Aegaean Isl. (Samos); Turkey (E-Anatolia, Inner Anatolia, N-Anatolia, SE-Anatolia, WN-Anatolia); Iraq (NE-Iraq); Iran (N-Iran, NW-Iran: Iranian Azerbaijan, W-Iran)

11 ger 13 BUL GRC KOS NMA ROM SRB TUE 14 KRY RUS UKR 20 lby 32 KAZ TKM 33 ARM AZE GEO NCS 34 EAI IRN IRQ TUR

Remarks: Subgen. Asparagus

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagus buxbaumius Gueldenst. ex Ledeb.; Fl. Ross. [Ledebour] 4: 199 (1852)

= Asparagus scandens Gueldenst. ex Ledeb.; Fl. Ross. [Ledebour] 4: 199 (1852), nom. illeg.

= Asparagus tricarinatus K.Koch; Linnaea 22: 266 (1849)

= Asparagus verticillaris Lam.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 1(1): 297 (1783)

species :

Asparagus virgatus Baker; Refug. Bot. [Saunders] t. 214 (1870)

Distribution: Tanzania; S-Angola; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, N-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]; La Réunion [I]; Yemen; Java [I]; Australia [I] (SE-Queensland [I]); Trinidad [I]; Colombia [I]

25 TAN 26 ANG MOZ ZIM 27 NAM SAF SWZ 29 reu 35 YEM 42 jaw 50 aus 81 trt 82 clm

Remarks: Subgen. Protasparagus

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagus sylvaticus Burch. ex Baker; Refug. Bot. [Saunders] 3: t. 214 (1870), nom. illeg.

= Asparagus virgatus var. capillaris Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 606 (1875)

= Protasparagus virgatus (Baker) Kamble; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 20(2): 270 (1996), isonym

= Protasparagus virgatus (Baker) Oberm.; Fl. Australia 45: 494 (1987)

species :

Asparagus volubilis (L.f.) Thunb.; Prodr. Pl. Cap. 1: 66 (1794)

Distribution: South Africa (N-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Remarks: Subgen. Myrsiphyllum

Synonyms: hidden

= Dracaena volubilis L.f.; Suppl. Pl. [Linnaeus f.] 204 (1782)

= Myrsiphyllum volubile (Thunb.) Oberm.; Bothalia 15(1-2): 82 (1984)

species :

Asparagus vvedenskyi Botsch.; Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 2: 268 (1965)

Distribution: Kazakhstan

32 KAZ

species :

Asparagus warneckei (Engl. ex Hutch.) Hutch.; Fl. W. Trop. Afr. [Hutchinson & Dalziel] 2: 351, in clavi, 352 (1936); et in Kew Bull. 245, cum descr. (1939)

Distribution: Guinea; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; W-Cameroon; Gabon

22 BEN GHA GUI IVO TOG 23 CMN GAB

Synonyms: hidden

= Asparagus drepanophyllus var. warneckei Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 32: 97 (1902)

species :

Asparagus yanbianensis S.C.Chen; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 26(2): 139 (1988)

Distribution: China (SW-Sichuan)

36 CHI

species :

Asparagus yanyuanensis S.C.Chen; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 19(4): 501-502, f. 2, 3-5 (1981)

Distribution: China (SW-Sichuan)

36 CHI

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A complete, synonymic checklist of the Higher Plants of the World

Version 25.10 (Oct. 12th, 2025)

Covering 357,450 accepted species,8,806 hybrids, 48,075 accepted infraspecific taxa and 1,004,944 synonyms,in total 1,419,285* names

[*about 25,000 dubious, "unplaced" names and about 4,000 invalid names (Art. 24.3) like "typicus" are deliberately omitted]

With complete, detailed distribution data (countries and regions) and literature references

Arranged in linear phylogenetic sequence reflecting true relationships

Fully searchable and continously updated

With 38,209 pictures of 15,787 species

Assembled through 40 years independently from other databases

In cooperation with Catalogue of Life

Covering 357,450 accepted species,
8,806 hybrids, 48,075 accepted infraspecific taxa and 1,004,944 synonyms,
**in total 1,419,285* names**

[about 25,000 dubious, "unplaced" names and about 4,000 invalid names (Art. 24.3) like "typicus*" are deliberately omitted]