As of September 2014, the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families accepts 212 species of Asparagus:[1]

  • Asparagus acicularis F.T.Wang & S.C.Chen – S.E. China (to Hubei)
  • Asparagus acocksii Jessop – S. Africa
  • Asparagus acutifolius L. – Mediterranean
  • Asparagus adscendens Roxb. – Pakistan to W. Himalaya
  • Asparagus aethiopicus L. – Cape Province to North-West Province
  • Asparagus africanus Lam. – Tropical & S. Africa, Arabian Peninsula, W. India
  • Asparagus aggregatus (Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey. – Limpopo
  • Asparagus albus L. – W. & Central Mediterranean
  • Asparagus alopecurus (Oberm.) Malcomber & Sebsebe – W. Cape Province
  • Asparagus altiscandens Engl. & Gilg – S. Tropical Africa
  • Asparagus altissimus Munby – N.W. Sahara
  • Asparagus angulofractus Iljin – Central Asia to S.W. Xinjiang
  • Asparagus angusticladus (Jessop) J.-P.Lebrun & Stork – Tropical & S. Africa
  • Asparagus aphyllus L. – Mediterranean to N.W. Arabian Peninsula
  • Asparagus arborescens Willd. ex Schult. & Schult.f. – Canary Islands
  • Asparagus aridicola Sebsebe – Ethiopia to Kenya
  • Asparagus asiaticus L. – India
  • Asparagus asparagoides (L.) Druce – S. Ethiopia to S. Africa
  • Asparagus aspergillus Jessop – S. Ethiopia to S. Africa
  • Asparagus baumii Engl. & Gilg – S. Tropical Africa
  • Asparagus bayeri (Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey. – W. Cape Province
  • Asparagus benguellensis Baker – Angola
  • Asparagus bequaertii De Wild. – Zaïre
  • Asparagus biflorus (Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey. – KwaZulu-Natal to Swaziland
  • Asparagus botschantzevii – Central Asia
  • Asparagus botswanicus Sebsebe – N. Botswana
  • Asparagus brachiatus Thulin – Somalia
  • Asparagus brachyphyllus Turcz. – Central Asia to Korea
  • Asparagus breslerianus Schult. & Schult.f. – Caucasus to Mongolia and W. Pakistan
  • Asparagus buchananii Baker – S.W. Ethiopia to S. Africa
  • Asparagus bucharicus Iljin – Central Asia
  • Asparagus burchellii Baker – Cape Province
  • Asparagus burjaticus Peschkova – S. Siberia to N. Mongolia
  • Asparagus calcicola H.Perrier – S.W. Madagascar
  • Asparagus capensis L. – Namibia to Cape Province
  • Asparagus capitatus Baker – N. Oman, E. Afghanistan to W. Himalaya
  • Asparagus chimanimanensis Sebsebe – S. Tropical Africa (Chimanimani Mts)
  • Asparagus clareae (Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey. – Northern Province
  • Asparagus cochinchinensis (Lour.) Merr. – Japan to Indo-China and Philippines (N. Luzon)
  • Asparagus coddii (Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey. – KwaZulu-Natal
  • Asparagus concinnus (Baker) Kies – S. Africa
  • Asparagus confertus K.Krause – W. Cape Province
  • Asparagus coodei P.H.Davis – Turkey (Içel, Konya)
  • Asparagus crassicladus Jessop – Cape Province
  • Asparagus curillus Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb. – W. Central & Central Himalaya to India (Punjab)
  • Asparagus dauricus Fisch. ex Link – Siberia to N.E. Korea
  • Asparagus declinatus L. – Namibia to W. Cape Province, Madagascar
  • Asparagus deflexus Baker – Angola
  • Asparagus densiflorus (Kunth) Jessop – Mozambique (Inhaca Islands) to S. Africa
  • Asparagus denudatus (Kunth) Baker – E. Tropical & S. Africa
  • Asparagus devenishii (Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey. – S. Africa
  • Asparagus divaricatus (Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey. – E .Zimbabwe to S. Africa
  • Asparagus drepanophyllus Welw. ex Baker – W. Central Tropical Africa to Angola
  • Asparagus duchesnei L.Linden – Zaïre
  • Asparagus dumosus Baker – Pakistan to N.W. India
  • Asparagus edulis (Oberm.) J.-P.Lebrun & Stork – Zimbabwe to S. Africa
  • Asparagus elephantinus S.M.Burrows – Limpopo
  • Asparagus equisetoides Welw. ex Baker – Angola
  • Asparagus exsertus (Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey. – S.W. Cape Province
  • Asparagus exuvialis Burch. – S. Tropical & S. Africa
  • Asparagus falcatus L. – S.W. Ethiopia to S. Africa, Arabian Peninsula, India, Sri Lanka
  • Asparagus fallax Svent. – Canary Islands
  • Asparagus fasciculatus Thunb. – Namibia to Free State, Madagascar
  • Asparagus faulkneri Sebsebe – S.E. Kenya to Tanzania
  • Asparagus ferganensis Vved. – Central Asia
  • Asparagus filicinus Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don – Himalaya to Central China
  • Asparagus filicladus (Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey. – Cape Province
  • Asparagus filifolius Bertol. – Syria to Iraq
  • Asparagus flagellaris (Kunth) Baker – Tropical & S. Africa, W. Arabian Peninsula
  • Asparagus flavicaulis (Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey. – Zimbabwe to Northern Province
  • Asparagus fouriei (Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey. – Limpopo
  • Asparagus fractiflexus (Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey. – Northern Province to KwaZulu-Natal
  • Asparagus fysonii J.F.Macbr. – S. India
  • Asparagus gharoensis Blatt. – S. Pakistan
  • Asparagus glaucus Kies – S. Africa
  • Asparagus gobicus N.A.Ivanova ex Grubov – Mongolia to N. China
  • Asparagus gonoclados Baker – S. India, Sri Lanka
  • Asparagus graniticus (Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey. – Namibia to W. Cape Province
  • Asparagus greveanus H.Perrier – W. & S.W. Madagascar
  • Asparagus griffithii Baker – Iran to W. Himalaya
  • Asparagus gypsaceus Vved. – Central Asia (Pamir Mts.)
  • Asparagus hajrae Kamble – Assam
  • Asparagus hirsutus S.M.Burrows – Limpopo
  • Asparagus homblei De Wild. – Zaïre
  • Asparagus horridus L. – Canary Islands, Mediterranean to Arabian Peninsula
  • Asparagus humilis Engl. – S.E. Kenya to Mozambique
  • Asparagus inderiensis Blume ex Ledeb. – Crimea to Central Asia
  • Asparagus intricatus (Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey. – S. Africa
  • Asparagus juniperoides Engl. – S.W. Namibia to N.W. Cape Province
  • Asparagus kaessneri De Wild. – Zaïre
  • Asparagus kansuensis F.T.Wang & Tang ex S.C.Chen – China (S. Gansu)
  • Asparagus karthikeyanii (Kamble) M.R.Almeida – India (Maharashtra)
  • Asparagus katangensis De Wild. & T.Durand – S. Zaïre
  • Asparagus khorasanensis Hamdi & Assadi – Iran
  • Asparagus kiusianus Makino – Japan (Kyushu)
  • Asparagus kraussianus (Kunth) J.F.Macbr. – S.W. Cape Province
  • Asparagus krebsianus (Kunth) Jessop – Central & S. Malawi to Cape Province
  • Asparagus laevissimus Steud. ex Baker – S. India
  • Asparagus laricinus Burch. – Congo to Tanzania and S. Africa
  • Asparagus lecardii De Wild. – Zaïre
  • Asparagus ledebourii Miscz. – E. Caucasus
  • Asparagus leptocladodius Chiov. – S. Ethiopia to Djibouti and Kenya
  • Asparagus lignosus Burm.f. – S.W. Cape Province
  • Asparagus litoralis Steven - England, Ukraine, Russia, Bulgaria, and Turkey
  • Asparagus longicladus N.E.Br. – Zimbabwe to Botswana
  • Asparagus longiflorus Franch. – Qinghai to N. Central China
  • Asparagus longipes Baker – Cameroon
  • Asparagus lycaonicus P.H.Davis – Turkey (Konya), Iran (Arak salt lake)
  • Asparagus lycicus P.H.Davis – Turkey (Antalya)
  • Asparagus lycopodineus (Baker) F.T.Wang & Tang – Bhutan to Central China
  • Asparagus lynetteae (Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey. – Mpumalanga
  • Asparagus macowanii Baker – Mozambique to S. Africa
  • Asparagus madecassus H.Perrier – Madagascar
  • Asparagus mahafalensis H.Perrier – S.W. Madagascar
  • Asparagus mairei H.Lév. – China (Yunnan)
  • Asparagus mariae (Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey. – Cape Province
  • Asparagus maritimus (L.) Mill. – S. Europe to Crimea
  • Asparagus meioclados H.Lév. – S. Central China
  • Asparagus merkeri K.Krause – Tanzania
  • Asparagus microraphis (Kunth) Baker – S. Africa
  • Asparagus migeodii Sebsebe – S. Tanzania to S. Tropical Africa
  • Asparagus minutiflorus (Kunth) Baker – Mozambique to S. Africa
  • Asparagus mollis (Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey. – W. Cape Province
  • Asparagus monophyllus Baker – Afghanistan to W. Pakistan
  • Asparagus mozambicus Kunth – Mozambique (I. Quirimba)
  • Asparagus mucronatus Jessop – Cape Province
  • Asparagus multituberosus R.A.Dyer – W. Cape Province
  • Asparagus munitus F.T.Wang & S.C.Chen – S. Central China
  • Asparagus myriacanthus F.T.Wang & S.C.Chen – S.E. Tibet to China (N.W. Yunnan)
  • Asparagus natalensis (Baker) J.-P.Lebrun & Stork – Ethiopia to S. Africa
  • Asparagus neglectus Kar. & Kir. – Siberia to W. Himalaya
  • Asparagus nelsii Schinz – Zambia to S. Africa
  • Asparagus nesiotes Svent. – Selvagens, Canary Islands
  • Asparagus nodulosus (Oberm.) J.-P.Lebrun & Stork – Zimbabwe to S. Africa
  • Asparagus officinalis L. – Europe to Mongolia, N.W. Africa
  • Asparagus oligoclonos Maxim. – Mongolia to Japan
  • Asparagus oliveri (Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey. – S. Tropical Africa to Botswana
  • Asparagus ovatus T.M.Salter – S.W. & S. Cape Province
  • Asparagus oxyacanthus Baker – E. Cape Province
  • Asparagus pachyrrhizus – Central Asia
  • Asparagus palaestinus Baker – Israel (Jordan Valley), Turkey
  • Asparagus pallasii Miscz. – E. Romania to Siberia
  • Asparagus pastorianus Webb & Berthel. – Canary Islands, W. Morocco
  • Asparagus pearsonii Kies – Namibia to W. Cape Province
  • Asparagus pendulus (Oberm.) J.-P.Lebrun & Stork – S. Tropical Africa to Botswana
  • Asparagus penicillatus H.Hara – W. Nepal
  • Asparagus persicus Baker – Central Turkey to Mongolia and W. Pakistan
  • Asparagus petersianus Kunth – Tanzania to Mozambique
  • Asparagus plocamoides Webb ex Svent. – Canary Islands
  • Asparagus poissonii H.Perrier – S.W. Madagascar
  • Asparagus prostratus Dumort. – Coasts of W. Europe
  • Asparagus przewalskyi N.A.Ivanova ex Grubov & T.V.Egorova – Qinghai
  • Asparagus pseudoscaber Grecescu – S.E. Europe to Ukraine
  • Asparagus psilurus Welw. ex Baker – S. Tropical & S. Africa
  • Asparagus punjabensis J.L.Stewart – India
  • Asparagus pygmaeus Makino – Japan
  • Asparagus racemosus Willd. – Tropical Africa to N. Australia
  • Asparagus radiatus Sebsebe – S. Mozambique to Swaziland (Umbeluzi Gorge)
  • Asparagus ramosissimus Baker – S. Africa
  • Asparagus recurvispinus (Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey. – Cape Province
  • Asparagus retrofractus L. – Namibia to Cape Province
  • Asparagus richardsiae Sebsebe – Zambia
  • Asparagus rigidus Jessop – Northern Province
  • Asparagus ritschardii De Wild. – Zaïre
  • Asparagus rogersii R.E.Fr. – Kenya to Zambia
  • Asparagus rottleri Baker – S. India
  • Asparagus rubicundus P.J.Bergius – Cape Province
  • Asparagus rubricaulis (Kunth) Baker – India
  • Asparagus sapinii De Wild. – Zaïre
  • Asparagus sarmentosus L. – India
  • Asparagus saundersiae Baker – Malawi, S. Africa
  • Asparagus scaberulus A.Rich. – N.E. & E. Tropical Africa
  • Asparagus scandens Thunb. – S.W. & S. Cape Province
  • Asparagus schoberioides Kunth – S.E. Siberia to Japan
  • Asparagus schroederi Engl. – Tropical & S. Africa
  • Asparagus schumanianus Schltr. ex H.Perrier – S.W. Madagascar
  • Asparagus scoparius Lowe – Macaronesia
  • Asparagus sekukuniensis (Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey. – Northern Province
  • Asparagus setaceus (Kunth) Jessop – Central Ethiopia to S. Africa, Comoros
  • Asparagus sichuanicus S.C.Chen & D.Q.Liu – Tibet to China (Sichuan)
  • Asparagus simulans Baker – Madagascar
  • Asparagus spinescens Steud. ex Schult. & Schult.f. – E. Cape Province
  • Asparagus squarrosus J.A.Schmidt – Cape Verde
  • Asparagus stachyphyllus H.Lév. & Vaniot – Korea
  • Asparagus stellatus Baker – E. Cape Province to Lesotho
  • Asparagus stipulaceus Lam. – S.W. Cape Province
  • Asparagus striatus (L.f.) Thunb. – Cape Province to Free State
  • Asparagus suaveolens Burch. – Kenya to S. Africa
  • Asparagus subfalcatus De Wild. – Zaïre
  • Asparagus subscandens F.T.Wang & S.C.Chen – China (S. Yunnan)
  • Asparagus subulatus Thunb. – E. Cape Province
  • Asparagus sylvicola S.M.Burrows – Northern Province to Swaziland
  • Asparagus taliensis F.T.Wang & Tang ex S.C.Chen – China (Yunnan)
  • Asparagus tamariscinus N.A.Ivanova ex Grubov – Central Asia to S. Siberia and Mongolia
  • Asparagus tenuifolius Lam. – Mediterranean to Ukraine
  • Asparagus tibeticus F.T.Wang & S.C.Chen – Tibet
  • Asparagus transvaalensis (Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey. – Northern Province to Swaziland
  • Asparagus trichoclados (F.T.Wang & Tang) F.T.Wang & S.C.Chen – China (Central Yunnan)
  • Asparagus trichophyllus Bunge – W. Asia, Mongolia to N. China
  • Asparagus turkestanicus Popov – Central Asia
  • Asparagus uhligii K.Krause – Tanzania
  • Asparagus umbellatus Link – Macaronesia
  • Asparagus umbellulatus Bresler – Seychelles to Mascarenes
  • Asparagus undulatus (L.f.) Thunb. – Namibia to W. Cape Province
  • Asparagus usambarensis Sebsebe – Tanzania (Usambara Mts.)
  • Asparagus vaginellatus Bojer ex Baker – Madagascar
  • Asparagus verticillatus L. – S.E. Europe to Iran
  • Asparagus virgatus Baker – Yemen, S. Tanzania to S. Africa
  • Asparagus volubilis (L.f.) Thunb. – Cape Province
  • Asparagus vvedenskyi Botsch. – Central Asia
  • Asparagus warneckei (Engl.) Hutch. – W. & W. Central Tropical Africa
  • Asparagus yanbianensis S.C.Chen – China (S.W. Sichuan)
  • Asparagus yanyuanensis S.C.Chen – China (S.W. Sichuan)

References

  1. ↑ "Asparagus", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2014-09-01
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