Biology:List of Asparagus species

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(As of September 2014), the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families accepts 212 species of Asparagus:

• 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)