List of Asparagus species

As of September 2014[update], 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[edit]

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