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June 2025

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genus

Asparagus L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 313 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000003280.

Statistics

Synonyms of Asparagus

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Asparagopsis (Kunth) Kunth Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1842: 35 (1844) wfo-4000003279
Elide Medik. Philos. Bot. (Medikus) 2: 71. 1791 wfo-4000013205
Myrsiphyllum Willd. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. 2: 25. 1808. wfo-4000025202
Protasparagus Oberm. S. African J. Bot. 2: 243 (1983) wfo-4000031248
Hecatris Salisb. Gen. Pl. : 66 (1866) wfo-4000044244

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These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Asparagus:

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