Asparagus (genus)

Asparagus
Asparagus setaceus
Asparagus tubers
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Asparagoideae
Genus: Asparagus
L.
Type species

Asparagus officinalis

Synonyms[1]
  • Elid Medik.
  • Myrsiphyllum Willd.
  • Asparagopsis (Kunth) Kunth
  • Hecatris Salisb.
  • Elachanthera F.Muell.
  • Protasparagus Oberm.

Asparagus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Asparagoideae.[2] It comprises up to 300 species. Most are evergreen long-lived perennial plants growing from the understory as lianas, bushes or climbing plants. The best-known species is the edible Asparagus officinalis, commonly referred to as just asparagus. Some other members of the genus, such as Asparagus densiflorus, are grown as ornamental plants.

  1. ^ "Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  2. ^ Chase, M.W.; Reveal, J.L. & Fay, M.F. (2009), "A subfamilial classification for the expanded asparagalean families Amaryllidaceae, Asparagaceae and Xanthorrhoeaceae", Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 161 (2): 132–136, doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00999.x