List of Asparagus species

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

F.T.Wang & S.C.Chen – S.E. China (to Hubei)
Jessop – S. Africa
Asparagus acutifolius L. – Mediterranean
Roxb. – Pakistan to W. Himalaya
Asparagus aethiopicus L. – Cape Province to North-West Province
Lam. – Tropical & S. Africa, Arabian Peninsula, W. India
(Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey. – Limpopo
L. – W. & Central Mediterranean
(Oberm.) Malcomber & Sebsebe – W. Cape Province
Engl. & Gilg – S. Tropical Africa
Munby – N.W. Sahara
Iljin – Central Asia to S.W. Xinjiang
(Jessop) J.-P.Lebrun & Stork – Tropical & S. Africa
L. – Mediterranean to N.W. Arabian Peninsula
Willd. ex Schult. & Schult.f. – Canary Islands
Sebsebe – Ethiopia to Kenya
L. – India
Asparagus asparagoides (L.) Druce – S. Ethiopia to S. Africa
Jessop – S. Ethiopia to S. Africa
Engl. & Gilg – S. Tropical Africa
(Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey. – W. Cape Province
Baker – Angola
De Wild. – Zaïre
(Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey. – KwaZulu-Natal to Swaziland
– Central Asia
Sebsebe – N. Botswana
Thulin – Somalia
Turcz. – Central Asia to Korea
Schult. & Schult.f. – Caucasus to Mongolia and W. Pakistan
Baker – S.W. Ethiopia to S. Africa
Iljin – Central Asia
Asparagus burchellii Baker – Cape Province
Peschkova – S. Siberia to N. Mongolia
H.Perrier – S.W. Madagascar
Asparagus capensis L. – Namibia to Cape Province
Baker – N. Oman, E. Afghanistan to W. Himalaya
Sebsebe – S. Tropical Africa (Chimanimani Mts)
(Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey. – Northern Province
Asparagus cochinchinensis (Lour.) Merr. – Japan to Indo-China and Philippines (N. Luzon)
(Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey. – KwaZulu-Natal
(Baker) Kies – S. Africa
K.Krause – W. Cape Province
P.H.Davis – Turkey (Içel, Konya)
Jessop – Cape Province
Asparagus curillus Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb. – W. Central & Central Himalaya to India (Punjab)
Fisch. ex Link – Siberia to N.E. Korea
L. – Namibia to W. Cape Province, Madagascar
Baker – Angola
Asparagus densiflorus (Kunth) Jessop – Mozambique (Inhaca Islands) to S. Africa
(Kunth) Baker – E. Tropical & S. Africa
(Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey. – S. Africa
(Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey. – E .Zimbabwe to S. Africa
Welw. ex Baker – W. Central Tropical Africa to Angola
L.Linden – Zaïre
Baker – Pakistan to N.W. India
(Oberm.) J.-P.Lebrun & Stork – Zimbabwe to S. Africa
S.M.Burrows – Limpopo
Welw. ex Baker – Angola
(Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey. – S.W. Cape Province
Burch. – S. Tropical & S. Africa
Asparagus falcatus L. – S.W. Ethiopia to S. Africa, Arabian Peninsula, India, Sri Lanka
Svent. – Canary Islands
Thunb. – Namibia to Free State, Madagascar
Sebsebe – S.E. Kenya to Tanzania
Asparagus ferganensis Vved. – Central Asia
Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don – Himalaya to Central China
(Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey. – Cape Province
Bertol. – Syria to Iraq
Asparagus flagellaris (Kunth) Baker – Tropical & S. Africa, W. Arabian Peninsula
(Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey. – Zimbabwe to Northern Province
(Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey. – Limpopo
(Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey. – Northern Province to KwaZulu-Natal
J.F.Macbr. – S. India
Blatt. – S. Pakistan
Kies – S. Africa
N.A.Ivanova ex Grubov – Mongolia to N. China
Baker – S. India, Sri Lanka
(Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey. – Namibia to W. Cape Province
H.Perrier – W. & S.W. Madagascar
Baker – Iran to W. Himalaya
Vved. – Central Asia (Pamir Mts.)
Kamble – Assam
S.M.Burrows – Limpopo
De Wild. – Zaïre
L. – Canary Islands, Mediterranean to Arabian Peninsula
Engl. – S.E. Kenya to Mozambique
Blume ex Ledeb. – Crimea to Central Asia
(Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey. – S. Africa
Engl. – S.W. Namibia to N.W. Cape Province
De Wild. – Zaïre
F.T.Wang & Tang ex S.C.Chen – China (S. Gansu)
(Kamble) M.R.Almeida – India (Maharashtra)
De Wild. & T.Durand – S. Zaïre
Hamdi & Assadi – Iran
Makino – Japan (Kyushu)
(Kunth) J.F.Macbr. – S.W. Cape Province
Asparagus krebsianus (Kunth) Jessop – Central & S. Malawi to Cape Province
Steud. ex Baker – S. India
Burch. – Congo to Tanzania and S. Africa
De Wild. – Zaïre
Miscz. – E. Caucasus
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
Franch. – Qinghai to N. Central China
Baker – Cameroon
P.H.Davis – Turkey (Konya), Iran (Arak salt lake)
P.H.Davis – Turkey (Antalya)
(Baker) F.T.Wang & Tang – Bhutan to Central China
(Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey. – Mpumalanga
Baker – Mozambique to S. Africa
H.Perrier – Madagascar
H.Perrier – S.W. Madagascar
H.Lév. – China (Yunnan)
(Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey. – Cape Province
Asparagus maritimus (L.) Mill. – S. Europe to Crimea
H.Lév. – S. Central China
K.Krause – Tanzania
(Kunth) Baker – S. Africa
Sebsebe – S. Tanzania to S. Tropical Africa
(Kunth) Baker – Mozambique to S. Africa
(Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey. – W. Cape Province
Baker – Afghanistan to W. Pakistan
Kunth – Mozambique (I. Quirimba)
Asparagus mucronatus Jessop – Cape Province
R.A.Dyer – W. Cape Province
F.T.Wang & S.C.Chen – S. Central China
F.T.Wang & S.C.Chen – S.E. Tibet to China (N.W. Yunnan)
(Baker) J.-P.Lebrun & Stork – Ethiopia to S. Africa
Asparagus neglectus Kar. & Kir. – Siberia to W. Himalaya
Schinz – Zambia to S. Africa
Asparagus nesiotes Svent. – Selvagens, Canary Islands
(Oberm.) J.-P.Lebrun & Stork – Zimbabwe to S. Africa
Asparagus officinalis L. – Europe to Mongolia, N.W. Africa
Maxim. – Mongolia to Japan
(Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey. – S. Tropical Africa to Botswana
T.M.Salter – S.W. & S. Cape Province
Baker – E. Cape Province
– Central Asia
Baker – Israel (Jordan Valley), Turkey
Miscz. – E. Romania to Siberia
Webb & Berthel. – Canary Islands, W. Morocco
Kies – Namibia to W. Cape Province
(Oberm.) J.-P.Lebrun & Stork – S. Tropical Africa to Botswana
H.Hara – W. Nepal
Asparagus persicus Baker – Central Turkey to Mongolia and W. Pakistan
Kunth – Tanzania to Mozambique
Webb ex Svent. – Canary Islands
H.Perrier – S.W. Madagascar
Dumort. – Coasts of W. Europe
N.A.Ivanova ex Grubov & T.V.Egorova – Qinghai
Grecescu – S.E. Europe to Ukraine
Welw. ex Baker – S. Tropical & S. Africa
J.L.Stewart – India
Makino – Japan
Asparagus racemosus Willd. – Tropical Africa to N. Australia
Sebsebe – S. Mozambique to Swaziland (Umbeluzi Gorge)
Baker – S. Africa
(Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey. – Cape Province
Asparagus retrofractus L. – Namibia to Cape Province
Sebsebe – Zambia
Jessop – Northern Province
De Wild. – Zaïre
R.E.Fr. – Kenya to Zambia
Baker – S. India
Asparagus rubicundus P.J.Bergius – Cape Province
(Kunth) Baker – India
De Wild. – Zaïre
L. – India
Baker – Malawi, S. Africa
A.Rich. – N.E. & E. Tropical Africa
Asparagus scandens Thunb. – S.W. & S. Cape Province
Kunth – S.E. Siberia to Japan
Engl. – Tropical & S. Africa
Schltr. ex H.Perrier – S.W. Madagascar
Lowe – Macaronesia
(Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey. – Northern Province
Asparagus setaceus (Kunth) Jessop – Central Ethiopia to S. Africa, Comoros
S.C.Chen & D.Q.Liu – Tibet to China (Sichuan)
Asparagus simulans Baker – Madagascar
Steud. ex Schult. & Schult.f. – E. Cape Province
Asparagus squarrosus J.A.Schmidt – Cape Verde
H.Lév. & Vaniot – Korea
Baker – E. Cape Province to Lesotho
Lam. – S.W. Cape Province
Asparagus striatus (L.f.) Thunb. – Cape Province to Free State
Asparagus suaveolens Burch. – Kenya to S. Africa
De Wild. – Zaïre
F.T.Wang & S.C.Chen – China (S. Yunnan)
Thunb. – E. Cape Province
S.M.Burrows – Northern Province to Swaziland
F.T.Wang & Tang ex S.C.Chen – China (Yunnan)
N.A.Ivanova ex Grubov – Central Asia to S. Siberia and Mongolia
Lam. – Mediterranean to Ukraine
F.T.Wang & S.C.Chen – Tibet
(Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey. – Northern Province to Swaziland
(F.T.Wang & Tang) F.T.Wang & S.C.Chen – China (Central Yunnan)
Bunge – W. Asia, Mongolia to N. China
Popov – Central Asia
K.Krause – Tanzania
Link – Macaronesia
Bresler – Seychelles to Mascarenes
(L.f.) Thunb. – Namibia to W. Cape Province
Sebsebe – Tanzania (Usambara Mts.)
Bojer ex Baker – Madagascar
L. – S.E. Europe to Iran
Asparagus virgatus Baker – Yemen, S. Tanzania to S. Africa
(L.f.) Thunb. – Cape Province
Botsch. – Central Asia
(Engl.) Hutch. – W. & W. Central Tropical Africa
S.C.Chen – China (S.W. Sichuan)
S.C.Chen – China (S.W. Sichuan)

References[]

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

[WCSP_Asparagus-1] "Asparagus", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2014-09-01

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