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)
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