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								World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010), copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
 
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				Asparagus Tourn. ex L.
				
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                            Sp. Pl.: 313. 1753 | 
                          
						  
                          
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		| Taxonomy (this taxon is included in): | 
		Regnum - Plantae 
				    
				Divisio - Tracheophyta 
				    
				    
				Subdivisio - Spermatophytina 
				    
				    
				    
				Class - Magnoliopsida 
				    
				    
				    
				    
				Superordo - Lilianae 
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				Ordo - Asparagales 
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				Familia - Asparagaceae 
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				
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                            	Asparagopsis (Kunth) Kunth | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Elachanthera F. Muell. | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Elide Medik. | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Hecatris Salisb. | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Myrsiphyllum Willd. | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Protasparagus Oberm. | 
							
                          
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					Asparagus acutifolius L.
					
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					Asparagus aethiopicus L.
					
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					Asparagus albus L.
					
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					Asparagus altissimus Munby
					
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					Asparagus aphyllus L.
					
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					Asparagus arborescens Willd. ex Schult. & Schult. f.
					
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					Asparagus asparagoides (L.) Druce
					
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					Asparagus breslerianus Schult. & Schult. f.
					
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					Asparagus coodei P. H. Davis
					
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					Asparagus densiflorus (Kunth) Jessop
					
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					Asparagus fallax Svent.
					
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					Asparagus filifolius Bertol.
					
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					Asparagus horridus L.
					
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					Asparagus inderiensis Blume ex Ledeb.
					
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					Asparagus ledebourii Miscz.
					
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					Asparagus lycaonicus P. H. Davis
					
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					Asparagus lycicus P. H. Davis
					
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					Asparagus maritimus (L.) Mill.
					
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					Asparagus nesiotes Svent.
					
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					Asparagus officinalis L.
					
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					Asparagus palaestinus Baker
					
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					Asparagus pallasii Miscz.
					
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					Asparagus pastorianus Webb & Berthel.
					
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					Asparagus persicus Baker
					
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					Asparagus plocamoides Webb ex Svent.
					
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					Asparagus pseudoscaber Grecescu
					
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					Asparagus schoberioides Kunth
					
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					Asparagus scoparius Lowe
					
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					Asparagus setaceus (Kunth) Jessop
					
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					Asparagus tenuifolius Lam.
					
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					Asparagus trichophyllus Bunge
					
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					Asparagus umbellatus Link
					
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					Asparagus verticillatus L.
					
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       			  AE(G) Ag Al Au Be Bl Br Bu By Ca Co Cr Cy Cz Da Eg Ga Ge Gr Hb He Ho Hs Hu IJ It Ju Li LS Lu Ma Md Po Rf(C CS S) Rm Sa Sg Si Sn Tcs Tn Tu(A E) Uk(K U) [Az Bt Fe No Rf(N NW) Su] |