List of Asparagus species

, the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families accepts 212 species of Asparagus:


 * 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)