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