Asparagaceae {family} - Tracheophyta; Liliopsida; Asparagales;

Sub-taxa

Subfamilies (5)
  1. Agavoideae [2]
  2. Asparagoideae [371]
  3. Brodiaeoideae [2]
  4. Convallarioideae [55]
  5. Nolinoideae [256]
Genera (101)
  1. Acanthocarpus [4]
  2. Albuca [57]
  3. Alrawia [1]
  4. Androstephium [5]
  5. Anemarrhena [13]
  6. Anthericum [34]
  7. Aphyllanthes [7]
  8. Arthropodium [3]
  9. Aspidistra [23]
  10. Avonsera [3]
  11. Battandiera [9]
  12. Beaucarnea [23]
  13. Beschorneria [7]
  14. Bessera [12]
  15. Bowiea [8]
  16. Calibanus [6]
  17. Camassia [23]
  18. Campylandra [21]
  19. Cathissa [6]
  20. Chamaescilla [3]
  21. Chamaexeros [2]
  22. Chlorogalum [15]
  23. Chlorophytum [161]
  24. Coilonox [10]
  25. Comospermum [6]
  26. Cordyline [45]
  27. Corynotheca [5]
  28. Danae [4]
  29. Dandya [8]
  30. Dasylirion [11]
  31. Diamena [1]
  32. Dichelostemma [23]
  33. Dichopogon [1]
  34. Dipcadi [63]
  35. Disporopsis [19]
  36. Diuranthera [1]
  37. Dracaena [158]
  38. Drimia [50]
  39. Drymophila [16]
  40. Echeandia [13]
  41. Eliokarmos [1]
  42. Eriospermum [19]
  43. Eucharis [13]
  44. Eucomis [5]
  45. Eustrephus [7]
  46. Furcraea [17]
  47. Hagenbachia [4]
  48. Hastingsia [6]
  49. Hensmania [2]
  50. Herpolirion [1]
  51. Herreria [3]
  52. Herreriopsis [2]
  53. Hesperoyucca [5]
  54. Hessea [10]
  55. Heteropolygonatum [9]
  56. Hosta [41]
  57. Hyacinthoides [28]
  58. Hyacinthus [3]
  59. Jaimehintonia [2]
  60. Lachenalia [243]
  61. Lapiedra [7]
  62. Laxmannia [5]
  63. Ledebouria [25]
  64. Leucocrinum [4]
  65. Liriope [45]
  66. Lomandra [22]
  67. Manfreda [15]
  68. Massonia [9]
  69. Milla [19]
  70. Murchisonia [1]
  71. Muscari [72]
  72. Neopatersonia [6]
  73. Ophiopogon [167]
  74. Ornithogalum [215]
  75. Oziroe [17]
  76. Paradisea [5]
  77. Peliosanthes [36]
  78. Pleomele [5]
  79. Polianthes [7]
  80. Prospero [41]
  81. Pseudogaltonia [2]
  82. Pseudoprospero [1]
  83. Reineckea [9]
  84. Rohdea [10]
  85. Ruscus [37]
  86. Sansevieria [36]
  87. Scilla [57]
  88. Semele [3]
  89. Sowerbaea [5]
  90. Speirantha [6]
  91. Spetaea [2]
  92. Theropogon [3]
  93. Thysanotus [5]
  94. Tricalistra [2]
  95. Trichopetalum [4]
  96. Tricyrtis [11]
  97. Triteleia [15]
  98. Tupistra [20]
  99. Veltheimia [5]
  100. Whiteheadia [1]
  101. Xerolirion [1]

Taxon Description (Wikipedia)

BOLD Stats

Specimen Records: 2,958 Public Records: 2,343
Specimens with Sequences: 2,718 Public Species: 724
Specimens with Barcodes: 2,104 Public BINs: 0
Species: 787          
Species With Barcodes: 636          
           

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Imagery

images representing subtaxa of Asparagaceae
(Albuca - KBGPP48) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2018) Unspecified Compton Herbarium (Anthericum - Peru18272) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons – Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike Unspecified Herbarium of South China Botanical Garden (Aphyllanthes - UM-AASS-0186) @11 [ ] by-nc-sa (2022) Guillaume Papuga Universite Montpellier
(Asparagoideae - MP2954) @11 [ ] Copyright (2014) PHCDBS Paul Hebert Centre For DNA Barcoding And Biodiversity Studies (Beaucarnea - AP2.1) @11 [ ] Copyright (2014) PHCDBS Paul Hebert Centre For DNA Barcoding And Biodiversity Studies (Beschorneria - GE02176) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2011) Abisai J. Garcia Mendoza Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Instituto de Biologia
(Camassia - CCDB-23967-A05) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2015) Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (Chlorogalum - CCDB-24952-B08) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2015) SDNHM San Diego Natural History Museum (Chlorophytum - B135) @11 [ ] Copyright (2014) PHCDBS Paul Hebert Centre For DNA Barcoding And Biodiversity Studies
(Convallarioideae - MT00179986) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial (2012) MT Herbier Marie-Victorin (Cordyline - OMH-D30) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2011) James Tosh Natural History Museum, London (Dichelostemma - CCDB-24956-E12) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2015) SDNHM San Diego Natural History Museum
(Dipcadi - KBGPP267) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2018) Unspecified Compton Herbarium (Dracaena - XM_0918_J) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2015) Cam Webb, Endro Setiawan & Hery Yanto Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University (Drimia - MP90) @11 [ ] Copyright (2014) PHCDBS Paul Hebert Centre fo DNA Barcoding And Biodiversity Studise
(Eriospermum - KBGPP243) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2018) Unspecified Compton Herbarium (Furcraea - GE02180) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2011) Abisai J. Garcia Mendoza Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Instituto de Biologia (Hesperoyucca - CCDB-24952-G09) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2015) SDNHM San Diego Natural History Museum
(Hosta - Ringve26) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2012) NTNU Museum of Natural History and Archaeology NTNU Museum of Natural History and Archaeology (Hyacinthoides - NBGW6024) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified (Lachenalia - UFS029) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified
(Ledebouria - FFVCC110) @11 [ ] nrr Unspecified Unspecified (Liriope - CSU028) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified (Manfreda - GE02187) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2011) Abisai J. Garcia Mendoza Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Instituto de Biologia
(Muscari - 116_017) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved (2019) Kostrzyca Forest Gene Bank Kostrzyca Forest Gene Bank (Nolinoideae - CCDB-23967-D02) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2015) Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (Ophiopogon - MP5541) @11 [ ] Copyright (2015) G D Khedkar Paul Hebert Centre For DNA Barcoding And Biodiversity Studies
(Ornithogalum - BGE_00079_B10) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons – Attribution by TAU herbarium (2025) TAU herbarium Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Oziroe - Peru18015) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons – Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike Unspecified Herbarium of South China Botanical Garden (Prospero - NMW3831) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2012) National Museum Wales National Museum Wales
(Ruscus - NMW866) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified (Sansevieria - TK1_E1_NMK) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2017) Unspecified Mpala Research Centre (Scilla - CCDB-23112-B11) @11 [ ] Copyright (2015) Deb Metsger Royal Ontario Museum
(Triteleia - ERM1755) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2013) Unspecified UBC Herbarium (Veltheimia - OM3216) @11 [ ] No Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified
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