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Taxon:  Asparagus officinalis L.



Summary
Genus:
Asparagus
Family:
Asparagaceae
Subfamily:
Asparagoideae
Nomen number:
300050
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:313. 1753
Verified:
01/23/1992 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
11 (11  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Asparagus caspius Hohen.
Asparagus longifolius Fisch. ex Steud.
Asparagus officinalis L. subsp. officinalis
Asparagus officinalis L. var. caspius (Hohen.) Asch. & Graebn.
Asparagus polyphyllus Steven ex Ledeb.
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Reference(s)
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    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
    • http://www.skud.info
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Common names
English
asparagus –
garden asparagus –
French
asperge –
German
Spargel –
Italian
asparagio –
Japanese Rōmaji
oranda-kiji-kakushi –
Portuguese
espargo –
Spanish
espárrago –
esparraguera –
Swedish
sparris –
Transcribed Chinese
shi diao bai –
Distribution
Native
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia
Asia-Temperate
  • CAUCASUS: Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia], Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation [Dagestan]
  • CHINA: China [Xinjiang (n.w.)]
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan
  • MONGOLIA: Mongolia
  • SIBERIA: Russian Federation [Altay, Gorno-Altay, Khakassia, Krasnoyarsk (s.), Kurgan, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Tyumen (s.)]
  • WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan, Iran, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Europe
  • EAST EUROPE: Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine (incl. Krym)
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: Denmark (s.)
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Former Yugoslavia, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy (incl. Sicily), Romania
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, France (incl. Corsica), Portugal
Cultivated (widely cult.)
Naturalized
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia
  • NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand
Europe
  • EAST EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part], Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: Finland, Norway, Sweden
Northern America
  • REGION: Canada, United States
Southern America
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Uruguay
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Ecuador [Galapagos Islands]
Economic Uses
Human food
Medicines
folklore (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2) –
Vertebrate poisons
mammals (fide Kingsbury) –
Weed
(fide Invasive Pl Spec) –


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