Asparagaceae is a family of flowering plants, placed in the order Asparagales of the monocots. Its best known member is Asparagus officinalis, garden asparagus. In earlier classification systems, the species involved were often treated as belonging to the family Liliaceae. The APG II system of 2003 allowed two options as to the circumscription of the family: either Asparagaceae sensu lato ("in the wider sense") combining seven previously recognized families, or Asparagaceae sensu stricto ("in the strict sense") consisting of very few genera (notably Asparagus, also Hemiphylacus), but nevertheless totalling a few hundred species. The revised APG III system of 2009 allows only the broader sense. A paper published at the same time proposed seven subfamilies to correspond to the originally separate families. Learn more about Asparagus
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Common Name | Scientific Name | Conservation Status |
Armenian Grape Hyacinth (3 videos) | Muscari armeniacum | Not Available |
Bluedick (16 videos) | Dichelostemma capitatum | Not Available |
Common Grape Hyacinth (5 videos) | Muscari botryoides | Not Available |
English Bluebell (7 videos) | Hyacinthoides non-scripta | Not Available |
European Lily Of The Valley (3 videos) | Convallaria majalis | Not Available |
False Solomon's-seal (6 videos) | Maianthemum racemosum | Not Available |
Goose Tongue (5 videos) | Plantago maritima | Not Available |
Red Ribbon (33 videos) | Clarkia concinna | Not Available |
Redhot Poker (1 videos) | Kniphofia uvaria | Not Available |
Sotol (9 videos) | Dasylirion wheeleri | Not Available |
Star-flowered Lily-of-the-valley (1 videos) | Maianthemum stellatum | Not Available |
Threeleaf False Lily Of The Valley (3 videos) | Maianthemum trifolium | Not Available |