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Asparagus
(Genus Asparagus)
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Asparagus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Asparagoideae. It comprises up to 300 species. Most are evergreen long-lived perennial plants growing from the understory as lianas, bushes or climbing plants. The best-known species is the edible Asparagus officinalis, commonly referred to as just asparagus. Some other members of the genus, such as Asparagus densiflorus, are grown as ornamental plants.
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Agaves, Orchids, Irises, and Allies
(Order Asparagales)
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Asparagales (asparagoid lilies) is an order of plants in modern classification systems such as the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (APG) and the Angiosperm Phylogeny Web. The order takes its name from the type family Asparagaceae and is placed in the monocots amongst the lilioid monocots. The order has only recently been recognized in classification systems. It was first put forward by Huber in 1977 and later taken up in the Dahlgren system of 1985 and then the...
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Agave and Allies
(Family Asparagaceae)
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Asparagaceae is a family of flowering plants, placed in the order Asparagales of the monocots.
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Asparagus Subfamily
(Subfamily Asparagoideae)
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Asparagoideae is a subfamily of monocot flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae, order Asparagales, according to the APG III system of 2009. The subfamily name is derived from the generic name of the type genus, Asparagus. The group has previously been treated as a separate family Asparagaceae sensu stricto.
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Pickleweeds
(Genus Salicornia)
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Salicornia is a genus of succulent, halophyte (salt tolerant) flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae that grow in salt marshes, on beaches, and among mangroves. Salicornia species are native to North America, Europe, South Africa, and South Asia. Common names for the genus include glasswort, pickleweed, picklegrass, and marsh samphire; these common names are also used for some species not in Salicornia. The main European species is often eate
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Wild Asparagus
(Asparagus officinalis)
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Asparagus, or garden asparagus, folk name sparrow grass, scientific name Asparagus officinalis, is a spring vegetable, a flowering perennial plant species in the genus Asparagus.
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African Asparagus
(Asparagus aethiopicus)
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Asparagus aethiopicus, Sprenger's Asparagus, is a plant native to the Cape Provinces and the Northern Provinces of South Africa. Often used as an ornamental plant, it is considered an invasive weed in many locations. Asparagus fern and foxtail fern are common names; however, it is unrelated to true ferns. A. aethiopicus has been confused with A. densiflorus, now regarded as a separate species, so that information about A. aethiopicus will of
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Sprenger's Asparagus
(Asparagus densiflorus)
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Asparagus densiflorus (asparagus fern, plume asparagus, foxtail fern) is an evergreen perennial plant, closely related to the vegetable asparagus, and native to southern Africa from Mozambique to South Africa. A. densiflorus has been confused with A. aethiopicus, Sprenger's asparagus, now regarded as a separate species, so that information under the name A. densiflorus will often refer to A. aethiopicus.
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Spiny Asparagus
(Asparagus acutifolius)
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Asparagus acutifolius, common name wild asparagus, is an evergreen perennial plant belonging to the genus Asparagus. The Latin name acutifolius of this species, meaning "thorny leaves", derives from the characteristic shape of the leaves, a quite common feature in the typical plants of the Mediterranean.
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Common Asparagus Fern
(Asparagus setaceus)
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Asparagus setaceus, commonly known as common asparagus fern, lace fern, climbing asparagus, or ferny asparagus, is a climbing plant in the genus Asparagus. Despite its common name, the plant is not a true fern, but has leaves that resemble one.
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Pacific Glasswort
(Salicornia pacifica)
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Salicornia pacifica, also known as pickleweed, sea asparagus, Pacific swampfire, or glasswort, is a species of low-growing perennial succulent halophyte in the genus Salicornia found in the Pacific coast of North America and California.
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Cape Smilax
(Asparagus asparagoides)
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Asparagus asparagoides, commonly known as Bridal creeper, Bridal-veil creeper, Gnarboola, Smilax or Smilax asparagus, is a herbaceous climbing plant of the family Asparagaceae native to eastern and southern Africa. Sometimes grown as an ornamental plant, it has become a serious environmental weed in Australia and New Zealand.
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Climbing Asparagus
(Asparagus scandens)
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Asparagus scandens, (also known as Climbing Asparagus fern or Krulkransie) is a plant native to South Africa in the Asparagus genus.
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Redstem Asparagus
(Asparagus rubicundus)
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Asparagus rubicundus ("Wild Asparagus") is a fluffy, thorny shrub of the Asparagus genus, that is indigenous to South Africa and southern Namibia.
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Common Asparagus Beetle
(Crioceris asparagi)
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The common asparagus beetle (Crioceris asparagi) is an important pest of asparagus crops both in Europe and in North America. Asparagus is its only food plant. The beetle is about half a centimeter long, metallic blue-black in color with cream or yellow spots on its red-bordered elytra. The larvae are fat gray grubs with dark heads.
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Wild Asparagus
(Asparagus cochinchinensis)
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Asparagus cochinchinensis is a species of plant, sometimes called "Chinese asparagus", in the subfamily Asparagoideae of the family Asparagaceae. No subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life.
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Spotted Asparagus Beetle
(Crioceris duodecimpunctata)
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Crioceris duodecimpunctata or Spotted Asparagus Beetle is a species of shining leaf beetles belonging to the family Chrysomelidae, subfamily Criocerinae.
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Wild Asparagus
(Asparagus capensis)
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Asparagus capensis ("Katdoring") is a dense, thorny, shrub of the Asparagus genus, that is indigenous to South Africa and Namibia.
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Catthorn Asparagus
(Asparagus suaveolens)
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Asparagus suaveolens ("Bushveld Asparagus" or "Mvane"), is a shrub of the Asparagus genus, that is indigenous to Africa, from Kenya to South Africa.
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Bath Asparagus
(Ornithogalum pyrenaicum)
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Ornithogalum pyrenaicum, also called Prussian asparagus, wild asparagus, Bath asparagus, Pyrenees star of Bethlehem, or spiked star of Bethlehem, is a plant whose young flower shoots may be eaten as a vegetable, similar to asparagus.
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