Selected Species
- Asparagus acutifolius
- Asparagus aethiopicus (= Asparagus sprengeri, Protasparagus aethiopicus) – Ground Asparagus, Asparagus Fern, (S. Afr.) Emerald Fern, Basket Asparagus
- Asparagus aethiopicus 'Sprengeri' – Sprenger's Asparagus
- Asparagus africanus (= Protasparagus africanus) – African Asparagus
- Asparagus asparagoides ( = Myrsiphyllum asparagoides) – Smilax, African Asparagus Fern, (Austr.) Bridal Creeper
- Asparagus cochinchinensis – Tian men dong (天門冬) in Chinese, of which the tubers are used as a kind of herb in Traditional Chinese Medicine.
- Asparagus declinatus – Foxtail Asparagus Fern, (Austr.) Bridal vein
- Asparagus densiflorus (= Protasparagus densiflorus)
- Asparagus falcatus – Large Forest Sicklethorn of southern Africa)
- Asparagus fallax – Esparraguera de monteverde. Macaronesian native flora.
- Asparagus flagellaris
- Asparagus horridus – Western Mediterranean to Macaronesia.
- Asparagus macowanii (= Protasparagus macowanii)
- Asparagus maritimus
- Asparagus nesiotes – Esparraguera majorera. Macaronesian native flora.
- Asparagus officinalis – Asparagus
- Asparagus officinalis subsp. officinalis – Garden Asparagus
- Asparagus officinalis subsp. prostratus
- Asparagus pastorianus – Esparraguera espinablanca. Macaronesian native flora.
- Asparagus racemosus
- Asparagus scandens – Krulkransie of the Western Cape, South Africa
- Asparagus schoberioides
- Asparagus scoparius – Esparragón raboburro. Macaronesian native flora.
- Asparagus setaceus (= Protasparagus setaceus, A. plumosus) – Lace Fern, Asparagus Fern, Florist's Fern, (Austr.) Climbing Asparagus
- Asparagus tenuifolius
- Asparagus umbellatus – Esparraguera común. Macaronesian native flora.
- Asparagus vaginellatus
- Asparagus virgatus
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