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Asparagus officinalis L. is an accepted name

This name is the accepted name of a species in the genus Asparagus (family Asparagaceae).

The record derives from WCSP (data supplied on 2012-03-23 ) which reports it as an accepted name (record 275197) with original publication details: Sp. Pl. 313 1753.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: http://ipni.org/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:531229-1.

Synonyms:

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied
Asparagus altilis (L.) Asch.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Asparagus altilis subsp. oxycarpus (Steven) K.Richt.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Asparagus altilis subsp. polyphyllus (Steven ex Ledeb.) K.Richt.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Asparagus caspius Schult. & Schult.f.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Asparagus caspius Hohen. [Illegitimate]	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Asparagus collinus Schur [Illegitimate]	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Asparagus esculentus Salisb.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Asparagus fiori Sennen	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Asparagus hedecarpus Andrews ex Baker	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Asparagus hortensis Mill. ex Baker	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Asparagus littoralis Steven	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Asparagus officinalis var. altilis L.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Asparagus officinalis var. campestris Gren. & Godr.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Asparagus officinalis var. collinus Nyman	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Asparagus officinalis subsp. officinalis	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Asparagus officinalis var. oxycarpus (Steven) Nyman	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Asparagus officinalis subsp. polyphyllus (Steven ex Ledeb.) Nyman	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Asparagus officinalis var. strictus Boiss.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Asparagus oxycarpus Steven	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Asparagus paragus Gueldenst. ex Ledeb.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Asparagus polyphyllus Steven ex Ledeb.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Asparagus polyphyllus Steven	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Asparagus sativus Mill.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Asparagus scaber var. littoralis (Steven) Nyman	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Asparagus setiformis Krylov	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Asparagus tenuifolius Gilib. [Invalid]	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Asparagus trichophyllus var. medius Bong. & C.A.Mey.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Asparagus vulgaris Gueldenst. ex Ledeb.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23

Infraspecific taxa:

This species contains the following infraspecific taxa*.

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Synonyms
Asparagus officinalis subsp. prostratus (Dumort.) Corb.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	3

The Plant List does not attempt to include all infraspecific taxa.

Earlier versions

This name was in version 1 of The Plant List, record kew-275197.

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