Taxonavigation

Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales
Familiae: Amaryllidaceae  [+ Agapanthaceae + Alliaceae ] – Asparagaceae  [+ Agavaceae + Aphyllanthaceae + Hyacinthaceae + Laxmanniaceae + Ruscaceae + Themidaceae ] – Asphodelaceae - Asteliaceae – Blandfordiaceae – Boryaceae – Doryanthaceae – Hypoxidaceae – Iridaceae – Ixioliriaceae – Lanariaceae – Orchidaceae – Tecophilaeaceae – Xanthorrhoeaceae  [+ Asphodelaceae + Hemerocallidaceae ] – Xeronemataceae

Note: families between square brackets "[…]" were optional in APG II, but rejected by APG III and others, for example, Agapanthaceae and Alliaceae have been incorporated into the expanded Amaryllidaceae. This circumscription should be updated to follow APG IV (2016}.

Name

Asparagales Link Handbuch 1: 272. (1829)

• Type genus: Asparagus L. Sp. Pl. 1: 313–314. (1753)

References

• Link, J.H.F. 1828. Handbuch zur Erkennung der nutzbarsten und am häufigsten vorkommenden Gewächse 1: 272.
• Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. 2003. An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG II. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 141(4): 399–436. DOI: 10.1046/j.1095-8339.2003.t01-1-00158.x Reference page. 
• Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. 2009. An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 161(2): 105–121. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x Reference page. 
• Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. 2016. An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG IV. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 181(1): 1–20. DOI: 10.1111/boj.12385 Reference page. 
• Emonocot.org 2013. Asparagales in The Orders and Families of Monocotyledons. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Sept. 16.
• International Plant Names Index. 2013. Asparagales. Published online. Accessed 16 Sept. 2013.
• Seberg, O., Petersen, G., Davis, J.I., Pires, J.C., Stevenson, D.W., Chase, M.W., Fay, M.F., Devey, D.S., Jørgensen, T., Sytsma, K.J., & Pillon, Y. 2012. Phylogeny of the Asparagales based on three plastid and two mitochondrial genes, American Journal of Botany 99: 875-889. DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1100468 Full text PDF. Reference page. 
• Steele, P. R., Hertweck, K. L., Mayfield, D., McKain, M. R., Leebens-Mack, J., & Pires, J. C. 2012. Quality and quantity of data recovered from massively parallel sequencing: examples in Asparagales and Poaceae. American Journal of Botany, 99(2): 330-348. DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1100491 Full text PDF Reference page. 
• Stevens, P.F. 2001 onwards. Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 14, July 2017 [and more or less continuously updated since]. Online. Reference page. 
• Trias-Blasi, A., Baker, W.J., Haigh, A.L., Simpson, D.A., Weber, O. & Wilkin, P. 2015. A genus-level phylogenetic linear sequence of monocots. Taxon 64(3): 552-581. DOI: 10.12705/643.9 . PDF available online from ResearchGate Reference page.  Excludes Orchidaceae
• Tropicos.org 2013. Asparagales . Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Sept. 16.

Vernacular names

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