Asparagaceae {family} - Tracheophyta; Liliopsida; Asparagales;

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Sub-taxa

Subfamilies (5)
  1. Agavoideae [2]
  2. Asparagoideae [370]
  3. Brodiaeoideae [2]
  4. Convallarioideae [55]
  5. Nolinoideae [256]
Genera (107)
  1. Acanthocarpus [4]
  2. Albuca [57]
  3. Alrawia [1]
  4. Androstephium [5]
  5. Anemarrhena [13]
  6. Anthericum [34]
  7. Aphyllanthes [7]
  8. Arthropodium [3]
  9. Aspidistra [23]
  10. Avonsera [3]
  11. Battandiera [9]
  12. Beaucarnea [23]
  13. Behria [1]
  14. Beschorneria [7]
  15. Bessera [11]
  16. Bowiea [8]
  17. Calibanus [6]
  18. Camassia [23]
  19. Campylandra [21]
  20. Cathissa [7]
  21. Chamaescilla [3]
  22. Chamaexeros [2]
  23. Chionodoxa [3]
  24. Chlorogalum [15]
  25. Chlorophytum [161]
  26. Coilonox [10]
  27. Comospermum [6]
  28. Cordyline [45]
  29. Corynotheca [5]
  30. Danae [4]
  31. Dandya [8]
  32. Dasylirion [11]
  33. Diamena [1]
  34. Dichelostemma [23]
  35. Dichopogon [1]
  36. Dipcadi [63]
  37. Disporopsis [19]
  38. Diuranthera [1]
  39. Dracaena [149]
  40. Drimia [41]
  41. Drymophila [16]
  42. Echeandia [13]
  43. Eliokarmos [20]
  44. Eriospermum [19]
  45. Eucharis [13]
  46. Eucomis [5]
  47. Eustrephus [7]
  48. Furcraea [17]
  49. Hagenbachia [4]
  50. Hastingsia [6]
  51. Hensmania [2]
  52. Herpolirion [1]
  53. Herreria [3]
  54. Herreriopsis [2]
  55. Hesperoyucca [4]
  56. Hessea [10]
  57. Heteropolygonatum [9]
  58. Hosta [41]
  59. Hyacinthoides [28]
  60. Hyacinthus [3]
  61. Jaimehintonia [2]
  62. Lachenalia [242]
  63. Lapiedra [7]
  64. Laxmannia [5]
  65. Ledebouria [26]
  66. Leucocrinum [4]
  67. Liriope [45]
  68. Lomandra [22]
  69. Loncomelos [7]
  70. Manfreda [15]
  71. Massonia [9]
  72. Milla [19]
  73. Murchisonia [1]
  74. Muscari [66]
  75. Myrsiphyllum [1]
  76. Neopatersonia [7]
  77. Ophiopogon [167]
  78. Ornithogalum [176]
  79. Oziroe [17]
  80. Paradisea [5]
  81. Peliosanthes [36]
  82. Pleomele [11]
  83. Polianthes [15]
  84. Polyxena [1]
  85. Prospero [38]
  86. Pseudogaltonia [2]
  87. Pseudoprospero [1]
  88. Reineckea [9]
  89. Rohdea [10]
  90. Ruscus [37]
  91. Sansevieria [39]
  92. Scilla [54]
  93. Semele [3]
  94. Sowerbaea [5]
  95. Speirantha [6]
  96. Spetaea [2]
  97. Theropogon [3]
  98. Thysanotus [5]
  99. Tricalistra [2]
  100. Trichopetalum [4]
  101. Tricyrtis [11]
  102. Triteleia [15]
  103. Tupistra [20]
  104. Urginea [1]
  105. Veltheimia [5]
  106. Whiteheadia [1]
  107. Xerolirion [1]

Taxon Description (Wikipedia)

BOLD Stats

Specimen Records: 2,938 Public Records: 2,469
Specimens with Sequences: 2,698 Public Species: 777
Specimens with Barcodes: 2,095 Public BINs: 0
Species: 845          
Species With Barcodes: 672          
           

Contributors (Specimens & Sequencing)

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Imagery

images representing subtaxa of Asparagaceae
(Albuca - KBGPP48) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2018) Unspecified Compton Herbarium (Anthericum - Peru18272) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons – Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike Unspecified Herbarium of South China Botanical Garden (Aphyllanthes - UM-AASS-0186) @11 [ ] by-nc-sa (2022) Guillaume Papuga Universite Montpellier
(Asparagoideae - MP2954) @11 [ ] Copyright (2014) PHCDBS Paul Hebert Centre For DNA Barcoding And Biodiversity Studies (Beaucarnea - AP2.1) @11 [ ] Copyright (2014) PHCDBS Paul Hebert Centre For DNA Barcoding And Biodiversity Studies (Beschorneria - GE02176) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2011) Abisai J. Garcia Mendoza Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Instituto de Biologia
(Camassia - CCDB-23967-A05) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2015) Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (Chionodoxa - L 0895157) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2012) Naturalis Biodiversity center Naturalis Biodiversity center (Chlorogalum - CCDB-24952-B08) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2015) SDNHM San Diego Natural History Museum
(Chlorophytum - B135) @11 [ ] Copyright (2014) PHCDBS Paul Hebert Centre For DNA Barcoding And Biodiversity Studies (Convallarioideae - MT00179986) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial (2012) MT Herbier Marie-Victorin (Cordyline - OMH-D30) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2011) James Tosh Natural History Museum, London
(Dichelostemma - CCDB-24956-E12) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2015) SDNHM San Diego Natural History Museum (Dipcadi - KBGPP267) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2018) Unspecified Compton Herbarium (Dracaena - GH0027) @11 [ ] No Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified
(Drimia - MP90) @11 [ ] Copyright (2014) PHCDBS Paul Hebert Centre fo DNA Barcoding And Biodiversity Studise (Eriospermum - KBGPP243) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2018) Unspecified Compton Herbarium (Furcraea - GE02180) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2011) Abisai J. Garcia Mendoza Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Instituto de Biologia
(Hesperoyucca - CCDB-24952-G09) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2015) SDNHM San Diego Natural History Museum (Hosta - H809420) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified (Hyacinthoides - NBGW6024) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified
(Lachenalia - UFS029) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified (Ledebouria - FFVCC110) @11 [ ] nrr Unspecified Unspecified (Liriope - CSU028) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified
(Manfreda - GE02187) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2011) Abisai J. Garcia Mendoza Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Instituto de Biologia (Muscari - 116_017) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved (2019) Kostrzyca Forest Gene Bank Kostrzyca Forest Gene Bank (Nolinoideae - CCDB-23967-D02) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2015) Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
(Ophiopogon - MP5541) @11 [ ] Copyright (2015) G D Khedkar Paul Hebert Centre For DNA Barcoding And Biodiversity Studies (Ornithogalum - CCDB-23388-A06) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2014) Linda Jennings University of British Columbia (Oziroe - Peru18015) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons – Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike Unspecified Herbarium of South China Botanical Garden
(Pleomele - CNS_CC_P_6081_H2) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Australia Tropical Herbarium Unspecified (Polianthes - MP945) @11 [ ] Copyright (2013) PHCDBS Paul Hebert Centre for DNA Barcoding and Biodiversity Studies (Ruscus - NMW866) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified
(Sansevieria - TK1_E1_NMK) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2017) Unspecified Mpala Research Centre (Scilla - L 0895153) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2012) Naturalis Biodiversity center Naturalis Biodiversity center (Triteleia - ERM1755) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2013) Unspecified UBC Herbarium
(Veltheimia - OM3216) @11 [ ] No Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified
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