Taxonavigation

Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales
Familiae: Amaryllidaceae – Asparagaceae – Asphodelaceae – Asteliaceae – Blandfordiaceae – Boryaceae – Doryanthaceae – Hypoxidaceae – Iridaceae – Ixioliriaceae – Lanariaceae – Orchidaceae – Tecophilaeaceae – Xeronemataceae

Note: Sensu APG (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. 
• Klopper, R.R., Smith, G.F. & van Wyk, A.E. 2013. Proposal to conserve the family name Asphodelaceae (Spermatophyta: Magnoliidae: Asparagales). Taxon 62: 402–403. PDF
• 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 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 ResearchGate Reference page.  Excludes Orchidaceae
• Tropicos.org 2013. Asparagales. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 Sept. 2013.

Vernacular names

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