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The Asparagales are an order of plants, and on this page the structure of the order is used according to the APG III system. The order takes its name from the family Asparagaceae and is placed in the monocots.
Asparagaceae, family of flowering plants (order Asparagales) comprising more than 2,500 species in about 153 genera. Members of the family are nearly cosmopolitan and are especially diverse in tropical areas that experience seasonal aridity.
Asparagales is an order of flowering plants. The order must include the family Asparagaceae, but other families included in the order have varied markedly between different classifications. No one is sure, but it is supposed that this group of plants evolved between the late and early Cretaceous.
Asparagales is an order of plants in modern classification systems such as the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (APG) and the Angiosperm Phylogeny Web. The order takes its name from the type family Asparagaceae and is placed in the monocots amongst the lilioid monocots.
Asparagaceae is a family of monocot flowering plants, comprising over 300 genera and 3, species. The family is distributed worldwide, with members found on every continent except Antarctica. Asparagus is perhaps the best- member of the family, but other important genera include Dracaena, Sansevieria, Yucca, and Agave.
Asparagus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Asparagoideae. [2] . It comprises up to 300 species. Most are evergreen long-lived perennial plants growing from the understory as lianas, bushes or climbing plants. The best-known species is the edible Asparagus officinalis, commonly referred to as just asparagus.
Asphodelaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Asparagales. Such a family has been recognized by most taxonomists, but the circumscription has varied widely. In its current circumscription in the APG IV system, it includes about 40 genera and 900 known species. The type genus is Asphodelus.
