Asparagaceae

Genera 159 Accepted species 3,361 Documented here 885 Coverage 26%

We document 885 of the 3,361 accepted species in Asparagaceae. The rest are listed, with their authorities and their identifiers, inside their genus. They have no page of their own because we could not find three openly licensed photographs of them, and a page without evidence is not a page we are willing to publish.

Genera we document 119 of 159

GenusDocumentedAccepted species
Agave 105 275
Lachenalia 73 134
Asparagus 65 217
Yucca 35 51
Eriospermum 33 119
Albuca 29 133
Chlorophytum 27 196
Dracaena 26 177
Lomandra 26 53
Ledebouria 22 61
Nolina 19 30
Scilla 19 89
Echeandia 18 83
Ornithogalum 18 98
Polygonatum 16 80
Brodiaea 15 19
Muscari 15 83
Maianthemum 14 40
Triteleia 14 18
Dipcadi 12 43
Cordyline 11 26
Dasylirion 11 23
Thysanotus 11 53
Eucomis 9 13
Bellevalia 8 74
Furcraea 8 25
Squilla 8 12
Austronea 6 22
Coilonox 6 29
Eliokarmos 6 34
Hyacinthoides 6 13
Massonia 6 29
Nicipe 6 48
Camassia 5 6
Dichelostemma 5 6
Drimia 5 18
Loncomelos 5 35
Prospero 5 18
Ruscus 5 7
Arthropodium 4 9
Battandiera 4 9
Beaucarnea 4 12
Daubenya 4 8
Galtonia 4 6
Hosta 4 22
Muilla 4 4
Ophiopogon 4 77
Anthericum 3 9
Bloomeria 3 3
Chlorogalum 3 3
Convallaria 3 4
Drimiopsis 3 14
Ethesia 3 5
Hesperaloe 3 8
Hyacinthella 3 17
Liriope 3 7
Milla 3 11
Oziroe 3 5
Rhadamanthus 3 12
Schoenolirion 3 3
Urginavia 3 16
Barnardia 2 2
Bessera 2 3
Brimeura 2 3
Cathissa 2 4
Dichopogon 2 5
Fusifilum 2 17
Geschollia 2 9
Hastingsia 2 4
Honorius 2 6
Laxmannia 2 15
Merwilla 2 3
Paradisea 2 2
Resnova 2 6
Schizobasis 2 12
Sowerbaea 2 5
Stellarioides 2 14
Tenicroa 2 12
Urgineopsis 2 7
Veltheimia 2 2
Zulusia 2 3
Acanthocarpus 1 7
Androstephium 1 2
Aphyllanthes 1 1
Aspidistra 1 147
Behnia 1 1
Beschorneria 1 8
Chamaexeros 1 4
Danae 1 1
Disporopsis 1 10
Eremocrinum 1 1
Eustrephus 1 1
Hemiphylacus 1 5
Hesperocallis 1 1
Hesperoyucca 1 2
Heteropolygonatum 1 10
Hooveria 1 2
Hyacinthus 1 4
Indurgia 1 10
Leucocrinum 1 1
Litanthus 1 2
Melomphis 1 3
Peliosanthes 1 38
Puschkinia 1 3
Reineckea 1 1
Rohdea 1 19
Romnalda 1 4
Sagittanthera 1 1
Schizocarphus 1 1
Sekanama 1 4
Semele 1 3
Spetaea 1 1
Striatula 1 2
Trichopetalum 1 2
Trihesperus 1 2
Trimelopter 1 13
Triteleiopsis 1 1
Urginea 1 4
Whiteheadia 1 1

Genera we do not yet document 40 genera

Real genera, accepted by World Flora Online, for which we have not yet found three commercially licensed photographs of any species. They are listed rather than hidden.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. Family circumscription, accepted names, authorities. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.