Asparagaceae

family of plants

Asparagaceae is the botanical name of a family of flowering plants. Such a family has been recognized by quite a few taxonomists, but hardly universally: often the plants involved are treated as belonging to the family Liliaceae.

Asparagaceae
Asparagus officinalis in flower
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Asparagaceae

Juss. (1789)
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