Asparagaceae
Asparagaceae is a family of flowering plants, placed in the order Asparagales of the monocots. Its best known member is Asparagus officinalis, garden asparagus.
Taxonomy
In earlier classification systems, the species involved were often treated as belonging to the family Liliaceae. The APG II system of 2003 allowed two options as to the circumscription of the family: either Asparagaceae sensu lato combining seven previously recognized families, or Asparagaceae sensu stricto consisting of very few genera, but nevertheless totalling a few hundred species. The revised APG III system of 2009 allows only the broader sense. A paper published at the same time proposed seven subfamilies to correspond to the originally separate families. These are:- subfamily Agavoideae = family Agavaceae and family Hesperocallidaceae
- subfamily Aphyllanthoideae = family Aphyllanthaceae
- subfamily Asparagoideae = family Asparagaceae sensu stricto
- subfamily Brodiaeoideae = family Themidaceae
- subfamily Lomandroideae = family Laxmanniaceae
- subfamily Nolinoideae = family Ruscaceae
- subfamily Scilloideae = family Hyacinthaceae
Genera
| Subfamily | Genus |
| Lomandroideae | Acanthocarpus Lehm. |
| Agavoideae | Agave L. |
| Scilloideae | Albuca L. |
| Scilloideae | Alrawia Perss. & Wendelbo |
| Brodiaeoideae | Androstephium Torr. |
| Agavoideae | Anemarrhena Bunge |
| Agavoideae | Anthericum L. |
| Aphyllanthoideae | Aphyllanthes L. |
| Lomandroideae | Arthropodium R.Br. |
| Asparagoideae | Asparagus Tourn. ex L. |
| Nolinoideae | Aspidistra Ker Gawl. |
| Scilloideae | Barnardia Lindl. |
| Nolinoideae | Beaucarnea Lem. |
| Agavoideae | Behnia Didr. |
| Scilloideae | Bellevalia Lapeyr. |
| Agavoideae | Beschorneria Kunth |
| Brodiaeoideae | Bessera Schult.f. |
| Brodiaeoideae | Bloomeria Kellogg |
| Scilloideae | Bowiea Harv. ex Hook.f. |
| Scilloideae | Brimeura Salisb. |
| Brodiaeoideae | Brodiaea Sm. |
| Nolinoideae | Calibanus Rose |
| Agavoideae | Camassia Lindl. |
| Nolinoideae | Campylandra Baker |
| Lomandroideae | Chamaescilla F.Muell. ex Benth. |
| Lomandroideae | Chamaexeros Benth. |
| Scilloideae | Chionodoxa Boiss. |
| Agavoideae | Chlorogalum Kunth |
| Agavoideae | Chlorophytum Ker Gawl. |
| Nolinoideae | Comospermum Rauschert |
| Nolinoideae | Convallaria L. |
| Lomandroideae | Cordyline Comm. ex R.Br. |
| Nolinoideae | Danae Medik. |
| Brodiaeoideae | Dandya H.E.Moore |
| Nolinoideae | Dasylirion Zucc. |
| Scilloideae | Daubenya Lindl. |
| Agavoideae | Diamena Ravenna |
| Brodiaeoideae | Dichelostemma Kunth |
| Lomandroideae | Dichopogon Kunth |
| Agavoideae | Diora Ravenna |
| Scilloideae | Dipcadi Medik. |
| Nolinoideae | Disporopsis Hance |
| Nolinoideae | Dracaena Vand. ex L. |
| Scilloideae | Drimia Jacq. |
| Scilloideae | Drimiopsis Lindl. & Paxton |
| Agavoideae | Echeandia Ortega |
| Agavoideae | Eremocrinum M.E.Jones |
| Nolinoideae | Eriospermum Jacq. |
| Scilloideae | Eucomis L'Hér. |
| Lomandroideae | Eustrephus R.Br. |
| Agavoideae | Furcraea Vent. |
| Scilloideae | Galtonia Decne. |
| Agavoideae | Hagenbachia Nees & Mart. |
| Agavoideae | Hastingsia S.Watson |
| Asparagoideae | Hemiphylacus S.Watson |
| Agavoideae | Herreria Ruiz & Pav. |
| Agavoideae | Herreriopsis H.Perrier |
| Agavoideae | Hesperaloe Engelm. in S.Watson |
| Agavoideae | Hesperocallis A.Gray |
| Agavoideae | Hesperoyucca Trel. |
| Nolinoideae | Heteropolygonatum M.N.Tamura & Ogisu |
| Agavoideae | Hosta Tratt. |
| Scilloideae | Hyacinthella Schur |
| Scilloideae | Hyacinthoides Heist. ex Fabr. |
| Scilloideae | Hyacinthus Tourn. ex L. |
| Scilloideae | Lachenalia Jacq. ex Murray |
| Lomandroideae | Laxmannia R.Br. |
| Scilloideae | Ledebouria Roth |
| Scilloideae | Leopoldia Parl. |
| Agavoideae | Leucocrinum Nutt. ex A.Gray |
| Nolinoideae | Liriope Lour. |
| Lomandroideae | Lomandra Labill. |
| Nolinoideae | Maianthemum F.H.Wigg. |
| Agavoideae | Manfreda Salisb. |
| Scilloideae | Massonia Thunb. ex Houtt. |
| Scilloideae | Merwilla Speta |
| Brodiaeoideae | Milla Cav. |
| Brodiaeoideae | Muilla S.Watson ex Benth. |
| Lomandroideae | Murchisonia Brittan |
| Scilloideae | Muscari Mill. |
| Nolinoideae | Nolina Michx. |
| Nolinoideae | Ophiopogon Ker Gawl. |
| Scilloideae | Ornithogalum L. |
| Scilloideae | Oziroe Raf. |
| Agavoideae | Paradisea Mazzuc. |
| Nolinoideae | Peliosanthes Andrews |
| Brodiaeoideae | Petronymphe H.E.Moore |
| Nolinoideae | Pleomele Salisb. |
| Agavoideae | Polianthes L. |
| Nolinoideae | Polygonatum Mill. |
| Agavoideae | Prochnyanthes S.Watson |
| Scilloideae | Prospero Salisb. |
| Scilloideae | Pseudogaltonia Engl. |
| Scilloideae | Pseudoprospero Speta |
| Scilloideae | Puschkinia Adams |
| Nolinoideae | Reineckea Kunth |
| Nolinoideae | Rohdea Roth |
| Lomandroideae | Romnalda P.F.Stevens |
| Nolinoideae | Ruscus L. |
| Nolinoideae | Sansevieria Thunb. |
| Scilloideae | Schizobasis Baker |
| Scilloideae | Schizocarphus van der Merwe |
| Agavoideae | Schoenolirion Durand |
| Scilloideae | Scilla L. |
| Nolinoideae | Semele Kunth |
| Lomandroideae | Sowerbaea Sm. |
| Nolinoideae | Speirantha Baker |
| Scilloideae | Spetaea Wetschnig & Pfosser |
| Nolinoideae | Theropogon Maxim. |
| Lomandroideae | Thysanotus R.Br. |
| Lomandroideae | Trichopetalum Lindl. |
| Brodiaeoideae | Triteleia Douglas ex Lindl. |
| Brodiaeoideae | Triteleiopsis Hoover |
| Nolinoideae | Tupistra Ker Gawl. |
| Scilloideae | Veltheimia Gled. |
| Lomandroideae | Xerolirion A.S.George |
| Agavoideae | Yucca L. |