Asparagaceae

Asparagus herb of the vegetable garden asparagus or asparagus (Asparagus officinalis)

The asparagus plants ( Asparagaceae ) family belongs to the order of the asparagus -like ( Asparagales ) within the monocots. It is to be found worldwide. The most common food crop is the vegetable garden asparagus or asparagus (Asparagus officinalis ); next to the agave, from which tequila is produced juice. Some species are ornamental plants for parks, gardens and spaces.

System

The molecular genetic studies in the last ten years have meant that the family boundaries within the order of asparagus -like ( Asparagales ) have dramatically shifted. The asparagus plants ( Asparagaceae sl) now contain the taxa of the former family Agavaceae, Aphyllanthaceae, hyacinth plants ( Hyacinthaceae ) Laxmanniaceae, butcher's broom plants ( Ruscaceae ) and Themidaceae. The name Asparagaceae 1789 was published by Antoine Laurent de Jussieu in Genera Plantarum on page 40. Type genus Asparagus L. is.

Due to the rules of the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature ( ICBN ) was the family name part, are applied to the subfamilies. So could the hyacinth plants, so the previous Hyacinthaceae not be renamed to " Hyacinthoideae " because the older, albeit unusual name Scilloideae has priority.

The asparagus plants ( Asparagaceae ) family contains seven families with about 150 genera and about 2500 species:

  • . Aphyllanthoideae Lindl, with the only kind: Bins lily ( Aphyllanthes monspeliensis L. ) that is found in the Mediterranean region
  • Asparagus (Asparagus L.)
  • Hemiphylacus S. Watson, in Mexico

Literature and sources

  • Mark W. Chase, James L. Reveal, Michael F. Fay: A subfamilial classification for the expanded asparagalean families Amaryllidaceae, Asparagaceae and Xanthorrhoeaceae. In: Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. Volume 161, No. 2, 2009, pp. 132-136, doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00999.x. ( Section systematics)
  • The Asparagaceae in APWebsite family. (English )
  • David John Mabberley: The Plant-Book. A portable dictionary of the higher plants. Cambridge University Press 1987. ISBN 0-521-34060-8
Agavoideae Lomandroideae Brodiaeoideae Asparagoideae Digital Object Identifier Angiosperm Phylogeny Group
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