Asparagaceae
This list of genera was made in November 2025 according to World Flora Online, Plants of the World Online, Stevens 2001 onwards (APWeb), Böhnert et al. 2023, Gandara et al. 2009, Gunn et al. 2024, Gutierrez et al. 2017, Manning (2020), Manning et al. 2009, Martinez-Azorin et al. 2023, Özüdogru et al. 2022, Pfosser etl a. 2003, Thiede & Eggli (2020), Vasquez-Garcia et al. 2024, and Wetschnig & Pfosser 2003. This list includes only genera present in our herbaria: M and MSB.
| All genera (accepted genera in bold) | Stored under | Synonyms included |
|---|---|---|
| Acanthocarpus Lehm. | ||
| Acrospira Welw. ex Baker | Chlorophytum Ker Gawl. | |
| Agave L. | Leichtlinia Ross, Delpinoa H. Ross, Polianthes L., Prochnyanthes S.Watson | |
| Albuca L. | ||
| Anemarrhena Bunge | ||
| Anthericum L. | ||
| Aphyllanthes L. | ||
| Arthropodium R.Br. | Dichopogon Kunth | |
| Asparagus L. | ||
| Aspidistra Ker Gawl. | ||
| Austronea Mart.-Azorín, M.B.Crespo, M.Pinter & Wetschnig (prev. under Drimia Jacq. ex Willd.) | ||
| Autonoe (Webb & Berthel.) Speta (prev. under Scilla L.) | ||
| Barnardia Lindl. (prev. under Scilla L.) | ||
| Beaucarnea Lem. (prev. under Dasylirion Zucc., Nolina Michx.) | ||
| Behnia Didr. | ||
| Bellevalia Lapeyr. | Strangweja Bertol. | |
| Beschorneria Kunth | ||
| Bessera Schult.f. | ||
| Bloomeria Kellogg | ||
| Bottionea Colla | Trichopetalum Lindl. | |
| Bowiea Harv. ex Hook.f. | ||
| Brimeura Salisb. | ||
| Brodiaea Sm. | ||
| Camassia Lindl. | ||
| Campylandra Baker | Rohdea Roth | |
| Chamaexeros Benth. (prev. under Acanthocarpus Lehm.) | ||
| Chionodoxa Boiss. | Scilla L. | |
| Chlorogalum (Lindl.) Kunth | ||
| Chlorophytum Ker Gawl. | ||
| Clara Kunth (prev. under Herreria Ruiz & Pav.) | ||
| Convallaria L. | ||
| Cordyline Comm. ex R.Br. | ||
| Danae Medik. | ||
| Dasylirion Zucc. | ||
| Daubenya Lindl. (prev. under Neobakeria Schltr.) | ||
| Delpinoa H.Ross | Agave L. | |
| Dichelostemma Kunth (prev. under Brodiaea Sm.) | ||
| Dichopogon Kunth | Arthropodium R.Br. | |
| Dipcadi Medik. | ||
| Disporopsis Hance | ||
| Dracaena Vand. ex L. | Sansevieria Thunb. | |
| Drimia Jacq. ex Willd. | Rhadamanthus Salisb., Urginia Kunth, Thuranthos C.H.Wright, Schizobasis Baker, Tenicroa Raf. | |
| Drimiopsis Lindl. & Paxton | Ledebouria Roth | |
| Echeandia Ortega | ||
| Echinoagave A.Vázquez, Rosales & García-Mor. (prev. under Agave L.) | ||
| Eriospermum Jacq. ex Willd. | ||
| Eucomis L’Hér. | ||
| Eustrephus R.Br. | ||
| Fessia Speta (prev. under Scilla L.) | ||
| Furcraea Vent. | ||
| Fusifilum Raf. (prev. under Urginea Steinh.) | ||
| Galtonia Decne. | Ornithogalum L. | |
| Gonioscypha Baker | Rohdea Roth | |
| Hagenbachia Nees & Mart. | ||
| Hastingsia S.Watson (prev. under Schoenolirion Durand) | ||
| Herreria Ruiz & Pav. | ||
| Hesperaloe Engelm. | ||
| Hesperocallis A.Gray | ||
| Hesperoyucca (Engelm.) Trel. (prev. under Yucca L.) | ||
| Hooveria D.W.Taylor & D.J. Keil (prev. under Chlorogalum (Lindl.) Kunth) | ||
| Hosta Tratt. | ||
| Hyacinthella Schur | ||
| Hyacinthoides Heist. ex Fabr. | ||
| Hyacinthus Tourn. ex L. | ||
| Lachenalia J.Jacq. ex Murray | Polyxena Kunth | |
| Laxmannia R.Br. | ||
| Ledebouria Roth | Drimiopsis Lindl. & Paxton | |
| Leichtlinia Ross | Agave L. | |
| Leucocrinum Nutt. ex A.Gray | ||
| Liriope Lour. | ||
| Lomandra Labill. | ||
| Lourya Baill. | Peliosanthes Andrews | |
| Maianthemum F.H.Wigg. | Oligobotrya Baker, Smilacina Desf. | |
| Massonia Thunb. ex Houtt. | Whiteheadia Harv., Neobakeria Schltr. | |
| Merwilla Speta (prev. under Scilla L.) | ||
| Milla Cav. | ||
| Muilla S.Watson ex Benth. | ||
| Muscari Mill. | ||
| Namophila U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies | ||
| Neobakeria Schltr. | Massonia Thunb. ex Houtt. | |
| Neopatersonia Schönland | Ornithogalum L. | |
| Nolina Michx. | ||
| Oligobotrya Baker | Maianthemum F.H.Wigg. | |
| Ophiopogon Ker Gawl. | ||
| Ornithogalum L. | Galtonia Decne., Neopatersonia Schönland | |
| Oziroe Raf. (prev. under Scilla L., Ornithogalum L.) | ||
| Paleoagave A.Vázquez, Rosales & García-Mor. (prev. under Agave L.) | ||
| Paradisea Mazzuc. | ||
| Peliosanthes Andrews | Lourya Baill. | |
| Polianthes L. | Agave L. | |
| Polygonatum Mill. | ||
| Polyxena Kunth | Lachenalia J.Jacq. ex Murray | |
| Prochnyanthes S.Watson | Agave L. | |
| Pseudogaltonia (Kuntze) Engl. | ||
| Puschkinia Adams | ||
| Reineckea Kunth | ||
| Rhadamanthus Salisb. | Drimia Jacq. ex Willd. | |
| Rohdea Roth | Campylandra Baker, Gonioscypha Baker | |
| Romnalda P.F.Stevens | ||
| Ruscus L. | ||
| Samuela Trel. | Yucca L. | |
| Sansevieria Thunb. | Dracaena L. | |
| Schizobasis Baker | Drimia Jacq. ex Willd. | |
| Schizocarphus Van der Merwe (prev. under Scilla L.) | ||
| Schoenolirion Durand | ||
| Scilla L. | Chionodoxa Boiss. | |
| Semele Kunth | ||
| Smilacina Desf. | Maianthemum F.H.Wigg. | |
| Sowerbaea Sm. | ||
| Spirophyllos Mart.-Azorín, M.B.Crespo & M.Á.Alonso (prev. under Urginea Steinh.) | ||
| Strangweja Bertol. | Bellevalia Lapeyr. | |
| Tenicroa Raf. | Drimia Jacq. ex Willd. | |
| Theropogon Maxim. | ||
| Thuranthos C.H.Wright | Drimia Jacq. ex Willd. | |
| Thysanotus R.Br. | ||
| Trichopetalum Lindl. | Bottionea Colla | |
| Trihesperus Herb. (prev. under Anthericum L.) | ||
| Triteleia Douglas ex Lindl. (prev. under Brodiaea Sm.) | ||
| Triteleiopsis Hoover (prev. under Brodiaea Sm.) | ||
| Tupistra Ker Gawl. | ||
| Urginea Steinheil | Drimia Jacq. ex Willd. | |
| Veltheimia Gled. | ||
| Whiteheadia Harv. | Massonia Thunb. ex Houtt. | |
| Yucca L. | Samuela Trel. | |
| Zagrosia Speta (prev. under Scilla L.) |
References
- Böhnert, T., Neumann, M., Quandt, D., Weigend, M. (2023). Phylogeny based generic reclassification of Muscari sensu lato (Asparagaceae) using plastid and genomic DNA. Taxon, 72, 261-277. https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.12864
- Gándara, E., Sosa, V., León de La Luz, J. L. (2009). Morphological and molecular evidence in the delimitation of Behria and Bessera, two genera of the Milla complex (Themidaceae). Boletín de la Sociedad Botánica de México, 85, 113-124. http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0366-21282009000200011&lng=es.
- Gunn, B.F., Murphy, D.J., Walsh, N.G., Conran, J.G., Pires, J.C., Macfarlane, T.D., Crisp, M.D., Cook, L.G., Birch, J.L. (2024). Genomic data resolve phylogenetic relationships of Australian mat-rushes, Lomandra (Asparagaceae: Lomandroideae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 204, 1, 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boad034
- Gutiérrez, J., Terrazas, T., Luna-Vega, I., Salazar, G.A. (2017). Phylogenetic analyses of the Milla complex (Brodiaeoideae: Asparagaceae), with an emphasis on Milla. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 185, 4, 445–462. https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/box074
- Manning, J.C. (2020). Systematics of Ledebouria sect. Resnova (Hyacinthaceae: Scilloideae: Massonieae), with a new subtribal classification of Massonieae. South African Journal of Botany, 133, 98-110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2020.07.010
- Manning, J.C., Forest, F., Devey, D.S., Fay, M.F. and Goldblatt, P. (2009). A molecular phylogeny and a revised classification of Ornithogaloideae (Hyacinthaceae) based on an analysis of four plastid DNA regions. Taxon, 58, 77-107. https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.581011
- Martínez-Azorín, M., Crespo, M.B., Alonso-Vargas, M.Á., Pinter, M., Crouch, N.R., Dold, A.P., Mucina, L., Pfosser, M. and Wetschnig, W. (2023). Molecular phylogenetics of subfamily Urgineoideae (Hyacinthaceae): Toward a coherent generic circumscription informed by molecular, morphological, and distributional data. Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 61, 42-63. https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.12905
- Özüdoğru, B., Aygören Uluer, D., Tarıkahya Hacıoğlu, B. Yildirim, H. (2022). Phylogeny, biogeography, and character evolution in the genus Scilla s.l. and its close relatives Chionodoxa, Gemicia, Puschkinia, and Prospero (Asparagaceae). Plant Systematics and Evolution, 308, 44. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00606-022-01835-x
- Pfosser, M., Wetschnig, W., Ungar, S., Prenner, G. (2003). Phylogenetic relationships among genera of Massonieae (Hyacinthaceae) inferred from plastid DNA and seed morphology. Journal of Plant Research, 116, 115–132. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10265-003-0076-8
- Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 14, July 2017 [and more or less continuously updated since].
- Thiede, J., U. Eggli. (2020). Agavaceae in U. Eggli & R. Nyffeler (eds.) Monocotyledons Second Ed. Springer Verlag, Berlin/Heidelberg, pp. 9-20.
- Vázquez-García, J.A., Rosales-Martínez, C.S., Padilla-Lepe, J., Hernández-Vera, G., García-Morales, L.J. (2024). New genera and combinations in Agavaceae (Asparagales). Phytoneuron. 2024, 2, 1-14.
- Wetschnig, W., Pfosser, M. (2003). The Scilla plumbea puzzle—present status of the genus Scilla sensu lato in southern Africa and description of Spetaea lachenaliiflora, a new genus and species of Massonieae (Hyacinthaceae). Taxon, 52, 75-92. https://doi.org/10.2307/3647303
Foto: Anthericum L. © Luo Chen