Asparagus acutifolius Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 314. 1753.

"Habitat in Lusitania, Hispania." RCN: 2467.

Type not designated.

Original material: Herb. Burser XXV: 72 (UPS); [icon] in Mattioli, Pl. Epit.: 260. 1586.

Current name: Asparagus acutifolius L. ( Liliaceae / Asparagaceae).

Note: Although El-Gadi (in Jafri & El-Gadi, Fl. Libya 57: 75. 1978) indicated 434.9 (LINN) as type, it is an Alströmer collection that was not received by Linnaeus until after 1753. It is not original material for the name.