Asparagus officinalis Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 313. 1753.

"Habitat in Europae arenosis." RCN: 2460.

Lectotype ( Valdés in Anales Inst. Bot. Cavanilles 32: 1079. 1975): Herb. Linn. No. 434.1 (LINN) .

Generitype of Asparagus Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 146. 1929).

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