As of September 2014, the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families accepts 212 species of Asparagus: * Asparagus acicularis F.T.Wang & S.C.Chen – S.E. China (to Hubei) * Asparagus acocksii Jessop – S. Africa * Asparagus acutifolius L. – Mediterranean * Asparagus adscendens Roxb. – Pakistan to W. Himalaya * Asparagus aethiopicus L. – Cape Province to North-West Province * Asparagus africanus Lam. – Tropical & S. Africa, Arabian Peninsula, W. India * Asparagus aggregatus (Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey. – Limpopo * Asparagus albus L. – W. & Central Mediterranean * Asparagus alopecurus (Oberm.) Malcomber & Sebsebe – W. Cape Province * Asparagus altiscandens Engl. & Gilg – S. Tropical Africa * Asparagus altissimus Munby – N.W. Sahara * Asparagus angulofractus Iljin – Ce