Order · Monocots

Asparagales

Families

14

Accepted species

42,249sum of its families · Kew WCVP

Genera

1,060accepted genera · Kew WCVP

Origin

≈109 MaCretaceous · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree

Open Asparagales in the treeSee where the order sits among the other land plants.›

Families in Asparagales

• OrchidaceaeOrchids (largest plant family)31,892
• AsparagaceaeAsparagus, agave, hyacinth, hosta3,628
• IridaceaeIrises, crocus, gladiolus, freesia2,632
• AmaryllidaceaeAmaryllis, daffodil, onion, garlic2,571
• AsphodelaceaeAloe, daylily, red-hot poker1,269
• HypoxidaceaeStar grasses166
• Asteliaceae37
• TecophilaeaceaeChilean blue crocus27
• BoryaceaePincushion lilies13
• IxioliriaceaeSiberian lily5
• BlandfordiaceaeChristmas bells4
• DoryanthaceaeSpear lilies2
• XeronemataceaePoor Knights lily2
• LanariaceaeCape edelweiss1