Asparagus officinalis

species of edible plant
Taxon taxon Q28367
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Summary

Asparagus officinalis is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.054% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,982 views/month, #106 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Asparagus[5]
  • Taxon name: Asparagus officinalis[6]
  • Subclass of: useful plant[7], perennial plant[8]
  • Has use: medicinal plant[9], food[10]
  • Commons category: Asparagus officinalis[11]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Asparagus officinalis[12]
  • Commons gallery: Asparagus officinalis[13]
  • External data available at URL: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/93725bf2-6ada-47f9-bd5e-0e679e3d245e[14]
  • Described by source: Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 15[15], Ботанический словарь[16], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[17], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[18], The New Student's Reference Work[19], Flora of the Lesser Antilles, Leeward and Windward Islands[20]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=300050[21]
  • This taxon is source of: asparagus[22], smell of asparagus[23]
  • Short name: A. officinalis[24]
  • Taxon common name: Gemüse-Spargel[25], garden asparagus[26], 蘆筍[27], liggende asperge[28], chřest lékařský[29], asperge[30], ruokaparsa[31], 石刁柏[32], 露笋[33], 石刁柏(芦笋)[34], 小百部[35], 石刁柏子[36], wild asparagus[37], navadni beluš[38]
  • MCN code: 2005.60.00[39]
  • Flower color: yellow[40]
  • NatureServe conservation status: secure[41]

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Identifiers

Asparagus officinalis's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 60265[42]. Asparagus officinalis's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 4686[43]. Asparagus officinalis's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 988015[44]. Asparagus officinalis's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2768885[45]. Asparagus officinalis's ITIS TSN is recorded as 42784[46].

Why It Matters

Asparagus officinalis has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] It is known by 78 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [47] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [48] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18d ago · Yukkuri Shambis · 2026-09-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon common name → Gemüse-Spargel, garden asparagus, 蘆筍 +14
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Taxon common name: アスパラガス"
  2. 24d ago · Dactylantha · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nzpcn id → asparagus-officinalis
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  3. 11w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Verona
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  4. 13w ago · Charp238 · 2026-07-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Namuwiki id → 아스파라거스
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  5. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0429036-chrest-lekarsky
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0429036-chrest-lekarsky, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
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