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Asparagus

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Asparagus, also called garden asparagus, is a perennial flowering plant species in the genus Asparagus, native to Eurasia. It is widely cultivated as a vegetable crop, with its young shoots eaten as a spring vegetable. In 2024, world production of asparagus reached 8.9 million tonnes, with China producing 87 percent of the total. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts

Classification

Diet

Photosynthetic Autotroph 1

System (Realm)

Terrestrial 2

Relationship to People

Farmed or Commercially Raised 1

Living or Extinct

Yes 3

Comparison

NatureServe Rank

G5 Secure 4

CITES Appendix

Not Listed 5

Scientific Name

Asparagus officinalis 3

Conservation Status

Least Concern 1

Connections

Child Taxon Of

Source Asparagus (Wikidata)

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Sources

1. Asparagus (Wikipedia)

Lead section
Widely cultivated as a vegetable crop, its young shoots are used as a spring vegetable.
Lead, sentence naming the group it belongs to
Asparagus (Asparagus officinalis) or garden asparagus is a perennial flowering plant species in the genus Asparagus native to Eurasia.
Infobox: status
LC

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2. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)

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3. Asparagus (Wikidata)

Wikidata

Wikidata Q28367 (P225 taxon name)
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
Child Taxon Of: Asparagales, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain

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4. NatureServe Explorer: Asparagus officinalis

NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)

Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)

"roundedGRank": "G5"

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5. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Asparagales

UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12439

Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12439

"cites_listing":"II/NC","eu_listing":"B/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":"Asparagales","family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[],"cites_listings":[]

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UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Asparagaceae

UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 67989

Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 67989

"cites_listing":"II","eu_listing":"B","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":"Asparagales","family":"Asparagaceae"},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"天门冬科","language":"ZH"}],"cites_listings":[]

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Plant (Wikipedia)

Lead, whole group is photosynthetic

Quote, Lead, whole group is photosynthetic

They are predominantly photosynthetic or came from photosynthetic ancestors, meaning that they obtain their energy from sunlight by using the green pigment chlorophyll in their chloroplasts to produce sugars from carbon dioxide and water.

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