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

"Habitat in Asia." RCN: 2465.

Lectotype (Kamble in J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 15: 708. 1991): Herb. Clifford: 122, Asparagus 4 (BM) .

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

Note: See Jessop (in Bothalia 9: 50. 1966), who discussed a Plukenet plate cited only indirectly via the cited Hortus Cliffortianus account, as a possible type.