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[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

How is it asparagus if it’s not in the genus Asparagus?

[–] luciole@beehaw.org 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

So I went on Wikipedia and apparently Ornithogalum adseptentrionesvergentulum and its genus Ornithogalum are part of the Asparagaceae family which is known as the asparagus family, not to be confused with the Asparagus genus, of which it is but a subset. Gotta love when they fuck with people like that.

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I know but I object to calling all plants in the asparagus family types of asparagus. Otherwise we’ll soon be dealing with famous types of asparagus such a hostas, agaves, bluebells, dracaenas, and many others.

[–] flora_explora@beehaw.org 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I agree. Especially because Ornithogalum is definitely not an Asparagus kind of plant. If maybe Ornithogalum had been in the Asparagus genus before but got split, well OK. But calling any plant in this pretty diverse family "asparagus", is wild.

The APG II system of 2003 allowed two options as to the circumscription of the family: either Asparagaceae sensu lato ("in the wider sense") combining seven previously recognized families, or Asparagaceae sensu stricto ("in the strict sense") consisting of very few genera (notably Asparagus, also Hemiphylacus), but nevertheless totalling a few hundred species. The revised APG III system of 2009 allows only the broader sense.

Asparagaceae includes 114 genera with a total of approximately 2,900 known species.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asparagaceae?wprov=sfla1

[–] angrystego@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Yep, I don't trust they're a botanist.