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'''''Asparagus officinalis''''' is a flowering plant species in the genus ''[[Asparagus (genus)|Asparagus]]'' from which the [[vegetable]] known as '''asparagus''' is obtained. It is native to most of [[Europe]], northern [[Africa]] and western [[Asia]].<ref name=fe>Flora Europaea: [http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/cgi-bin/nph-readbtree.pl/feout?FAMILY_XREF=&GENUS_XREF=Asparagus&SPECIES_XREF=officinalis&TAXON_NAME_XREF=&RANK= ''Asparagus officinalis'']</ref><ref name=empp>Euro+Med Plantbase Project: [http://ww2.bgbm.org/_EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameId=38660&PTRefFk=500000 ''Asparagus officinalis'']</ref><ref name=grin>Germplasm Resources Information Network: [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?300050 ''Asparagus officinalis'']</ref> It is now also widely cultivated as a [[vegetable]] crop.<ref name="prota">Grubben, G.J.H. & Denton, O.A. (2004) Plant Resources of Tropical Africa 2. Vegetables. PROTA Foundation, Wageningen; Backhuys, Leiden; CTA, Wageningen.</ref>

'''''Asparagus officinalis''''' is a flowering plant species in the genus ''[[Asparagus (genus)|Asparagus]]'' from which the [[vegetable]] known as '''asparagus''' is obtained. It is native to most of [[Europe]], northern [[Africa]] and western [[Asia]].<ref name=fe>Flora Europaea: [http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/cgi-bin/nph-readbtree.pl/feout?FAMILY_XREF=&GENUS_XREF=Asparagus&SPECIES_XREF=officinalis&TAXON_NAME_XREF=&RANK= ''Asparagus officinalis'']</ref><ref name=empp>Euro+Med Plantbase Project: [http://ww2.bgbm.org/_EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameId=38660&PTRefFk=500000 ''Asparagus officinalis'']</ref><ref name=grin>Germplasm Resources Information Network: [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?300050 ''Asparagus officinalis'']</ref> It is now also widely cultivated as a [[vegetable]] crop.<ref name="prota">Grubben, G.J.H. & Denton, O.A. (2004) Plant Resources of Tropical Africa 2. Vegetables. PROTA Foundation, Wageningen; Backhuys, Leiden; CTA, Wageningen.</ref>