Useful plants of Asia Plant Resources of South East Asia Explore

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IUCN Red List DD - Data Deficient LC - Least Concern LR/lc - Least Concern NT - Near Threatened LR/nt - Near Threatened LR/cd - Conservation Dependent VU - Vulnerable EN - Endangered CR - Critically Endangered EW - Extinct in the Wild EX - Extinct

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Agave sisalana Perrine

Mescal

Asparagaceae 536 416 Observations

Agave vivipara L.

Century plant

Asparagaceae 323 290 Observations

Asparagus cochinchinensis (Lour.) Merr.

Chinese asparagus

Asparagaceae 4 2 Observations

Asparagus officinalis L.

Asparagus

Asparagaceae 1,987 1,460 Observations

Asparagus racemosus Willd.

Asparagus-fern

Asparagaceae 24 12 Observations

Dracaena angustifolia (Medik.) Roxb.

Don kayu sugih

Asparagaceae 39 34 Observations

Furcraea foetida (L.) Haw.

Mauritius-hemp

Asparagaceae 465 355 Observations

Liriope graminifolia (L.) Baker

Lilyturf

Asparagaceae 1 1 Observation