Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part A) Author Jarvis, Charlie Department of Botany, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, UK text 2007 Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum London Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types 252 342 book chapter https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.291971 978-0-9506207-7-0 291971 Asparagus officinalis Linnaeus var. maritimus Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1 : 313. 1753 . RCN: 2460. Lectotype ( Valdes in Anales Inst. Bot. Cavanilles 32: 1080. 1975): Herb. Burser XXV: 71, lower specimen ( UPS ) . Current name: Asparagus maritimus (L.) Mill. ( Liliaceae / Asparagaceae ).