Editing Asphodelus (section)

{{Short description|Flowering genus in family Asphodelaceae}}
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{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Asphodelus
| image = Asphodelus albus0.jpg
| image_caption = White asphodel (''[[Asphodelus albus]]'')
| authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]
| synonyms_ref=<ref name=m/>
|synonyms=*''[[Asphodeloides]]'' <small>Moench</small>
*''[[Clausonia]]'' <small>Pomel</small>
*''[[Verinea]]'' <small>Pomel</small>
*''[[Gethosyne]]'' <small>Salisb.</small>
*''[[Ophioprason]]'' <small>Salisb.</small>
*''[[Glyphosperma]]'' <small>S.Watson</small>
}}
[[File:Asphodelus ramosus7.jpg|thumb|right|''[[Asphodelus ramosus]]'']]
'''''Asphodelus''''' is a genus of mainly [[perennial]]  [[flowering plant]]s in the asphodel family [[Asphodelaceae]]<ref name=APG4>{{Cite journal |last=Angiosperm Phylogeny Group |year=2016 |title=An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG IV |journal=Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=181 |issue=1 |pages=1–20 |doi=10.1111/boj.12385 |doi-access=free }}</ref> that was first described by [[Carl Linnaeus]] in 1753. The genus was formerly included in the lily family ([[Liliaceae]]).<ref>Bailey, L.H. & E.Z. Bailey. 1976. Hortus Third i–xiv, 1–1290. MacMillan, New York.</ref> The genus is native to temperate [[Europe]] (mostly the south of Europe),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oed.com/dictionary/asphodel_n?tl=true |title=asphodel |accessdate=11 July 2024 |publisher=Oxford English Dictionary }}</ref> the [[Mediterranean Basin|Mediterranean]], [[Africa]], the [[Middle East]], and the [[Indian Subcontinent]], and some species have been introduced to, and are now naturalized in, other places such as [[New Zealand]], [[Australia]], [[Mexico]] and southwestern [[United States]].<ref name=m>[https://powo.science.kew.org/results?q=Asphodelus Kew Plants of the World Online]</ref><ref>[http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/floraspecie.php?genere=Asphodelus Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Asphodelus] includes photos plus European distribution maps</ref> Many asphodels are popular garden plants, which grow in well-drained [[soil]]s with abundant natural light.