Genera
Unless otherwise noted, the alphabetical list below is based on genera accepted by the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families as in the family Asparagaceae (with synonyms from the same source). The reference against the subfamily name is to the source which places the genus in that subfamily.
| Subfamily | Genus |
|---|---|
| Lomandroideae | Acanthocarpus |
| Agavoideae | Agave |
| Scilloideae | Albuca (sometimes included in Ornithogalum) |
| Scilloideae | Alrawia |
| Brodiaeoideae | Androstephium |
| Agavoideae | Anemarrhena |
| Agavoideae | Anthericum |
| Aphyllanthoideae | Aphyllanthes |
| Lomandroideae | Arthropodium |
| Asparagoideae | Asparagus |
| Nolinoideae | Aspidistra (including Antherolophus, Colania ) |
| Scilloideae | Barnardia |
| Nolinoideae | Beaucarnea |
| Agavoideae | Behnia |
| Scilloideae | Bellevalia (including Strangweja ) |
| Agavoideae | Beschorneria |
| Brodiaeoideae | Bessera (including Behria) |
| Brodiaeoideae | Bloomeria |
| Scilloideae | Bowiea (Climbing Onion, Sea Onion) |
| Scilloideae | Brimeura |
| Brodiaeoideae | Brodiaea |
| Nolinoideae | Calibanus |
| Agavoideae | Camassia |
| Nolinoideae | Campylandra |
| Lomandroideae | Chamaescilla |
| Lomandroideae | Chamaexeros |
| Scilloideae | Chionodoxa (included in Scilla by some sources) |
| Scilloideae | × Chionoscilla (included in Scilla by some sources) |
| Agavoideae | Chlorogalum |
| Agavoideae | Chlorophytum |
| Nolinoideae | Comospermum |
| Nolinoideae | Convallaria |
| Lomandroideae | Cordyline (including Cohnia ) |
| Nolinoideae | Danae |
| Brodiaeoideae | Dandya |
| Nolinoideae | Dasylirion |
| Scilloideae | Daubenya (including Amphisiphon, Androsiphon ) |
| Agavoideae | Diamena |
| Brodiaeoideae | Dichelostemma (including Brevoortia, Dipterostemon, Stropholirion) |
| Lomandroideae | Dichopogon (may be included in Arthropodium) |
| Agavoideae | Diora |
| Scilloideae | Dipcadi (sometimes included in Ornithogalum) |
| Nolinoideae | Disporopsis |
| Nolinoideae | Dracaena |
| Scilloideae | Drimia (including Litanthus, Rhadamanthus, Rhodocodon, Sypharissa, Tenicroa, Thuranthos, Urginea, Urgineopsis ) |
| Scilloideae | Drimiopsis (sometimes included in Ledebouria) |
| Agavoideae | Echeandia |
| Agavoideae | Eremocrinum |
| Nolinoideae | Eriospermum |
| Scilloideae | Eucomis |
| Lomandroideae | Eustrephus |
| Agavoideae | Furcraea |
| Scilloideae | Galtonia (included in Ornithogalum by some sources) |
| Agavoideae | Hagenbachia |
| Agavoideae | Hastingsia |
| Asparagoideae | Hemiphylacus |
| Agavoideae | Herreria |
| Agavoideae | Herreriopsis |
| Agavoideae | Hesperaloe |
| Agavoideae | Hesperocallis |
| Agavoideae | Hesperoyucca (included in Yucca by some sources) |
| Nolinoideae | Heteropolygonatum |
| Agavoideae | Hosta |
| Scilloideae | Hyacinthella |
| Scilloideae | Hyacinthoides (including Endymion ) |
| Scilloideae | Hyacinthus |
| Scilloideae | Lachenalia (including Brachyscypha, Periboea, Polyxena ) |
| Lomandroideae | Laxmannia (including Bartlingia ) |
| Scilloideae | Ledebouria (including Resnova ) |
| Agavoideae | Leucocrinum |
| Nolinoideae | Liriope |
| Lomandroideae | Lomandra (including Xerotes ) |
| Nolinoideae | Maianthemum (including Oligobotrya, Smilacina ) |
| Agavoideae | Manfreda (included in Agave by some sources) |
| Scilloideae | Massonia (including Neobakeria, Whiteheadia ) |
| Scilloideae | Merwilla |
| Brodiaeoideae | Milla (including Diphalangium) |
| Brodiaeoideae | Muilla |
| Lomandroideae | Murchisonia |
| Scilloideae | Muscari (including Botryanthus, Leopoldia, Muscarimia, Pseudomuscari ) |
| Nolinoideae | Nolina |
| Nolinoideae | Ophiopogon |
| Scilloideae | Ornithogalum (including Battandiera, Neopatersonia ) |
| Scilloideae | Oziroe (including Fortunatia ) |
| Agavoideae | Paradisea |
| Nolinoideae | Peliosanthes |
| Brodiaeoideae | Petronymphe |
| Nolinoideae | Pleomele (often included in Dracaena) |
| Agavoideae | Polianthes (included in Agave by some sources) |
| Nolinoideae | Polygonatum |
| Agavoideae | Prochnyanthes |
| Scilloideae | Prospero |
| Scilloideae | Pseudogaltonia (sometimes included in Ornithogalum) |
| Scilloideae | Pseudoprospero |
| Scilloideae | Puschkinia |
| Nolinoideae | Reineckea |
| Nolinoideae | Rohdea (including Gonioscypha ) |
| Lomandroideae | Romnalda |
| Nolinoideae | Ruscus |
| Nolinoideae | Sansevieria |
| Scilloideae | Schizobasis (sometimes included in Drimia) |
| Scilloideae | Schizocarphus |
| Agavoideae | Schoenolirion |
| Scilloideae | Scilla |
| Nolinoideae | Semele |
| Lomandroideae | Sowerbaea |
| Nolinoideae | Speirantha |
| Scilloideae | Spetaea |
| Nolinoideae | Theropogon |
| Lomandroideae | Thysanotus |
| Lomandroideae | Trichopetalum (including Bottinaea ) |
| Brodiaeoideae | Triteleia (including Hesperoscordium, Themis) |
| Brodiaeoideae | Triteleiopsis |
| Nolinoideae | Tupistra (including Campylandra, Tricalistra ) |
| Scilloideae | Veltheimia |
| Lomandroideae | Xerolirion |
| Agavoideae | Yucca (including Samuela) |
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