A synopsis of the genus Asparagus L. in the territory of the southern Aral sea

This article presents a new checklist of Asparagus in the Southern Aral Sea region. The synopsis includes 6 species for the Southern Aral Sea region as a result of field collecting missions, studies, and examination of Tashkent (TASH), Moscow (MW), Madrid (MA), and Karakalpak SRI of natural sciences herbarium collections. Asparagus breslerianus A. inderiensis and A. turkestanicus are found in new localities in the Aral Sea region, of them A. turkestanicus is endemic to Central Asia. The distribution of species and species richness in the Southern Aral Sea region were calculated for phytogeographical areas. Geographic coordinates were determined based on Google Earth, ArcGIS 10.6.1 program. The World Geodetic System 1984 projection was used to create the maps. The geographical distribution of Asparagus for the Southern Aral Sea region in Uzbekistan (Karakalpakstan) was mapped.