Asparagopsis densiflora (Sprenger's Asparagus Fern)

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Common Names in English:

Asparagus Fern, Bushy Asparagus, Myers Asparagus, Sprenger Asparagus, Sprenger's Asparagus Fern

Common Names in Informal Latinized N:

Asparagus Fern

Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Plantae () - Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
  - Subkingdom: Biliphyta () - Cavalier-Smith, 1981
    - Phylum: Rhodophyta () - Wettstein, 1922 - Red Algae
      - Subphylum: Macrorhodophytina () - T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Class: Florideophyceae ()
        Order: Bonnemaisoniales ()
        Family: Bonnemaisoniaceae () -
        Genus: Asparagopsis () - Montagne, in P.B. Webb & Berthelot, 1841
        Specific epithet: densiflora - Kunth
        Botanical name: - Asparagopsis densiflora Kunth

Asparagus Densiflorus • Asparagus densiflorus (Kunth) Jessop • Protasparagus densiflorus (Kunth) Oberm.

Publishing author : Kunth Publication : Enum. Pl. [Kunth] v. 96

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Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 16, 2012.