Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Common Asparagus Fern, Cypress Asparagus Fern
Taxonomy
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- 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:
setacea
- Kunth
- Botanical name: - Asparagopsis setacea Kunth
- Specific epithet:
setacea
- Kunth
- Genus:
Asparagopsis
(
- Family:
Bonnemaisoniaceae
(
- Order:
Bonnemaisoniales
(
- Class:
Florideophyceae
(
- Subphylum:
Macrorhodophytina
(
- Phylum:
Rhodophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Biliphyta
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Synonyms
Asparagus Setaceus • Asparagus setaceus (Kunth) Jessop • Protasparagus setaceus (Kunth) Oberm.
Notes
Publishing author : Kunth Publication : Enum. Pl. [Kunth] v. 82
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Asparagopsis
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 5 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
A. armata (Feamainn Mhuirgha) · A. densiflora (Sprenger's Asparagus Fern) · A. hamifera (Hooked Weed) · A. setacea (Cypress Asparagus Fern) · A. taxiformis (Supreme Limu)
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Further Reading
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- Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 51 2005 Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1890- url p. 470.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 16, 2012.
- The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Dec 27, 2011.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5882953
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15576298
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:530972-1
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 530972-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 875634
