Description
Habitat
Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 2 meters (7 feet).Standard Deviation = 83.140 based on 3 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Magnoliophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Flowering Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Liliopsida
()
- Scopoli, 1760
- Subclass:
Liliidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Lilianae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Asparagales
()
- Bromhead, 1838
- Suborder:
Asparagineae
()
-
- Family:
Asparagaceae
()
- A.l. De Jussieu, 1789, Nom. Cons.
- Genus:
Protasparagus
()
- Specific epithet:
aethiopicus
- (L.) Oberm.
- Botanical name: - Protasparagus aethiopicus (L.) Oberm.
- Specific epithet:
aethiopicus
- (L.) Oberm.
- Genus:
Protasparagus
(
- Family:
Asparagaceae
(
- Suborder:
Asparagineae
(
- Order:
Asparagales
(
- Superorder:
Lilianae
(
- Subclass:
Liliidae
(
- Class:
Liliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Magnoliophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Asparagus aethiopicus
- Asparagus aethiopicus L.
Notes
Publishing author : Oberm. Publication : South African Journal of Botany 2 1983 Basionym author: (L.) Basionym: Asparagaceae Asparagus aethiopicus L.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Protasparagus
There are approximately 56 species in this genus:
P. acerosus · P. aethiopicus · P. africanus · P. aggregatus · P. angusticladus · P. aspergillus · P. bayeri · P. biflorus · P. biradarii · P. buchananii · P. burchellii · P. capensis · P. coddii · P. compactus · P. confertus · P. cooperi · P. crassicladus · P. densiflorus (Emerald Asparagus Fern) · P. denudatus · P. devenishii · P. divaricatus · P. edulis · P. exuvialis · P. exuvialis f. ecklonii · P. falcatus · P. filicladus · P. flavicaulis · P. fouriei · P. karthikeyanii · P. krebsianus · P. laricinus · P. longicladus · P. lynetteae · P. macowanii · P. mariae · P. microraphis · P. microrhaphis · P. minutiflorus · P. multiflorus · P. natalensis · P. nelsii · P. nodulosus · P. pendulus · P. pilosus · P. plumosus · P. racemosus · P. retrofractus · P. rubicundus · P. schroederi · P. setaceus · P. stellatus · P. stipulaceus · P. striatus · P. suaveolens · P. subulatus · P. virgatus
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Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 4, 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 14, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 24, 2008.
- The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Jan 19, 2007.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 14, 2008:
- National Herbarium of New South Wales: NSW herbarium collection
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 9325971
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15579662
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:913182-1
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 913182-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 885052
