Protasparagus rigidus

Interesting Facts

Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Plantae () - Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
  - Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae () - Cavalier-Smith, 1981
    - Phylum: Tracheophyta () - Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
      - Subphylum: Euphyllophytina ()
        Infraphylum: Radiatopses () - Kenrick & Crane, 1997
        Class: Magnoliopsida () - Brongniart, 1843 - Dicotyledons
        Subclass: Liliidae () - Takhtajan, 1967
        Superorder: Lilianae () - Takhtajan, 1967
        Order: Asparagales () - Bromhead, 1838
        Suborder: Asparagineae () -
        Family: Asparagaceae () - A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
        Subfamily: Asparagoideae ()
        Genus: Protasparagus () - A.A. Obermeyer, 1983
        Specific epithet: rigidus - (Jessop) Oberm.
        Botanical name: - Protasparagus rigidus (Jessop) Oberm.

Basionym : Asparagaceae Asparagus rigidus Jessop

Basionym author: (Jessop)

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Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.