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Species profile—Asparagus aethiopicus (ground asparagus)

Classification

Plantae (plants) → Equisetopsida (land plants) → Asparagaceae → Asparagus aethiopicus (ground asparagus)

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Species details

Kingdom
Plantae (plants)
Class
Equisetopsida (land plants)
Family
Asparagaceae
Scientific name
Asparagus aethiopicus L.
Common name
ground asparagus
WildNet taxon ID
19747
Superseded by
Asparagus aethiopicus 'Sprengeri' (basket asparagus fern) (30/11/2020)
Alternate name(s)
asparagus fern
Biosecurity Act 2014 (BIO) status
Restricted Matter
Conservation significant
No
Confidential
No
Endemicity
Exotic
Pest status
Environmental Weed

Other resources

The Australasian Virtual Herbarium (AVH)
Atlas of Living Australia

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Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=19747

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
7 September 2021
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