Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Asparagus densiflorus
esparreguera africana, sprenger's asparagus fern
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Liliopsida (= Monocotyledoneae)
Order
Asparagales
Family
Asparagaceae
Genus
Asparagus
Species
densiflorus
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Asparagopsis densiflora Kunth
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 2002
Mode of introduction: Intentional
Introduction Pathway: Intentional
Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture
Introduced status: Naturalized
Invasive status: Potentially Invasive
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
- Guézou, A. Trueman, M., Buddenhagen, E., Chamorro, S., Guerrero, A.M., Pozo, P., Atkinson, R. (2010) An extensive Alien Plan Inventory from the Inhabited Areas of Galapagos Plos One/ www.plosone.org. Volume 5/ Issue 4/e10276
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"Galapagos Species Database, Asparagus densiflorus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=1705. Accessed 8 May 2025.