| Family | Asparagaceae (also placed in Liliaceae) | 
| Subfamily | Asparagoideae | 
| Scientific name | Asparagus densiflorus (Kunth) Jessop | 
| Synonyms | Asparagus aethiopicus L.; Asparagopsis densiflorus Kunth; Asparagus myriocladus Baker; Asparagus sarmentosus L.; Asparagus sprenger Regel; Protasparagus aethiopicus (L.) Obermeyer; Protasparagus densiflorus (Kunth) Obermeyer | 
| Common name | (English common name) Asparagus fern, Sprenger's asparagus fern | 
| (Japanese common name) none | |
| Distribution | South Africa | 
| Reference | Asparagus densiflorus (Kunth) Jessop | 
| Asparagus densiflorus (Kunth) Jessop | |
| Asparagus densiflorus (Kunth) Jessop | |
| Asparagus aethiopicus Linnaeus | |
| Compositions and methods for removing pollutants from contaminated wafer with a fern plant (US Patent 7069690/2006) | 
| September 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden | September 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden | September 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden | 
| September 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden | 
| December 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |