vs Baytop's Onion

Asperococcus ensiformis compared with Allium baytopiorum

Key Differences

• is Data Deficient while Baytop's Onion is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Baytop's Onion
Kingdom	Chromista (Chromista)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Ochrophyta (Ochrophyta)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Phaeophyceae (Phaeophyceae)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Ectocarpales (Ectocarpales)	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family	Chordariaceae	Amaryllidaceae
Genus	Asperococcus	Allium
Species	Asperococcus ensiformis	Allium baytopiorum

Conservation Status

DD — Data Deficient

Baytop's Onion

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Baytop's Onion
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, tundra, and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests spanning the Australasia and Oceanian realms.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, New Zealand, and Norway.

Baytop's Onion

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Asperococcus ensiformis is a tubular to flattened brown alga forming elongated, sac-like or sword-shaped thalli attached to rocky substrates. It inhabits intertidal and shallow subtidal rocky shores of the North Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts. This photosynthetic macroalga grows on rocks and larger algae in wave-exposed coastal zones.

Baytop's Onion

The Baytop's Onion (Allium baytopiorum) is a species in the genus Allium. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.