| Limu Kohu | |
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| Asparagopsis taxiformis in Mayotte. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Clade: | Archaeplastida |
| Division: | Rhodophyta |
| Class: | Florideophyceae |
| Order: | Bonnemaisoniales |
| Family: | Bonnemaisoniaceae |
| Genus: | Asparagopsis |
| Species: | A. taxiformis
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| Binomial name | |
| Asparagopsis taxiformis | |
| Synonyms | |
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Asparagopsis sanfordiana | |
Asparagopsis taxiformis (red sea plume or limu kohu), formerly A. sanfordiana,[1] is a species of red algae, with cosmopolitan distribution in tropical to warm temperate waters.[2] Researchers have demonstrated that feeding ruminants a diet containing 0.2% A. taxiformis seaweed reduced their methane emissions by nearly 99 percent.[3]
- ^ Ní Chualáin, F.; Maggs, C.A.; Saunders, G.W. & Guiry, M.D. (2004). "The invasive genus Asparagopsis (Bonnemaisoniaceae, Rhodophyta): molecular systematics, morphology, and ecophysiology of Falkenbergia isolates". Journal of Phycology. 40 (6): 1112–1126. doi:10.1111/j.1529-8817.2004.03135.x. S2CID 53065361.
- ^ "Asparagopsis taxiformis". Algaebase. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
- ^ Kinley, Robert D.; Martinez-Fernandez, Gonzalo; Matthews, Melissa K.; de Nys, Rocky; Magnusson, Marie; Tomkins, Nigel W. (2020-06-20). "Mitigating the carbon footprint and improving productivity of ruminant livestock agriculture using a red seaweed". Journal of Cleaner Production. 259: 120836. doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.120836. ISSN 0959-6526. S2CID 216251207.