floating pennywort vs Many-Flowered Marsh Pennywort

Hydrocotyle ranunculoides compared with Hydrocotyle umbellata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	floating pennywort	Many-Flowered Marsh Pennywort
Kingdom same	Plantae (نباتات)	Plantae (نباتات)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (كاسيات البذور)	Magnoliophyta (كاسيات البذور)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (ماغنولانية)	Magnoliopsida (ماغنولانية)
Order same	Apiales (خيميات)	Apiales (خيميات)
Family same	Araliaceae	Araliaceae
Genus same	Hydrocotyle	Hydrocotyle
Species	Hydrocotyle ranunculoides	Hydrocotyle umbellata

Evolutionary Relationship

floating pennywort and Many-Flowered Marsh Pennywort share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Hydrocotyle.

Conservation Status

floating pennywort

LC — Least Concern

Many-Flowered Marsh Pennywort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	floating pennywort	Many-Flowered Marsh Pennywort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

floating pennywort

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, deserts and xeric shrublands, and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests spanning the Afrotropic and Neotropic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Angola, Zambia), Asia (5 countries), Europe (12 countries), North America (Canada, Cuba, Guatemala), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (4 countries).

Many-Flowered Marsh Pennywort

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Canada, Colombia, Cuba, and Thailand.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 3 countries:

🇨🇦 Canada 🇨🇴 Colombia 🇨🇺 Cuba