Adder'S Tongue vs black-calabash

Ophioglossum vulgatum compared with Amphitecna latifolia

Key Differences

• Adder'S Tongue is Vulnerable while black-calabash is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Adder'S Tongue	black-calabash
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Ophioglossales (Ophioglossales)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Ophioglossaceae	Bignoniaceae
Genus	Ophioglossum	Amphitecna
Species	Ophioglossum vulgatum	Amphitecna latifolia

Evolutionary Relationship

Adder'S Tongue and black-calabash share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Plantae. (Plants)

Conservation Status

Adder'S Tongue

VU — Vulnerable

black-calabash

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Adder'S Tongue	black-calabash
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Adder'S Tongue

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (5 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Colombia). Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

black-calabash

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Cuba.

Adder'S Tongue

The Adder'S Tongue (Ophioglossum vulgatum) is a species in the genus Ophioglossum. It is currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. This species inhabits Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies, found across Belgium, Colombia, Denmark, Norway, and Portugal.

black-calabash

The Black-calabash (Amphitecna latifolia) is a species in the genus Amphitecna. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia