African payal vs Alectryon

Salvinia auriculata compared with Alectryon tropicus

Key Differences

• African payal is Not Evaluated while Alectryon is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African payal	Alectryon
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Salviniaceae	Sapindaceae
Genus	Salvinia	Alectryon
Species	Salvinia auriculata	Alectryon tropicus

Evolutionary Relationship

African payal and Alectryon share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Plantae. (Plants)

Conservation Status

African payal

NE — Not Evaluated

Alectryon

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African payal	Alectryon
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

African payal

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Bangladesh, Thailand), Europe (5 countries), North America (Cuba, Dominican Republic), and South America (4 countries).

Alectryon

Habitat

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

African payal

The African payal (Salvinia auriculata) is a species in the genus Salvinia. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Alectryon

The Alectryon (Alectryon tropicus) is a species in the genus Alectryon. It is currently classified as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.