African yellow wood vs Septicweed

Annickia affinis compared with Senna occidentalis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African yellow wood	Septicweed
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Magnoliales (Magnoliales)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Annonaceae	Fabaceae
Genus	Annickia	Senna
Species	Annickia affinis	Senna occidentalis

Evolutionary Relationship

African yellow wood and Septicweed share a common ancestor at the Class level: Magnoliopsida. (Dicots)

Conservation Status

African yellow wood

LC — Least Concern

Septicweed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African yellow wood	Septicweed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

African yellow wood

Habitat

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

Septicweed

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and deserts and xeric shrublands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (40 countries), Asia (19 countries), Europe (8 countries), North America (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (13 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Guyana).

African yellow wood

The African yellow wood (Annickia affinis) is a species in the genus Annickia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.