Alectryon vs Vegetable fern

Alectryon tropicus compared with Diplazium esculentum

Key Differences

• Alectryon is Near Threatened while Vegetable fern is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Alectryon	Vegetable fern
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Tracheophyta
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Sapindaceae	Athyriaceae
Genus	Alectryon	Diplazium
Species	Alectryon tropicus	Diplazium esculentum

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Alectryon

NT — Near Threatened

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Alectryon	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Alectryon

Habitat

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

Vegetable fern

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia, Portugal, South Africa, and United States.

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.