ambatch vs Drooping Tonguefern

Aeschynomene elaphroxylon compared with Elaphoglossum herminieri

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	ambatch	Drooping Tonguefern
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Tracheophyta
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Fabaceae	Dryopteridaceae
Genus	Aeschynomene	Elaphoglossum
Species	Aeschynomene elaphroxylon	Elaphoglossum herminieri

Evolutionary Relationship

ambatch and Drooping Tonguefern share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Plantae. (Plants)

Conservation Status

ambatch

LC — Least Concern

Drooping Tonguefern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	ambatch	Drooping Tonguefern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

ambatch

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 6 distinct biome types within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Madagascar and Senegal.

Drooping Tonguefern

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba.

ambatch

The Ambatch (Aeschynomene elaphroxylon) is a species in the genus Aeschynomene. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 6 distinct biome types within the Af