Annual Wall-rocket vs Castor

Diplotaxis muralis compared with Ricinus communis

Key Differences

• Annual Wall-rocket is Least Concern while Castor is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Annual Wall-rocket	Castor
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Brassicales (Brassicales)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Brassicaceae	Euphorbiaceae
Genus	Diplotaxis	Ricinus
Species	Diplotaxis muralis	Ricinus communis

Evolutionary Relationship

Annual Wall-rocket and Castor share a common ancestor at the Class level: Magnoliopsida. (Dicots)

Conservation Status

Annual Wall-rocket

LC — Least Concern

Castor

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Annual Wall-rocket	Castor
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Annual Wall-rocket

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, temperate coniferous forests, and temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, among 7 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (China, South Korea), Europe (23 countries), North America (Canada, Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (4 countries).

Castor

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 7 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (33 countries), Asia (26 countries), Europe (23 countries), North America (15 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (14 countries), and South America (12 countries).

Annual Wall-rocket

The Annual Wall-rocket (Diplotaxis muralis) is a species in the genus Diplotaxis. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, temperate coniferous forests, and temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, among 7 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Palearctic re.

Castor

The Castor (Ricinus communis) is a species in the genus Ricinus. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 7 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and hi

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 23 countries:

🇦🇷 Argentina 🇦🇺 Australia 🇧🇪 Belgium 🇧🇷 Brazil 🇧🇬 Bulgaria 🇨🇱 Chile 🇨🇳 China 🇨🇿 Czech Republic 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇪🇨 Ecuador 🇪🇪 Estonia 🇫🇷 France 🇱🇹 Lithuania 🇲🇽 Mexico 🇳🇱 Netherlands 🇳🇴 Norway 🇵🇹 Portugal 🇸🇰 Slovakia 🇿🇦 South Africa 🇪🇸 Spain 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 🇺🇸 United States