arrowhead vs black-calabash

Sagittaria sagittifolia compared with Amphitecna latifolia

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	arrowhead	black-calabash
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Alismataceae	Bignoniaceae
Genus	Sagittaria	Amphitecna
Species	Sagittaria sagittifolia	Amphitecna latifolia

Evolutionary Relationship

arrowhead and black-calabash share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Magnoliophyta. (Flowering Plants)

Conservation Status

arrowhead

LC — Least Concern

black-calabash

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	arrowhead	black-calabash
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

arrowhead

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (India), Europe (7 countries), North America (Mexico), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Fiji).

black-calabash

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Cuba.

arrowhead

The Arrowhead, Sagittaria sagittifolia, is a species. It is currently assessed as least concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

black-calabash

The Black-calabash (Amphitecna latifolia) is a species in the genus Amphitecna. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.