Arrowleaf elephant's ear vs Bird's Eye

Xanthosoma sagittifolium compared with Alectryon subcinereus

Key Differences

• Arrowleaf elephant's ear is Not Evaluated while Bird's Eye is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	Bird's Eye
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Araceae	Sapindaceae
Genus	Xanthosoma	Alectryon
Species	Xanthosoma sagittifolium	Alectryon subcinereus

Evolutionary Relationship

Arrowleaf elephant's ear and Bird's Eye share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Magnoliophyta. (Flowering Plants)

Conservation Status

Arrowleaf elephant's ear

NE — Not Evaluated

Bird's Eye

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	Bird's Eye
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Arrowleaf elephant's ear

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands spanning the Indomalayan and Neotropic realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (9 countries), Asia (4 countries), North America (9 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (Colombia).

Bird's Eye

Habitat

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

Arrowleaf elephant's ear

The Arrowleaf elephant's ear, Xanthosoma sagittifolium, is a species. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands spanning the Indomalayan and Neotropic realms.

Bird's Eye

The Bird's Eye (Alectryon subcinereus) is a species in the genus Alectryon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.