Bad-smelling Alkanet vs Dickie's bladder-fern

Alkanna maleolens compared with Cystopteris dickieana

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while Dickie's bladder-fern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Dickie's bladder-fern
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Tracheophyta
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Boraginaceae	Cystopteridaceae
Genus	Alkanna	Cystopteris
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Cystopteris dickieana

Evolutionary Relationship

Bad-smelling Alkanet and Dickie's bladder-fern share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Plantae. (Plants)

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

Dickie's bladder-fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Dickie's bladder-fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bad-smelling Alkanet

Habitat

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

Dickie's bladder-fern

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway and Portugal.

Bad-smelling Alkanet

The Bad-smelling Alkanet (Alkanna maleolens) is a species in the genus Alkanna. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.