Bad-smelling Alkanet vs intermediate oak fern

Alkanna maleolens compared with Gymnocarpium intermedium

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while intermediate oak fern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	intermediate oak 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	Gymnocarpium
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Gymnocarpium intermedium

Evolutionary Relationship

Bad-smelling Alkanet and intermediate oak fern share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Plantae. (Plants)

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

intermediate oak fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	intermediate oak 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.

intermediate oak fern

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and Norway.

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.