Bad-smelling Alkanet vs limestone fern

Alkanna maleolens compared with Gymnocarpium robertianum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	limestone 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 robertianum

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

limestone fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	limestone 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.

limestone fern

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Canada, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.