Bad-smelling Alkanet vs

Alkanna maleolens compared with Pinnularia mesolepta

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Bad-smelling Alkanet
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Chromista (Chromista)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Ochrophyta (Ochrophyta)
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Bacillariophyceae (Bacillariophyceae)
Order Boraginales (Boraginales) Naviculales (Naviculales)
Family Boraginaceae Pinnulariaceae
Genus Alkanna Pinnularia
Species Alkanna maleolens Pinnularia mesolepta

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Bad-smelling Alkanet
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.

Habitat

Native to Asia and Europe and South America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, and Taiwan.

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.

Pinnularia mesolepta is a freshwater diatom with a boat-shaped, symmetrical siliceous frustule and distinctive raphe canal along the cell axis. It inhabits benthic and epiphytic habitats in oligotrophic to mesotrophic freshwater lakes, streams, and bogs. This photosynthetic diatom forms part of the microbial biofilm community in freshwater habitats.

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