Bad-smelling Alkanet vs Potato bush

Alkanna maleolens compared with Phyllanthus reticulatus

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while Potato bush is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Potato bush
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Passeriformes (Songbirds)
Family	Boraginaceae	Leiothrichidae
Genus	Alkanna	Phyllanthus
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Phyllanthus reticulatus

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

Potato bush

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Potato bush
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.

Potato bush

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Distributed across Japan, Papua New Guinea, Taiwan, and United States.

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.