Bad-smelling Alkanet vs Superb Cyanea

Alkanna maleolens compared with Cyanea superba

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while Superb Cyanea is Extinct in the Wild.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Superb Cyanea
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Cnidaria (Cnidarians)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Scyphozoa (Scyphozoa)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Semaeostomeae (Semaeostomeae)
Family	Boraginaceae	Cyaneidae
Genus	Alkanna	Cyanea
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Cyanea superba

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

Superb Cyanea

EW — Extinct in the Wild

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Superb Cyanea
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.

Superb Cyanea

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.