banana water-lily vs Green Sea Turtle

Nymphaea mexicana compared with Chelonia mydas

Key Differences

• banana water-lily is Not Evaluated while Green Sea Turtle is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	banana water-lily	Green Sea Turtle
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Reptilia (Reptiles)
Order	Nymphaeales (Nymphaeales)	Testudines (Turtles & Tortoises)
Family	Nymphaeaceae	Cheloniidae (Sea Turtles)
Genus	Nymphaea	Chelonia (Green Sea Turtles)
Species	Nymphaea mexicana	Chelonia mydas

Conservation Status

banana water-lily

NE — Not Evaluated

Green Sea Turtle

EN — Endangered

Population: ~85.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	banana water-lily	Green Sea Turtle
Diet	—	Herbivore
Average Lifespan	—	80 years
Average Length	—	1.2 m
Average Weight	—	200.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

banana water-lily

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Ghana, South Africa), Asia (India, Taiwan), Europe (Italy, Spain), North America (Canada), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand), and South America (Brazil).

Green Sea Turtle

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 8 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Indonesia, and Mexico. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

banana water-lily

The Banana water-lily (Nymphaea mexicana) is a species in the genus Nymphaea. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions. Widely distributed across Africa (Ghana, South Africa), Asia (India, Taiwan), Europe (Italy, Spain), North America (Canada), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand), and South America (Brazil).

Green Sea Turtle

The green sea turtle is one of the largest sea turtles. They are named for the green color of their cartilage and fat, not their shells.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇦🇺 Australia 🇧🇷 Brazil