Barn Fern vs black-calabash

Asplenium haughtonii compared with Amphitecna latifolia

Key Differences

• Barn Fern is Critically Endangered while black-calabash is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Barn Fern	black-calabash
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Aspleniaceae	Bignoniaceae
Genus	Asplenium	Amphitecna
Species	Asplenium haughtonii	Amphitecna latifolia

Evolutionary Relationship

Barn Fern and black-calabash share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Plantae. (Plants)

Conservation Status

Barn Fern

CR — Critically Endangered

black-calabash

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Barn Fern	black-calabash
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Barn Fern

Habitat

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

black-calabash

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Cuba.

Barn Fern

The Barn Fern (Asplenium haughtonii) is a species in the genus Asplenium. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

black-calabash

The Black-calabash (Amphitecna latifolia) is a species in the genus Amphitecna. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.