Baytop's Onion vs lizard crystalwort

Allium baytopiorum compared with Riccia bifurca

Key Differences

• Baytop's Onion is Critically Endangered while lizard crystalwort is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Baytop's Onion	lizard crystalwort
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Marchantiopsida (Marchantiopsida)
Order	Asparagales (Asparagales)	Marchantiales (Marchantiales)
Family	Amaryllidaceae	Ricciaceae
Genus	Allium	Riccia
Species	Allium baytopiorum	Riccia bifurca

Evolutionary Relationship

Baytop's Onion and lizard crystalwort share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Plantae. (Plants)

Conservation Status

Baytop's Onion

CR — Critically Endangered

lizard crystalwort

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Baytop's Onion	lizard crystalwort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Baytop's Onion

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

lizard crystalwort

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, tundra, and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests spanning the Australasia and Oceanian realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (5 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand). Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Baytop's Onion

The Baytop's Onion (Allium baytopiorum) is a species in the genus Allium. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.