Beach Acronychia vs Ferny Azolla

Acronychia imperforata compared with Azolla pinnata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beach Acronychia	Ferny Azolla
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Tracheophyta
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Rutaceae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Acronychia	Azolla
Species	Acronychia imperforata	Azolla pinnata

Evolutionary Relationship

Beach Acronychia and Ferny Azolla share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Plantae. (Plants)

Conservation Status

Beach Acronychia

LC — Least Concern

Ferny Azolla

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beach Acronychia	Ferny Azolla
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Beach Acronychia

Habitat

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

Ferny Azolla

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including deserts and xeric shrublands, tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, and flooded grasslands and savannas spanning the Palearctic and Oceanian realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Indonesia, Singapore, Taiwan), North America (Mexico, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands, New Zealand, Tuvalu).

Beach Acronychia

The Beach Acronychia (Acronychia imperforata) is a species in the genus Acronychia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.