Beautiful Sunflower vs black-calabash

Helianthus laetiflorus compared with Amphitecna latifolia

Key Differences

• Beautiful Sunflower is Not Evaluated while black-calabash is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beautiful Sunflower	black-calabash
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Bignoniaceae
Genus	Helianthus (Sunflowers)	Amphitecna
Species	Helianthus laetiflorus	Amphitecna latifolia

Evolutionary Relationship

Beautiful Sunflower and black-calabash share a common ancestor at the Class level: Magnoliopsida. (Dicots)

Conservation Status

Beautiful Sunflower

NE — Not Evaluated

black-calabash

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beautiful Sunflower	black-calabash
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Beautiful Sunflower

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (17 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Brazil).

black-calabash

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Cuba.

Beautiful Sunflower

The Beautiful Sunflower (Helianthus laetiflorus) is a species in the genus Helianthus. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions. The species is documented in scientific literature under the name Helianthus laetiflorus.

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.