Bishop's goutweed vs Cape cheesewood

Aegopodium podagraria compared with Pittosporum viridiflorum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bishop's goutweed	Cape cheesewood
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order same	Apiales (Apiales)	Apiales (Apiales)
Family	Apiaceae	Pittosporaceae
Genus	Aegopodium	Pittosporum
Species	Aegopodium podagraria	Pittosporum viridiflorum

Evolutionary Relationship

Bishop's goutweed and Cape cheesewood share a common ancestor at the Order level: Apiales. (Apiales)

View Order: Apiales

Conservation Status

Bishop's goutweed

LC — Least Concern

Cape cheesewood

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bishop's goutweed	Cape cheesewood
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bishop's goutweed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Armenia, Japan), Europe (10 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

Cape cheesewood

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Guinea, India, Jamaica, and United States.

Bishop's goutweed

The Bishop's goutweed (Aegopodium podagraria) is a species in the genus Aegopodium. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Cape cheesewood

The Cape cheesewood (Pittosporum viridiflorum) is a species in the genus Pittosporum. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.