Bishop's goutweed vs Mountain yam

Aegopodium podagraria compared with Dioscorea hamiltonii

Key Differences

• Bishop's goutweed is Least Concern while Mountain yam is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bishop's goutweed	Mountain yam
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Apiales (Apiales)	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)
Family	Apiaceae	Dioscoreaceae
Genus	Aegopodium	Dioscorea
Species	Aegopodium podagraria	Dioscorea hamiltonii

Evolutionary Relationship

Bishop's goutweed and Mountain yam share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Magnoliophyta. (Flowering Plants)

Conservation Status

Bishop's goutweed

LC — Least Concern

Mountain yam

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bishop's goutweed	Mountain yam
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).

Mountain yam

Habitat

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

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.