black-calabash vs Salento Iris

Amphitecna latifolia compared with Iris revoluta

Key Differences

• black-calabash is Least Concern while Salento Iris is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	black-calabash	Salento Iris
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Lamiales (Lamiales)	Mantodea (Mantodea)
Family	Bignoniaceae	Eremiaphilidae
Genus	Amphitecna	Iris
Species	Amphitecna latifolia	Iris revoluta

Conservation Status

black-calabash

LC — Least Concern

Salento Iris

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	black-calabash	Salento Iris
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

black-calabash

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Cuba.

Salento Iris

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

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.