black-calabash vs Spanish Iris

Amphitecna latifolia compared with Iris xiphium

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	black-calabash	Spanish 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 xiphium

Conservation Status

black-calabash

LC — Least Concern

Spanish Iris

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	black-calabash	Spanish 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.

Spanish Iris

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (6 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

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.