black-calabash vs Vegetable fern

Amphitecna latifolia compared with Diplazium esculentum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	black-calabash	Vegetable fern
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Tracheophyta
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Lamiales (Lamiales)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Bignoniaceae	Athyriaceae
Genus	Amphitecna	Diplazium
Species	Amphitecna latifolia	Diplazium esculentum

Evolutionary Relationship

black-calabash and Vegetable fern share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Plantae. (Plants)

Conservation Status

black-calabash

LC — Least Concern

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	black-calabash	Vegetable fern
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.

Vegetable fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Portugal, South Africa, and United States.

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.