black-calabash vs Yellow Toadflax Smut

Amphitecna latifolia compared with Melanotaenium cingens

Key Differences

• black-calabash is Least Concern while Yellow Toadflax Smut is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	black-calabash	Yellow Toadflax Smut
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Ustilaginomycetes (Ustilaginomycetes)
Order	Lamiales (Lamiales)	Ustilaginales (Ustilaginales)
Family	Bignoniaceae	Melanotaeniaceae
Genus	Amphitecna	Melanotaenium
Species	Amphitecna latifolia	Melanotaenium cingens

Conservation Status

black-calabash

LC — Least Concern

Yellow Toadflax Smut

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	black-calabash	Yellow Toadflax Smut
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.

Yellow Toadflax Smut

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in Sweden.

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.