black currant-tree vs Flat Wrack

Antidesma ghaesembilla compared with Fucus spiralis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	black currant-tree	Flat Wrack
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Chromista (Chromista)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Ochrophyta (Ochrophyta)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Phaeophyceae (Phaeophyceae)
Order	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)	Fucales (Fucales)
Family	Phyllanthaceae	Fucaceae
Genus	Antidesma	Fucus
Species	Antidesma ghaesembilla	Fucus spiralis

Conservation Status

black currant-tree

LC — Least Concern

Flat Wrack

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	black currant-tree	Flat Wrack
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

black currant-tree

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Guyana.

Flat Wrack

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate coniferous forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Found across Africa (Morocco) and Europe (9 countries).

black currant-tree

The Black Currant-Tree (Antidesma ghaesembilla) is a species in the genus Antidesma. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions. Found in Guyana.